The Taiwanese army holds a live-fire shooting session for Taiwan’s first batch of the advanced U.S.-made M1A2T Abrams tanks, which takes place separately from the annual Han Kuang military exercise, in Hsinchu on July 10, 2025. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Taiwan showed off its newly acquired U.S.-made M1A2T Abrams tanks on Thursday, the second day of the annual military exercises designed to deter China’s aggression.
Video footage displayed the tanks parading individually and in group formations, conducting a live-fire shooting training at the Husinchu training grounds. The 120 mm tank guns fired armour-piercing ammunition at stationary and moving targets; all 19 rounds struck without missing, according to the army.
