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Story summary
- The People’s Liberation Army deployed PLZ-05 155mm self-propelled howitzers to a brigade confronting Taiwan.
- The 71st Group Army’s heavy combined-arms brigade received the howitzers over the past two months.
- The brigade’s live-fire test marked the first brigade-level assignment of PLZ-05 howitzers, CCTV reported.
- Officer Sun Xialong said the new howitzers significantly improved combat effectiveness.
- The brown desert-camouflaged howitzers appear relocated from the Western Theatre Command.
