The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command has received a new type of all-terrain vehicle, which is expected to ensure logistics support to plateau border defense troops as winter draws close and as China-India border tensions again risk rising after the latest military talks failed to reach an agreement. Liu Xuanzun reports in Global Times.
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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command received a new type of all-terrain vehicle for logistics support. (Picture source: screenshot from the WeChat account of the PLA Xinjiang Military Command)

The unit that commissioned the new vehicle is garrisoned at a high-altitude, snowy border region that is extremely cold, lacks oxygen and has a complex terrain, which causes difficulties in logistics support including the transport of supplies, the PLA Xinjiang Military Command revealed in a release published on its WeChat account on October 24, without revealing the designation of the vehicle. The articulated vehicle uses tracks that aren't made from metal but a kind of rubber. The new all-terrain vehicle can tread over slopes of 35 degrees and deliver 1.5 tons of goods to troops stationed at altitudes higher than 5,000 meters, CCTV reported.

According to a report by China Central Television (CCTV), some PLA units started to use this type of vehicle in January 2021, but it was not revealed at that time if it was being used by the Xinjiang Military Command.

The delivery of this new type of vehicle comes at a time when China and India failed to reach an agreement during the 13th round of corps commander-level talks over issues related to the western section of the China-India border on October 11.