Bridging the gaps: China works to boost combat engineer capabilities

摘要

Through China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) - and to a lesser extent Poly Technologies - Chinese industry markets a wide range of combat engineer equipment. Nonetheless, in August at Norinco's armour day display in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, no specialised engineer vehicles were displayed and an examination of systems available points to a gap at the heavier end of the scale, as there are no combat engineer vehicle (CEV) or armoured vehicle launched bridge (AVLB) platforms based on the latest Type 98/99 main battle tank (MBT) hull.