CM-32 Armoured Vehicle

CM-32
CM-33 Armoured Vehicle
Type	Armored fighting vehicle
Place of origin	Taiwan/Ireland
Production history
Designer	Ordnance Readiness Development Center, and Timoney Technology Limited
Designed	2002
Manufacturer	Ordnance Readiness Development Center
Unit cost	US$2 million [citation needed]
Produced	2007
No. built	378 CM-32 and CM-33 delivered (2018),[1] 305 CM-34 delivered (2023[2])
Specifications
Mass	22 tonnes
Length	7 m
Width	2.7 m
Height	2.23 m
Crew	2 + 8 passengers
Armor	12.7 mm AP front arc, 7.62 mm AP all around
Main armament	30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II chaingun (CM-34) 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (CM-32/33) 105 mm rifled gun, or 120 mm mortar (planned)
Secondary armament	Type 74 7.62 mm machine gun (co-axial)
Engine	Caterpillar C12 diesel, 450 hp
Suspension	8×8 wheeled
Operational range	800 km
Maximum speed	120 km/h

The CM-32 "Clouded Leopard" (Chinese: 雲豹裝甲車; pinyin: yúnbào zhuāngjiǎchē; lit. 'Cloud Leopard Armored Vehicle'), officially Taiwan Infantry Fighting Vehicle (TIFV), is an eight-wheeled armoured vehicle currently being produced for the Republic of China Army. It is based on the 6x6 CM-31 designed by Timoney Technology Limited of Ireland and is further developed by the Ordnance Readiness Development Center.^[3]

According to the Taipei Times, it was named after the Formosan clouded leopard, an indigenous animal, to show that the vehicle is "agile and swift".^[4]