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A tan tracked armoured recovery vehicle with a crane boom and crew in helmets rolling along a street lined with spectators and trees

BAE Systems signs Taiwan repair deal to speed parts for army recovery vehicles, AAV7s and howitzers

Taoyuan-based Champion Auto will become a local route to BAE factory parts and engineers, starting with M88A2 recovery vehicles before moving on to AAV7s and M109 guns.

TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 2 min read

A tracked M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer firing, with smoke and dust around its barrel

Army

Taiwan says it will stick with new M109A7 howitzers and denies a US offer of rebuilt older guns

Defence minister Wellington Koo told lawmakers the NT$80.6bn Paladin buy is on schedule, after a report said Washington had proposed upgrading used M109A6s instead.

TaiwanDefence · 4 Nov 2026 · 3 min read

Army

Taiwan's army trims artillery navigation buy as HIMARS and M109A7 bring their own

The army has dropped seven positioning and azimuth systems and about NT$80 million from a replacement plan after lawmakers said new US launchers already carry built-in navigation.

TaiwanDefence · 16 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

A tan tracked M109A7 self-propelled howitzer with its gun raised stands on a road at dusk, with snowy mountains behind it.

ANALYSISAnalysis

Taiwan wants artillery that can shoot and scoot, but towed guns will carry the load for years

An 11 October 2026 report says all of Taiwan's new howitzers and mortars will be vehicle-mounted. Few will arrive before the first M109A7s in 2030.

TaiwanDefence · 11 Oct 2026 · 4 min read