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Type 15 light tanks in live-fire training

Source-stated date: · China Military Online (EN)

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Record history
  1. Published7 November 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-11-07 17:52:35 UTC, run 198
  3. Machine readingAnalyzed
  4. AnalysisNot in a published issue's source trail

Summary

Machine summary

Type 15 light tanks assigned to a combined-arms brigade under the PLA Tibet Military Command conducted live-fire training on the plateau, with footage showing high-speed maneuver under exercise conditions. The report documents the Tibet Military Command's continued operational integration of the Type 15—designed specifically for high-altitude warfare—into combined-arms brigade training, though the article provides no detail on scale, specific location, or exercise name that would allow assessment of changed readiness posture.

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By Long Yingjian, Chen Yiguo, Wang Chao and Wu Hao Black Panther: Footage shows Type 15 light tanks attached to an army combined-arms brigade under the Chinese PLA Xizang Military Command maneuvering at high speed, kicking up cloud of dust during live-fire training exercise on the plateau. (Video Editor: Yang Xueqing)

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletChina Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
Source languageen — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-11-07
Original URLhttp://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16498466.html
Collected at2026-11-07 17:52:35 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint6f9d1abc9a6b3bed7f8964c28e42d97f74df9e622d5fa519d1035b420d6e3181 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run198
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Type 15 light tanks in live-fire training." China Military Online (EN), 2026-11-07. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16498466.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, Research Atlas corpus, Record 6172, Snapshot — 2026-11-07 (1,773 records).

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