Picture Of 'New Chinese Military Vehicles' Leaked Online
A picture has been leaked online which is thought to show two new Chinese military vehicles.
The vehicle at the front is thought to be the new heavy infantry tank while the yellow vehicle could be a second-generation paratrooper fighting vehicle, according to State media website China.com.
The photograph is reported to have been taken in front of the staff canteen of a defence manufacturer in China.
The tank is thought carry 40mm cased telescoped ammunition. This type of ammo can be shorter than traditional varieties without losing power, while suffering less damage during loading.
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The vehicle, thought to be a prototype, could be used to 'work with China's main light tank on the battlefield' because they appear to have the same chassis, according to Chinese news website Sina.
It comes after Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution that would have imposed sanctions on 21 Syrian individuals, organisations and companies allegedly involved in chemical weapons attacks in the war-ravaged country.
The defeated Security Council resolution would also have banned all countries from supplying Syria's government with helicopters, which investigators have determined were used in chemical attacks.
The vetoed resolution followed a joint investigation by the United Nations and the international chemical weapons watchdog that determined the Syrian government was behind at least three attacks involving chlorine gas and Islamic State was responsible for at least one involving mustard gas.
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