CM-32 armoured vehicle

40 mm automatic grenade launcher (CM-32/33) The CM-32 "Clouded Leopard" (Chinese: 雲豹裝甲車; pinyin: yúnbào zhuāngjiǎchē; lit.

[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".

[5] The Delco LAV-25 turret was tested on the first two prototypes but was not adopted on ground of cost and marginal firepower advantage compared to foreign vehicles; instead an indigenous turret armed with a 20 mm T75 revolver cannon was planned in the interest of getting the IFV into service as quickly as possible, and a prototype was demonstrated in 2009.

It was hoped that any deficiency in terms of firepower can be alleviated by adopting the cannon to use the Mk 244 Mod 0 APDS ammunition already being ordered by the Republic of China Navy alongside the Phalanx Block 1B weapon systems, but issues with barrel life proved insurmountable, and in the meantime the 30 mm Bushmaster II chaingun was ultimately chosen instead and will be acquired from Orbital ATK.

[7] In 2019 the Ministry of National Defense announced that over the course of the development process 17 shortcomings with the system had been identified and corrected.

[8] Shortcomings identified included flaws in the types steel armour, oil leaks, and a lack of interchangeable spare parts.

CHEM violated their contract by allegedly substituting a number of poor quality Chinese parts in to save money.

[14] Base variant, with 40 mm grenade launcher and 7.62mm machine gun mounted in a remote weapon station.

CM-32 APC ver.
CM-32 and CM-33 remote weapon station have 40 mm grenade launcher and 7.62mm machine gun mounted