Taiwan has received 38 Abrams tanks from the US, boosting its aged tank force at a time when China is stepping up its military aggression against it.

Taiwan has taken delivery of a first batch of M1A2T Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) from the United States, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported on

The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China published last night, at 5:02 CET, some images of these new tanks, of the M1A2T model, being transported from the port of Taipei to the Army Installation and Training Department in Hukou, Hsinchu, according to the Taiwanese media Liberty Times.