Saturday, November 22, 2014

Photos of the day: China Marine in Tanzania


Marines of China and Tanzania conduct joint military training

(Source: China Military Online)   2014-10-17

  DAR ES SALAAM, October 17 (ChinaMil) -- The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Tanzanian People's Defense Force began the one-month-long joint marine military training codenamed “Beyond 2014” on October 16, 2014 in Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzanian.

  This is the first joint training between the two militaries and more than 100 officers and men participate in it.

  This joint training is aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and trust, promoting pragmatic exchanges and cooperation and improving the combat competency and the mutual collaboration capability of the two sides in carrying out diversified tasks including fighting piracy.

Editor:Yao Jianing







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What is interesting is that the amphibious tanks appear to belong to the Tanzanian military. As I recall, photos of them had appeared some time back, with the speculation they were intended for Venezuela. Well, now we know who they were for.