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According to the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, the Venezuelan army clashed with illegal armed groups entrenched here on the adjacent border with Colombia, killing 9 militants and killing 8 Venezuelan soldiers in the operation. The Venezuelan army has now deployed more reinforcements to the areas of the incident, along with a highly mobile, rapid-reacting armored force. It is worth mentioning that venezuela's armored forces are equipped with heavy equipment made in China, including VN1 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, VN16 amphibious assault vehicles and VN18 amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, which belong to the Venezuelan Army and Marine Corps and have strong combat strength. While deploying the rapid-reacting armored forces, the Venezuelan Army reinforcements, equipped with more Chinese-made weapons, are also ready to go.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Vladimir. Padrino. López released a message to the outside world, saying that in the military operations so far, the Venezuelan army has killed a total of 9 militants and destroyed 6 camps, and another 30 militants surrendered under the fierce offensive and were captured and arrested by the Venezuelan army. It is reported that the illegal armed groups fighting with the Venezuelan military are called the "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia", referred to as the FARC organization. The armed group was founded in the 1960s with long-standing support from left-wing groups in Colombia. After entering the new century, due to internal contradictions, it has gradually evolved into an illegal armed organization engaged in violent crimes, which has now been demarcated by Colombia and no longer has any relationship. Its current organization numbers about 1,800 people, while recruiting some veteran Colombian soldiers as mercenaries, with a large number of light weapons and heavy equipment to support, is a powerful illegal armed force that cannot be underestimated.
In addition to the large-scale operations of the Venezuelan Army, the Venezuelan Air Force has also dispatched and dispatched to the airspace of front-line combat to provide fire support to ground forces. In the video footage taken by local Venezuelan villagers, the Venezuelan Air Force can be seen dispatching K8W trainer aircraft purchased from China. This type of trainer is a domestically produced Jiao-8 jet trainer foreign trade export model, in addition to flight training purposes, can also be used as a single-engine light fighter attack aircraft for actual combat, its wings under the 4 hanging points can carry multiple types of weapons, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, rockets, aerial bombs, etc., with efficient battlefield multi-functional practicality, the Venezuelan Air Force is the aircraft as a front-line ground attack aircraft into actual combat.
Venezuela has one of the most powerful armed forces in South America, and its army is mainly equipped with weapons imported from China and Russia, including 192 T72B1V main battle tanks, 130 BMP3 infantry fighting vehicles, 114 BTR80 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and a large number of 2S19 self-propelled guns and Russian-made self-propelled rocket launcher systems. In recent years, three new types of infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles mentioned above have been introduced from China to enhance their strength.
In addition to the above equipment, the Venezuelan Army is also equipped with vehicle equipment such as the Bobcat all-terrain vehicle purchased from China. Most of the land combat equipment purchased by Venezuela from China has amphibious wading capabilities, mainly because Venezuela has a humid climate and many paddy fields, rivers and mud swamps, and there is a real demand for amphibious land warfare equipment. At present, the Venezuelan military has not yet announced a specific action plan for the next stage, but it has said that the crackdown on illegal armed forces will continue, and it will take some time to see how the follow-up will be.