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 {{Specs-Card
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 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
-* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
+;Related development
-* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
+* [[M113 (Family)]]
 == External links ==

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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Chinese tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]].
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''', officially known as CM25拖式飛彈車 (lit. TOW Missile Vehicle) in ROCMC's description plate during open day, is the missile carrier of ROCMC. The CM25 has to trace back to its hull - CM21; after the Nationalist Government signed contracts to repair US Army's M113 APC in Taiwan Island due to the heavy loss during the Vietnam War, the experiences gained during rebuilding these hulls and previous attempts to built the Project Wancheng (萬乘; lit. 10 thousand vehicles/chariots) prototype vehicles were then used to reverse-engineer a domestic APC using parts from M113. There are variants such as its base model APC, mortar carrier, commander vehicle and the TOW launcher vehicle; although there were plans to built an IFV with GIAT's autocannon, the project was ditched.
 == General info ==

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:BGM-71 TOW/Ammunition|I-TOW, TOW-2B}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 The gunner is exposed outside of the vehicle when directing the launcher and can be hit. Be aware, as the launcher's base, and sometimes even the rangefinder located next to the launcher, can trigger APHE fuse and cause it to explode in front of the gunner's face, the shrapnel then flying back and shredding the virtually nonexistent roof armour, taking out everyone in the middle of the vehicle. Also, since the gunner stands within the opened roof hatch, if a chemical warhead hits the rangefinder, then the payload can enter the vehicle through it and take out the loader as well.
-Since the vehicle's armour is very thin, it sometimes does not detonate shells so armour-piercing shells cause less than fatal damage. However, only '''very''' high calibre shells with fuses of about 20-22 mm won't detonate, which are very rare at the battle rating, as most shells use 15 mm fuses at this point. The main key here is to avoid being hit at all as if your tank is angled during an attack, the fuses would detonate anyway. The aforementioned shield on the front can stop HESH from doing any damage at all, but it's not very reliable.
+Since the vehicle's armour is very thin, it sometimes does not detonate shells so armour-piercing shells cause less than fatal damage. However, only very high calibre shells with fuses of about 20-22 mm won't detonate, which are very rare at the battle rating, as most shells use 15 mm fuses at this point. The main key here is to avoid being hit at all as if your tank is angled during an attack, the fuses would detonate anyway. The shield on the front can stop HESH from doing any damage at all, but it's not very reliable.
 All in all, it's best to just get out of the way of other tanks and sneak around; this is a vehicle of strategy, not brute force.
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+'''Notes''':
 * The CM25 is only required to have at least 2 missiles to go into battle, unlike the standard 4 ammunition for other vehicles.
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 It is also worth noting the -20 degrees launcher depression as, even though it may not be as impressive as the -30 degrees launcher depression of the [[M901]], it is still very capable of adapting to uneven terrain and firing from behind hills. However, note that the depression angles are severely limited when the launcher is facing the pintle-mounted machine gun, to roughly only -3 degrees. Therefore, you should try to always have the front of the hull facing the direction of the battlefield, to avoid the launcher suddenly jerking up when the machine gun gets into the way, which will also guide the missile upwards (if launched), and therefore miss the target. Horizontal guidance is also limited, and the launcher will stop rotating at ±45 degrees. The best way to counter this drawback will be to play it like other turret-less tank destroyers, like the [[ISU-122 (China)|ISU-122]] and the [[ISU-152 (China)|ISU-152]], which must rotate the hull to assist with aiming at extreme angles.
-Even though the CM25 is mounted with a heavy machine gun, attempting to combat helicopters and planes is not recommended unless the situation is desperate, as doing so will only grab unwanted attention from both the air and ground. Aircraft at this rank are often equipped with HE rockets, only one of which is necessary to destroy your vehicle thanks to the hull-break mechanic, and if not, the vast majority of aircraft-mounted guns will be able to penetrate from any angle.
+Even though the CM25 is mounted with a heavy machine gun, attempting to combat helicopters and planes is not recommended unless the situation is desperate, as doing so will only grab unwanted attention from both the air and ground. Aircraft at this rank are often equipped with HE rockets, only one of which is necessary to destroy your vehicle thanks to the overpressure mechanic, and if not, the vast majority of aircraft-mounted guns will be able to penetrate from any angle.
 If you find yourself in a close-quarters situation, the best method of survival will be to use the machine gun to cause some levels of distraction, while attempting to retreat to the nearest cover. Do note that your machine gun does have a relatively impressive penetration of 31 mm at close range, which can allow you to take out lightly armoured targets like the [[M3 Bradley]] (in the turret with some luck), [[AUBL/74]], [[Falcon]] etc., yet should still be avoided if possible due to these vehicles possessing much better close-quarters capabilities and will have no problem in shredding the CM25.
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 '''Enemies worth noting:'''
-* [[Helicopters]] eg. AH-1, UH-1, etc: helicopters are always a great threat to you. Although at the start of the match they cannot equip ATGMs, they are still able to carry lots of deadly rockets, posing a great threat to the CM25's weak hull. When an enemy helicopter is roaming nearby and showering the ground with rockets, the safest option is to stay in cover or be stationary, to make it harder for the helicopter to see you. Your only effective defensive weapon against them is the 12.7 mm MG (unless you are very skilled and can manually guide the ATGM to hit them). Only open fire when the helicopter is extremely near, for example within 400 m. Your MG can only damage light helicopters like the UH-1 but not armoured ones. Continuously spray bullets at it until it starts to turn towards you, and quickly retreat back into cover as any helicopter can easily destroy you with a few rockets.
+* [[Helicopters]] e.g. AH-1, UH-1, etc: helicopters are always a great threat to you. Although at the start of the match they cannot equip ATGMs, they are still able to carry lots of deadly rockets, posing a great threat to the CM25's weak hull. When an enemy helicopter is roaming nearby and showering the ground with rockets, the safest option is to stay in cover or be stationary, to make it harder for the helicopter to see you. Your only effective defensive weapon against them is the 12.7 mm MG (unless you are very skilled and can manually guide the ATGM to hit them). Only open fire when the helicopter is extremely near, for example within 400 m. Your MG can only damage light helicopters like the UH-1 but not armoured ones. Continuously spray bullets at it until it starts to turn towards you, and quickly retreat back into cover as any helicopter can easily destroy you with a few rockets.
 * [[M60A1 RISE (P)]], [[M60A3 TTS]]: these tanks are covered with ERA which is designed to counter chemical warheads like your TOW missiles. When the CM25's TOW missile hits them, their ERA always detonates, leaving the tanks themselves unharmed, so it is not recommended to shoot them when their ERA is still present. If they are quite far away, you can choose to break their gun barrels or tracks to make them defenceless or immobile. If they are close enough, you can use your 12.7 mm MG to destroy their ERA first. Do not spray, fire in quick bursts and focus on a few blocks of ERA, as the bullets seem to spread out a lot in a continuous fire which will decrease the damage to the ERA you want to destroy. The MG is rather effective at destroying these modules. Once the ERA is gone, use the TOW to hit the uncovered areas. The most straightforward method is to just fire a missile at them, destroying a bunch of ERA and fire another one at the uncovered area. However, this method will give them more than 10 seconds of reaction time so make sure that you are well concealed and will not get spotted before the next missile is loaded.
 * [[M901]]: this is a similar vehicle based on the M113 hull, with an interesting and unique TOW launcher. The launcher has 360 degrees horizontal rotation and 30 degrees gun depression meaning it adapts to terrains better than the CM25. Furthermore, its gunner is not exposed which increases its fighting capacity, so you must deal with the M901 carefully. In a battle, your CM25 and the M901 might be at similar spots which are kind of a sniper vs sniper scenario. Do not get hit by it, as your gunner/launcher will detonate its missile and the shrapnel will splash down, knocking out all the crew or causing a hull break. Try to fire first or hide until his attention shifts.
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-* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=china&vehicleType=tank&vehicleClass=tank_destroyer&vehicle=cn_cm_25 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
+* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=cn_cm_25 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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 | I-TOW || ATGM || 630 || 630 || 630 || 630 || 630 || 630
 |-
-| TOW-2B || ATGM || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100
+| TOW-2B || ATGM&nbsp;(OTA) || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100 || 100
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 |}
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
-! colspan="11" | Shell details
+! colspan="13" | Missile details
 |-
 ! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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 ! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
 ! rowspan="2" | Range<br>(m)
-! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
-! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! rowspan="2" | Arming distance<br>(m)
 ! colspan="3" | Ricochet
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 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
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-| I-TOW || ATGM || 296 || 3,750 || 19.05 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 2,880 || 80° || 82° || 90°
+| I-TOW || ATGM || 296 || 3,750 || 19.05 || 0.05 || 0.1 || N/A || N/A || 2,880 || 80° || 82° || 90°
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-| TOW-2B || ATGM || 309 || 3,750 || 22.59 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 3,380 || 80° || 82° || 90°
+| TOW-2B || ATGM&nbsp;(OTA) || 309 || 3,750 || 22.59 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 30 || 3 || 3,380 || 80° || 82° || 90°
 |-
 |}

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-The vehicle profile is a basic rectangle with a slightly sloped front which increases protection from machine gunfire. The front has a hatch, which works as a HESH screen. The main areas of the vehicle to target when attacking is the missile launcher and machine gun to disable its attack capability, or the main vehicle shot to disable it completely.
+The vehicle profile is a basic rectangle with a slightly sloped front which increases protection from machine gun fire. The front has a hatch, which works as a HESH screen. The main areas of the vehicle to target when attacking is the missile launcher and machine gun to disable its attack capability, or the main vehicle shot to disable it completely.
-The CM25 is meant to be a stand-off vehicle due to its role on the battlefield and is not built to be on the front line. Even with the add-on armour compared to the previous [[M113A1 (TOW) (China)|M113A1]], the aluminium alloy armour will not stand up to much and will barely stop 12.7 mm machine gun fire when angled or far away. Anything of higher calibre is almost guaranteed to penetrate.
+The CM25 is meant to be a stand-off vehicle due to its role on the battlefield and is not built to be on the front line. Even with the add-on armour, compared to the previous [[M113A1 (TOW) (China)|M113A1]], the aluminium alloy armour will not stand up to much and will barely stop 12.7 mm machine gun fire when angled or far away. Anything of higher calibre is almost guaranteed to penetrate.
 Try to hide as best as you can, or not only the gunner will suffer consequences, but the entirety of the crew as well.
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 The gunner is exposed outside of the vehicle when directing the launcher and can be hit. Be aware, as the launcher's base, and sometimes even the rangefinder located next to the launcher, can trigger APHE fuse and cause it to explode in front of the gunner's face, the shrapnel then flying back and shredding the virtually nonexistent roof armour, taking out everyone in the middle of the vehicle. Also, since the gunner stands within the opened roof hatch, if a chemical warhead hits the rangefinder, then the payload can enter the vehicle through it and take out the loader as well.
-Since the vehicle's armour is very thin, it sometimes does not detonate shells so armour-piercing shells cause less than fatal damage. However, only '''very''' high calibre shells with fuses of about 20-22 mm won't detonate, which are very rare at the battle rating, as most shells uses 15 mm fuses at this point. The main key here is to avoid being hit at all as if your tank is angled during an attack, the fuses would detonate anyway. The aforementioned shield on the front can stop HESH from doing any damage at all, but it's not very reliable.
+Since the vehicle's armour is very thin, it sometimes does not detonate shells so armour-piercing shells cause less than fatal damage. However, only '''very''' high calibre shells with fuses of about 20-22 mm won't detonate, which are very rare at the battle rating, as most shells use 15 mm fuses at this point. The main key here is to avoid being hit at all as if your tank is angled during an attack, the fuses would detonate anyway. The aforementioned shield on the front can stop HESH from doing any damage at all, but it's not very reliable.
 All in all, it's best to just get out of the way of other tanks and sneak around; this is a vehicle of strategy, not brute force.
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 * [[Helicopters]] eg. AH-1, UH-1, etc: helicopters are always a great threat to you. Although at the start of the match they cannot equip ATGMs, they are still able to carry lots of deadly rockets, posing a great threat to the CM25's weak hull. When an enemy helicopter is roaming nearby and showering the ground with rockets, the safest option is to stay in cover or be stationary, to make it harder for the helicopter to see you. Your only effective defensive weapon against them is the 12.7 mm MG (unless you are very skilled and can manually guide the ATGM to hit them). Only open fire when the helicopter is extremely near, for example within 400 m. Your MG can only damage light helicopters like the UH-1 but not armoured ones. Continuously spray bullets at it until it starts to turn towards you, and quickly retreat back into cover as any helicopter can easily destroy you with a few rockets.
-* [[M60A1 RISE (P)]], [[M60A3 TTS]]: these tanks are covered with ERA which is designed to counter chemical warheads like your TOW missiles. When the CM25's TOW missile hits them, their ERA always detonates, leaving the tanks themselves unharmed, so it is not recommended to shoot them when their ERA is still present. If they are quite far away, you can choose to break their gun barrels or tracks to make them defenceless or immobile. If they are close enough, you can use your 12.7 mm MG to destroy their ERA first. Do not spray, fire in quick bursts and focus on a few blocks of ERA, as the bullets seem to spread out a lot in a continuous fire which will decrease the damage to the ERA you want to destroy. The MG is rather effective at destroying these modules. Once those ERA are gone use the TOW to hit the uncovered areas. The most straightforward method is to just fire a missile at them, destroying a bunch of ERA and fire another one at the uncovered area. However, this method will give them more than 10 seconds of reaction time so make sure that you are well concealed and will not get spotted before the next missile is loaded.
+* [[M60A1 RISE (P)]], [[M60A3 TTS]]: these tanks are covered with ERA which is designed to counter chemical warheads like your TOW missiles. When the CM25's TOW missile hits them, their ERA always detonates, leaving the tanks themselves unharmed, so it is not recommended to shoot them when their ERA is still present. If they are quite far away, you can choose to break their gun barrels or tracks to make them defenceless or immobile. If they are close enough, you can use your 12.7 mm MG to destroy their ERA first. Do not spray, fire in quick bursts and focus on a few blocks of ERA, as the bullets seem to spread out a lot in a continuous fire which will decrease the damage to the ERA you want to destroy. The MG is rather effective at destroying these modules. Once the ERA is gone, use the TOW to hit the uncovered areas. The most straightforward method is to just fire a missile at them, destroying a bunch of ERA and fire another one at the uncovered area. However, this method will give them more than 10 seconds of reaction time so make sure that you are well concealed and will not get spotted before the next missile is loaded.
-* [[M901]]: this is a similar vehicle based on the M113 hull, with an interesting and unique TOW launcher. The launcher has 360 degrees horizontal rotation and 30 degrees gun depression meaning it adapts to terrains better than the CM25. Furthermore, its gunner is not exposed which increases its fighting capacity, so you must deal with the M901 carefully. In a battle, your CM25 and the M901 might be at similar spots which are kind of a sniper vs sniper scenario. Do not get hit by it, as your gunner/launcher will detonate its missile and the shrapnel will splashdown, knocking out all the crew or causing a hull break. Try to fire first or hide until his attention shifts.
+* [[M901]]: this is a similar vehicle based on the M113 hull, with an interesting and unique TOW launcher. The launcher has 360 degrees horizontal rotation and 30 degrees gun depression meaning it adapts to terrains better than the CM25. Furthermore, its gunner is not exposed which increases its fighting capacity, so you must deal with the M901 carefully. In a battle, your CM25 and the M901 might be at similar spots which are kind of a sniper vs sniper scenario. Do not get hit by it, as your gunner/launcher will detonate its missile and the shrapnel will splash down, knocking out all the crew or causing a hull break. Try to fire first or hide until his attention shifts.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 '''Pros:'''
-* Can research TOW-2B a whole BR earlier than other ATGM tanks. The missile grants the tank a top attack ability, which is an incredible advantage when hunting opponents behind obstacles or counter sniping
+* Can research TOW-2B a whole BR earlier than other ATGM tanks. The missile grants the tank a top-attack ability, which is an incredible advantage when hunting opponents behind obstacles or counter-sniping
 * Stock I-TOW missile has decent penetration
-* Amazing 20 degrees depression adapts to rough terrains with ease
+* Amazing 20 degrees depression allows easy adaption to rough terrain
 * Decent mobility (64 km/h top speed) allows it to get to positions in time, not much slower than common MBTs like the [[T-55A]] and [[M48A1]]
 * Heavy machine gun can take out lightly armoured vehicles and low-flying planes/helicopters

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 ! ''Arcade''
-| rowspan="2" | 10 || rowspan="2" | -20°/+25° || rowspan="2" | ±45° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 15.9 || 21.9 || 26.6 || 29.5 || 31.3 || rowspan="2" | 13.00 || rowspan="2" | 11.50 || rowspan="2" | 10.60 || rowspan="2" | 10.00
+| rowspan="2" | 10 || rowspan="2" | -20°/+25° || rowspan="2" | ±45° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 26.4 || 36.6 || 44.3 || 49.0 || 52.1 || rowspan="2" | 13.00 || rowspan="2" | 11.50 || rowspan="2" | 10.60 || rowspan="2" | 10.00
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 ! ''Realistic''
-| 10.7 || 12.6 || 15.3 || 16.9 || 18.0
+| 17.9 || 21.0 || 25.5 || 28.2 || 30.0
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 == History ==
-<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->During the heat of Vietnam War, Taiwan has been one of the major bases for US operations against the North Vietnamese forces; while the M113 APC was the most iconic vehicle in the war, it also suffered from heavy losses to the VC, at such, the US has signed an agreement with the Taiwanese government in 1967 to refurbish and repair M113s that were recovered by US forces under the "Third-Nation Overhaul Program " (第三國翻修計劃).
+<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->
-At the time, the Nationalist forces had never been built any form of armored vehicles from scratch, only a few vehicles that were rebuild from existing parts of US aid vehicles. So the overhaul program would be a good chance for the Nationalist forces to learn the flow of manufacture an APC and methods to repair M113; with these experiences in hand. In 1975, after the war was ended with the victory of the Northern forces, the Combined Service Forces (聯合勤務總司令部 or 聯勤 in short;)has started the "Project Wancheng" (萬乘計劃, 萬乘 lit. 10 thousand vehicles) for domestic version of M113, coded Wancheng 1 to 3; variated from mortar vehicles to MLRS and even projected to put spared [[M24 (China)|M24 Chaffee]]'s turret onto the chassis of M113. These vehicles, built and assembled by Taiwan Aluminum Corporation (台鋁公司, today's China Steel Aluminum Corporation 中鋼鋁業), became the basis of what would be CM21 APC for the Republic of China Army.
+At the time, the Nationalist forces had never built any form of armored vehicles from scratch, only a few vehicles that were rebuilt from existing parts of US aid vehicles, so the overhaul program was a good chance for the Nationalist forces to learn the flow of APC manufacture and methods to repair M113s. In 1975, after the war was ended with the victory of the Northern forces, the Combined Service Forces (聯合勤務總司令部 or 聯勤 for short) started "Project Wancheng" (萬乘計劃, 萬乘 lit. 10 thousand vehicles) for domestic versions of M113, coded Wancheng 1 to 3; from mortar vehicles to MLRS and even projected to install spare [[M24 (China)|M24 Chaffee]] turrets onto the chassis of M113. These vehicles, built and assembled by Taiwan Aluminum Corporation (台鋁公司, now China Steel Aluminum Corporation 中鋼鋁業), became the basis of what would be CM21 APC for the Republic of China Army.
-The major difference of the later versions CM21 APC to the original M113A1 is additional armor plates on around the hull, which are filled with polyurethane chemicals to absorb bullet up to 5.56 NATO rounds; while it might be a little more protected than M113A1, this also cost some of its mobility due to the weights added from such armor plates.
+The major difference of the later versions CM21 APC to the original M113A1 is additional armour plates on around the hull, which are filled with polyurethane chemicals to absorb bullet up to 5.56 mm NATO rounds; while it might be a little more protected than M113A1, this also cost some of its mobility due to the weight added from such armour plates.
-CM25 is one of the five major variants of the CM21 APC, armed with US made [[BGM-71 TOW]] missiles, the polyurethane forms were also replaced by polystyrene (note: the material used to make food containers) for the amphibious needs of the ROCMC; these around 30 vehicles became a heavy weaponry exclusively for the Marine Corps anti-tank companies, serving as their mobile AT platform along with his American cousin [[M113A1 (TOW) (China)|M130]] in view of possible Mainland China landing operations.
+CM25 is one of the five major variants of the CM21 APC, armed with US made [[BGM-71 TOW]] missiles, the polyurethane forms were also replaced by polystyrene for the amphibious needs of the ROCMC; these around 30 vehicles became a heavy weaponry exclusively for the Marine Corps anti-tank companies, serving as their mobile AT platform along with its American cousin [[M113A1 (TOW) (China)|M113A1 (TOW)]] in view of possible Mainland China landing operations.
 === [[wt:en/news/6843-development-cm25-armor-reaper-en|Devblog]] ===