The naval fleet participating in the "Peace and Unity - 2024" joint military exercise between China and Tanzania completed all the subjects of maritime live-fire phase on Tuesday, and returned to the Dar es Salaam Port of Tanzania.
The joint drill, which began on July 29, focusing on anti-terrorism operations, has Chinese and Tanzanian participating troops mixed in different groups.
The maritime live-time phase of the joint exercise was set to maintain the maritime transport safety in the waters east of Tanzania. China's amphibious landing ship Wuzhishan, guided missile destroyer Hefei and four Tanzanian patrol ships formed a fleet and conducted drills in five subjects: main gun firing, joint search and rescue, counter-terrorism and counter-piracy actions, spot checks and arrests, and joint patrols.
Participants said soldiers of both armies yielded meaningful exchanges and improvement through the exercise.
"Before the maritime phase began, our two sides conducted action simulations to fully refine the key points of the action and made adequate preparations for the maritime actual combat phase. Through multi-regional and multi-subject maritime exercises, both sides had deeper exchanges in the professional fields," said Lei Mingzhe, an officer of the mission formation.
Joint China-Tanzania military exercise completes maritime live-fire phase
