First of all i would like the introduce myself. I have been a long time member of this forum and have stopped really posting for a long time.
What this thread is discussing will be how personal bias blinds many in arguments in threads about military technology. I am personally living the...
In service since 2010 the CM 501G was revealed to the public at the 2012 Zhuhai airshow. Seeing all the new big missiles, ship, and planes at the show its easy to see why something like this would be overshadowed.
However this new development is huge for a soldier of the PLA. Each module has...
Front line Chinese troops are issued the latest mass deployed weapons and are generally well armed. This group is composed of around 800,000 regular troops. They are the first deployed in any large scale combat situation and average 21 years old with at least 3 years in the military. While in...
According to this article by an Employee from NRIET the Active Phased Array for the J 10B has 1152 Transmit and receive modules.
It has also already been tested in a airborne aircraft.
If anyone could read Chinese and translate this it would be appreciated.
China is one of 5 countries to develop sensor fuzed weapons. USA, Russia, Great Britain, and Sweden are the other 4.
China has both artillery based ones capable of being fired from 155mm howitzers, and rocket launchers. Airborne ones are developed comparable to the CBU 97...
Spec Ops of the Second Artillery Corps with tactical dadaos. :china:
Video source
from 5.45-7.30
A pretty standard dadao for comparison. The tactical one seems to be shorter and more angular.The blade is likely anodized black to prevent reflections.
Dadaos...
The one on the left is the old 12.7x108mm Machine gun round used in the M 99 which produced terrible MOA.
The one on the right is the new specialized 12.7x108mm round which looks to be made of hardened steel. The round fired from the QBU 09 penetrates 50mm of homogeneous steel plate at 1500...
A lot of focus goes to the type 99 because its more advanced.
However currently there are only around 500 type 99 of all variant and likely less than a thousand will be build.
The type 96 while less advanced is the primary main battle tank of the PLA with 1,500 to 2,500 of all variants in...
Pakistan has received highest clearance for Chinese arms sales and continues to do so.
Frontline fighter, AScMs, AWACs, Frigates, and SSKs, are just a few things China helps Pakistan with.
However 4th gen fighters now and in a few years will not be enough to maintain balance in the region...
For people who actually want to discuss the Vietnam war and learn something.
Some rules.
No trolling, flame baiting, racist remarks, or any form of personal attack
Sources are a must.
Wikipedia is NOT a source
Forums like this are NOT a source
Do not pull facts out of your ***...
If pictures are worth a thousand words then videos are worth at least a million.
I'll post PLA, PAP, SWAT, Marines, Airborne, and, Spec Ops training and competitions videos here every few days.
Feel free to post relevant videos as well.
This came off a export exhibit.
The ZH-05 is a weapon that comes closest to fulfilling the the OICW specifications.
Four things plague OICW systems from becoming commonly used.
Weight: Around 5 kg. This weight is not too heavy compared to the 6.1 kg K-11 and 6.8 kg XM-29
Price: Should be...
Could someone go to this site and post some of these pictures please.
http://www.china-defense.com/smf/index.php?topic=1146.20
http://www.china-defense.com/smf/index.php?topic=3951.20
specs are
5.8mm specialized sniper version
0.3 MOA
black skeleton frame
dual scope mounts for thermal and...
Expressing concern over modernization of China's armed forces, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said India is not unduly worried, as it is now modernising its armed forces to meet any challenge from any quarters.
Responding to a question on China's military growth, Antony said...
You can have the most powerful cannon and most sophisticated electronics but without reliable engines they are all pointless.
China has come along way engine technology but still has a lot of work
Land vehicles: China is completely self sufficient in this field.
Aircraft: With the WS-10...
There are few countries in the world that can completely produce the entire spectrum of weapons without foreign help. The United States is the sole country that is capable of producing everything in their arsenal. Russia, and France produce almost everything but lacks a industry capable of...
To Gambit
Here's a good place for you to convince everyone of how all Chinese are all racist communists.
Leave the other threads to defense matters will you.