Chinese infantry fighting vehicles

[BillRamengod]

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It appears that some crew members of the Gen4 support vehicle (not sure what shold we call it) are wearing AR goggles.

It most likely interoperates with distributed optical sensors to provide functionality similar to the F-35 pilot helmet's 'see-through' capability to enhance their battlefield awareness.

 

[wssth0306]

I wonder if the adoptation of AR for armored crews will shift PLA to use helmets for the crews instead of the Soviet style hats ,I do get why , the hats are more comfortable but it would be harder to mount on it an AR glass

 

[by78]

A high-resolution version of a previously shared image showing the drone being carried by the new PLAGF IFV.

 

[tankphobia]

A high-resolution version of a previously shared image showing the drone being carried by the new PLAGF IFV.

This drone doesn't look tethered, I wonder if it would not be better to just have tube launched version instead so troops don't need to physically get out during combat to setup/launch a recon drone.

 

[bsdnf]

A high-resolution version of a previously shared image showing the drone being carried by the new PLAGF IFV.

Note that it has 4 lidars

 

[by78]

Note that it has 4 lidars

Possible, but we need a close up. It could just be the paint.

 

[SanWenYu]

Note that it has 4 lidars

Hmm I thought they are just bearing of the motors.

 

[bsdnf]

Possible, but we need a close up. It could just be the paint.

The paint job is so remarkably similar to LiDAR that it doesn't fit in with the drone's overall paint. It's hard to explain why this paint job was intentional.

I even suspect it's a custom LiDAR design that rotate coaxially with the motor

 

[Schwerter_]

The paint job is so remarkably similar to LiDAR that it doesn't fit in with the drone's overall paint. It's hard to explain why this paint job was intentional.

I even suspect it's a custom LiDAR design that rotate coaxially with the motor

tbh the paint job looks almost identical to industrial/lab use large-ish motors, I'd say it's just exposed external rotor motors, pretty standard stuff for drones.

a few images included to show similar paintjobs in the wild.

 

[BillRamengod]

A high-resolution version of a previously shared image showing the drone being carried by the new PLAGF IFV.

Double checked, the Camera unit (red) is not hard-connected to the drone fuselage (blue), but rather attached to the landing gear (green) via a tether system (yellow).


I'm genuinely curious about the reasoning behind this. Is it because the airframe vibrations during flight would interfere with the camera's operation? Or is this some kind of off-the-shelf product modified for temporary use?

Any thought?