PLA using ancient Chinese weapons widely seen in historical movies and dramas. Kinda similar to Halbreads. You can use it as a Spear or as a slashing weapon. It clearly seems custom made. Now I would really like to see what Indians are wielding.
Ladakh Flash Point
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PLA using ancient Chinese weapons widely seen in historical movies and dramas. Kinda similar to Halbreads. You can use it as a Spear or as a slashing weapon. It clearly seems custom made. Now I would really like to see what Indians are wielding.
I mean..shots have actually been fired now and it was them doing the shooting, it's not even a melee. If India wants to provoke an actual war now, they'll basically break apart if they don't win it overwhelmingly cuz soon people have to see that their economy is in the dumps and their covid infections through the roof with nothing to stop it and now a conflict is going to drain whatever is left, not to mention an ongoing situation in Kashmir. China's restraint right now is saintly but I think China wants India to be the one to throw an inarguable first punch, justifying everything China does after.
The PLA has to film everything and hold India accountable, don't let them spout falsehoods and give them opportunity to spin.
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I don't know why they bother anymore; if they used sticks and bats, I could see that they are less lethal than guns to prevent fatalities but impaling someone with something like this could be arguably worse than shooting him. These weapons are just as lethal in effect but put the PLA in more danger when using them. They might as well open fire if they were gonna hack and stab people to death with these. One thing's for sure: returning the bodies is gonna be far more gruesome if they were killed with these instead of bullets.
I mean I wouldn't pass up on such a badass photo op. Guandao or Pudao in 2020? Yes please!
That should be shovels.
I think negotiating with India in their favor after something like this is a huge mistake. It will make it seem like people can push China around and others will follow after India and try to repeat what is being done in Ladakh. What China needs is absolute indisputable documentation of Indian aggression to justify a conflict of defense. China may not have an appetite, but that doesn't mean it can't develop one if needed and things get worse. Giving India the public win is the problem here, the Indian outlets exaggerate and spin anything to seem like some outrageous victory fueling more nationalism and aggression and now China will go along with it and make the win official. Western outlets which are more prominent will back them up. China's been bad at PR for too long, while now they can actually record the ridiculousness of the Indian Army and by proxy the Quad and reveal them to be the aggressors and further shatter public trust, which may be all that is need to push India over the edge and weaken the Quad.
People's daily is the newspaper of the CPC, there's also chinamil the PLA's newspaper. Global times and some other outlets get public taxpayer funding but have their own independent editorial staff. Unless some politician or general is explicitly quoted in the article, it's just the writer's opinions.
Video footage of Indian soldiers getting beat back and retreating (as usual). It appears to be at Galwan several months earlier, before the fatal clash. At roughly 1:20, you can see the Indians breaking and routing.
They are most certainly are not as lethal. If you see the photos and videos, both sides are wearing armors and helmets. You can watch youtube videos that shows its pretty much impossible to stab or slash armor using a melee weapon. Especially modern riot gear which is even more secure. Most deaths in medieval battles happened after one side starts to flee, not during actual fights. These weapons are a step up compared to sticks and bats but far less lethal than bullets with proper riot gear.
Most deaths in Galwan happened due to falling off a cliff and then falling into a cold river.
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