2025 Victory Day parade thread (workup, 3rd Sept)

[siegecrossbow]

I notice in the aftermath of the parade that LY-1 naval laser has really caught people's attention. For lay people more than the UADFs the big laser has become the face of high tech weaponry of the parade.

It might be useful in future parades to have at least one such weapons that will really fire up the public's imagination even if it's unlikely to have major effect on the battlefield. Like say a square of robot wolves marching next time under their own power.

To achieve a similar effect they need to march troops with power armor.

 

[Temstar]

To achieve a similar effect they need to march troops with power armor.

Oh yeah that would work too. Exoskeleton where they can march with a LMG each instead of a rifle:

 

[Lnk111229]

Just have parade in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei is enough for this century.

 

[iewgnem]

I notice in the aftermath of the parade that LY-1 naval laser has really caught people's attention. For lay people more than the UADFs the big laser has become the face of high tech weaponry of the parade.

It might be useful in future parades to have at least one such weapons that will really fire up the public's imagination even if it's unlikely to have major effect on the battlefield. Like say a square of robot wolves marching under their own power.

As of now there are no longer any technological constraints preventing the 2029 or 2035 parade be made up of humanoid combat droids formations followed by large walking battle mechs and PLA troops in power armor, of course in practice we're more likely to see quadrupeds, maybe large hybrid electric ones with cannons, which would still be cool.

 

[mack8]

Funny thing is these days i was having silly thoughts about formations of chinese T-101s or whatever they will be called marching in one of these soon-to-be parades and all chanting in robotic voices something like "We serve the People. Glory to the Party." and just imagining the faces dropping on the relevant western defence circles, you know dr. Silberman style. I laugh just imagining their despair.

 

[CMP]

Funny thing is these days i was having silly thoughts about formations of chinese T-101s or whatever they will be called marching in one of these soon-to-be parades and all chanting in robotic voices something like "We serve the People. Glory to the Party." and just imagining the faces dropping on the relevant western defence circles, you know dr. Silberman style. I laugh just imagining their despair.

You joke about this but American came up with their own version first:

 

[mack8]

Meh that's just a game. My "version" would be the real deal.

 

[GZDRefugee]

Disagree from what I have heard in the sub community pla personnel are loud very loud so as much as I dislike to write it its unlikely to change within few years even with 09V in service.

I would like them to recruit retired Russian officers in 100s given the 3-4 annual sub launch rate by any means just like those British Fighter pilots.

This is so laughably wrong it's actually insulting. I'm currently in China for the funeral rites of my grandfather who was a 2nd Lt. on China's first batch of Romeo-class subs and his experiences are the exact opposite. What the fuck does your "sub community" know about PLAN submarine operating procedures?

 

[Temstar]

Minor interesting thing noticed by Yankee:


During practice DF-61 had its number painted at the exact same location as DF-41 in 2019, yet when it came time to do it for real they had the number adjusted so it's ahead of the air conditioning ducts instead.

 

[plawolf]

As of now there are no longer any technological constraints preventing the 2029 or 2035 parade be made up of humanoid combat droids formations followed by large walking battle mechs and PLA troops in power armor, of course in practice we're more likely to see quadrupeds, maybe large hybrid electric ones with cannons, which would still be cool.

Personally I think the first true power armour deployment in the real world will be in the form of power armoured troops riding quadruped mounts.

Currently the key limiting factor for true power armour is in making a power source compact enough. The mount side steps that issue by allowing you to use the mount to carry the primary power source, with the power armour itself only needing a secondary power source that only needs to last for a few hours instead of days or weeks.

The mounts also solves the speed problem with power armour, as slow prodding suits will get absolutely obliterated by ATGMs and FPVs.

But sadly, in the world of FPVs, power armour might become obsolete before its even developed, as no level of protecting such power could realistically provide would be enough to protect against FPVs with shaped charge warheads.