oh the first sergeant is going to smoke him for sure , a new IFV , the paint barely dry.
Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
- Thread starter Broccoli
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That driver should be pressed to serve into the infantry in order to learn to respect the military.
by78
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No amount of AI or automation can replace this. Sometimes you just need humans to do things, even when things are going well!A few more...
Anyone knows correct dimensions of ZBD-04 and ZBD-04A IFVs? The first one is most likely 7520x3300x2530 (to top of turret) mm, but I'm not sure if it is correct or refers to earlier ZBD-97 variant. Maybe any blueprints appeared on the web? Also it is interesting to know ground pressure based on track length/width and fuel tank capacity...
by78
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Mengshi-III field medical vehicle. I'm not certain if this also serves as a medical evacuation vehicle, since I can't see the back of it, but it probably does.
More details of the interior of the Mengshi-III field ambulance.
Interesting, the soldiers in pic 1 are carrying QBZ-03s. We don't often see that. Does anyone know why the PLA didn't employ QBZ-03 en-masse?More details of the interior of the Mengshi-III field ambulance.
So they're using double doors for rear access? I wonder if flip down ramp would be better, especially when trying to carry casualties on stretchers into the vehicle.More details of the interior of the Mengshi-III field ambulance.
That'd be a solution looking for a problem.
Loading stretchers is actually best done at waist-shoulder height, while full standing. Handling a stretcher load lower than waist level and/or bent over is back breaking
Adding a ramp doesn't really make it better here. Vehicle ramps are actually slippery things. Not the best underfoot conditions when trying to load a stretcher. I've seen sim casualty dropped off shoulder height trying to load onto a 8x8 ambo (with ramp), no fun. It also doesn't help that in ramped ambulances, the stretcher has to be brought into the vehicle and then side-on lifted into the rack rather than end-on from behind the vehicle - which means the bearers have to do some heavy lifting inside the cabin while bent over.
Rather than adding a ramp to a vehicle that doesn't have one built-in, better to spend the money on putting in a self-loading stretcher rack - like so ...