Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.

LawLeadsToPeace

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AZaz09dude said:
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So the competition shooter who has been helping train the PLA team for some of the events in the upcoming army games has confirmed two long speculated issues regarding the current iteration of the QBZ-191:

1. The top rail on the handguard portion is made of polymer, making it difficult for any optics/lasers mounted on it to hold zero.

2. The grippod with integrated push to talk is absurdly cumbersome to the point where it negatively affects the speed of mag changes.

These problems are superficial ones easily fixed by removing/swapping out components. However, due to the nature of the PLA, most units are just going to use what they get so these problems might linger for who knows how long. And for the handguard, it's definitely going to take some time for 3rd party alternatives to start popping up and entering service in meaningful numbers if the ACP and Defender rails for the 95 series is anything to go by.

Overall, aside from some apparent complaints over the new handguns, the small arms of project 1224 seems to be relatively successful. At least when compared to the new gear where, based on the postings of those who've used it, it seems like most of the components range from "workable but made some questionable design choices" (eg the new helmets) to "mediocre with notable issues" (new standard issue body armor/vest system) to "absolute garbage" (the new drop leg holster)

Hopefully the trend of "自购强军" continues to grow and creates more competition to innovate
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For the helmets, what are the questionable design issues that the users noticed?
 
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AZaz09dude

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LawLeadsToPeace said:
For the helmets, what are the questionable design issues that the users noticed?
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Biggest issue is the helmet suspension being attached to the external plastic frame, which is more fragile and prone to breaking compared to traditional helmet designs. Other minor ones include having yet another different NVG/Eyepiece whatever mount and the high cut version lacking an ARC rail to mount headsets on (it seems they did have a design with it, but justified the removal by going with an in ear design for the new headsets. However there's still plenty of units actively running self purchased FAST clones with headsets mounted on the ARC rail...)
 
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Some more images of the NVG and another picture Im Uncertain of wether if its demonstrated look rather than what gear will be issued to infrantry men.

Last 3 Nvgs Images.

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Gear Demonstration sharws by Bloodwing.

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Saru said:
Some more images of the NVG and another picture Im Uncertain of wether if its demonstrated look rather than what gear will be issued to infrantry men.

Last 3 Nvgs Images.

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Gear Demonstration sharws by Bloodwing.

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Saru said:
Interesting images of Special Force Unit equipped with High quality expensive gear, Seemingly there will also be new NVG model unless Im mistaken.

SOF Gear.

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The NVG's

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Are they wearing their body armor too low? It’s supposed to cover your chest/heart right?
 
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