I'll just add to this as a final note. China sends QBZ-95s chambered in 5.8mm ammo on UN peacekeeping missions, so it's not unusual for stuff to legitimately get lost during a mission or negligence. That should go with body armor inventory as well. The fact that we're not seeing a lot of distributions of these types of equipment on the market is something that we should give the PLA credit for, especially given the organization's size. That said, yeah, garbage people still exists, and you can't stop them all no matter the country you serve in.
Last comment on this issue: You have to remember the dude is American imbued with the God given rights of incorruptible character and immaculate integrity. Lol
I never said that the American military was immune from similar behavior. I would know! There is this misconception that the Chinese are good at rooting out their own soldiers that sell gear. Chinese customs and security of that nature with goods are still very exploitable. It is the attitudes of the PLA soldiers themselves that are self policing in that there is a lot of mistrust on an individual level against the would be largest buyers of stolen military stuff (Americans) and vice versa. I hope that makes sense.
I can explain more on this topic and actually give examples of some of the stuff I've personally experienced with PLA/PAP soldiers/police and corruption, but as you say I don't know anything about the Chinese, so I'm not going to. You said it, so you must already know all about me and it must be true!
But yeah, but back on topic, in terms of performance of said gear, information is hard to come by for PLA issued stuff and for the most part are speculated based on their export stuff that are derived from said PLA stuff. Partly due to language barrier, but also likely them trying to be low-key on an somewhat of a open secrets. I recall them blurring out pictures showing the bolt of the QBZ-191, but then a day later they show a 3D cad rendering of the entire gun on state media
. Yeah they're pretty inconsistent to say the least.
That's even more worrying and only makes my statement more important. These are absolutely unacceptable. All this has shown is there needs to be stricter checks within the PLA. Whenever a foreigner shows up with PLA gear that shouldn't be there, a purging is needed.
Most of those stuff we know will be shown to the public sooner or later, it's just that the people haven't been given full approval to release all the minor details but even then, they are "open secrets" like you've said. It's probably the same regarding the armor and ammo.But yeah, but back on topic, in terms of performance of said gear, information is hard to come by for PLA issued stuff and for the most part are speculated based on their export stuff that are derived from said PLA stuff. Partly due to language barrier, but also likely them trying to be low-key on an somewhat of a open secrets. I recall them blurring out pictures showing the bolt of the QBZ-191, but then a day later they show a 3D cad rendering of the entire gun on state media
Interesting. Where did you get this little tidbit of information from, China Uncensored? Sure, the PLA has a corruption issue, but this is just regurgitated Western talking points.
Funny you should mention the 191, I have a line on them and God (and Army) willing I should be testing the 03 rifle and the 191 next year. I really don't want to make a PLA loadout video or any loadout video without having the proper rifle. I'm desperately trying to avoid using a 97 for a kit video. But 95s and the others are obviously not local and the Army is very sensitive about my travel. It isn't worth losing security clearance over. I will post here again once those spicy rifles are on film.But yeah, but back on topic, in terms of performance of said gear, information is hard to come by for PLA issued stuff and for the most part are speculated based on their export stuff that are derived from said PLA stuff. Partly due to language barrier, but also likely them trying to be low-key on an somewhat of a open secrets. I recall them blurring out pictures showing the bolt of the QBZ-191, but then a day later they show a 3D cad rendering of the entire gun on state media
Since you gonna get your hand on a 191, would you happen to know about the rumors of an export version of 5.56 / 5/45 QBZ 191?