Must be those extra territorial police stations again
Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.
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Getting rid of retired / surplus gear through distributing them outside of the fighting force (no matter towards civilian or foreign state / agency) seriously damages reputation in general.
One reason why the Type-07 camo / uniform became so "infamous" towards the end of its service was precisely due to its uncontrolled influx into the civilian market, where it was sort of "repurposed" into the no.1 work clothes of construction workers and security guards (groups who where known to constantly cause trouble). Videos of such groups doing dumb stuff (with misguiding titles) became the primary source of Anti-PLA misinformation at some point, both domestically and internationally (especially among Falun members). The further spread actual 07 based helmets and flaks surely wouldn't help
Never thought it from this perspective. Now it makes more sense why the government is particularly strict on the export of new Type 19 and 21 patterned stuff, which is a shame as I really wanted to build myself a full, modern PLA kit.
Plus type 7 arid in iraq
That is interesting. Camo pattern can be thought of as government uniforms. Yes it can be sold abroad as general goods, but it still carries government reputation even if not by design.
A compact, light-weight target designator used for designating targets for air support.
A picture of what looks like the same model of the new lightweight target designator, in use with a recon unit from an article. Not much too useful stuff, but posting the links below as reference.
Associated article from original source:
Site with higher quality picture that posted above:
Just noticed this.
That gear (helmet, plate carrier) looks the same as the ones in these set of pictures
They might even be the same unit for all we know (some of them are even wearing their plate carriers at the right height!)... though I must say this particular plate carrier and helmet is definitely looking much much more capable than what is currently being used.
If this represents a new standardized helmet and plate carrier, then this would be quite an improvement.
In particular, the helmet offers a mounting point that actually looks appropriate for a proper set of NODs.
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That helmet is from Team Wendy.
This is probably just another example of a SOF unit purchasing their own gear from the open market. I wouldn't try to read too much into this.
An idea what foreign unit they are training with there?