I don't think it is similar to a PLA vehicle ,keep in mind the target is seen though a scope at about 1km away , it might look very different the the close up we get
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plawolf
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If Sun Tzu had met a Jai Hind, he would have put in a general rule that one should not waste one’s time trying to understand how idiots think. Merely recognising them as idiots would be sufficient to determine how best to deal with them.
I am talking about the digital camo, as far as I know, China's potential adversaries do not use digital camo on vehicles.
This could've been just a normal shooting training where enemy identifications weren't part of it. As for its camo, they probably just wanted a generic camo vehicle to shoot at. I wouldn't put too much thought into this.
At that distance you do not see camo , it more a silhouette against the ground, the shape has more to do with how the tanker going to see the target then the camo.
I can also point you to read why a lot of tanks usually doesn't even have a camo , just green-ish paint.
Cause when they studied the effectiveness of camo for helping the tank to hide during WW2 , the conclusion that it had minimal effect , it is mainly effective against air reconnaissance.
So you will see that no Allied nation use one cause they dominated the air after 1943, but the German army did use camo.
Fast forward 80 years later ,they kept the tradition. The Germans still paint camos on their tanks , but US UK Russia doesn't.
These day , with night vision , and thermal sights , camo is even less relevant for hiding a tank , so it just an ascetics thing.
China , Japan , Korean has camo for tank , I think it does look better with some camo , but it has no real affect for concealment against modern electronics.
Maybe I am nitpicking, but they put the effort to paint camo on the target. It would have been cheaper to not do it, and probably more effective at representing blue forces. Even if there is only a 0.01% chance this may cause the gunner to subconsciously associate digi camo to enemies, it should not be done. We are talking about lives at risk, I think it is an easy 'error' to fix, that would also save money from the paint. You can also say camo is useless at long ranges, but why risk the possibility it is not.
by78
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Truck-mounted smoke grenade launcher. The last image is an old one, but it shows off what this platform is capable of.
A different smoke grenade launcher.
For a major military power their NSW are not equipped well for a ship intervention. Thought they were improved more than this.
