Brigade of the Air Force in the Eastern Theater Command organized a special training for portable air defense missile shooters.
PLA Ground Forces news, pics and videos
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I've moved some posts about the PLA Navy to the relevant PLAN thread in the "Navy" section.
This thread should be for PLA Ground Forces relevant news, pics and videos that are new, of note or interesting. Use judgement.
(For example, by78's post above depicts a ship but it is under the PLAGF, and it is a ship type which is not often seen so as a miscellaneous, mildly interesting picture, posting it here is okay)
The below thread should be for general PLA strategic level/MoD/CMC posts, of which I have moved many recent posts relating to the SSF dispersal news to:
This thread should be for PLA Ground Forces relevant news, pics and videos that are new, of note or interesting. Use judgement.
(For example, by78's post above depicts a ship but it is under the PLAGF, and it is a ship type which is not often seen so as a miscellaneous, mildly interesting picture, posting it here is okay)
The below thread should be for general PLA strategic level/MoD/CMC posts, of which I have moved many recent posts relating to the SSF dispersal news to:
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This thread will replace the previous "China Defense/Military Breaking News Thread" as that one is at over 200 pages and more importantly was started in 2006 (see below) https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/t/chinas-defense-military-breaking-news-thread.1432/page-220#post-1073442 This new thread...
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I didn’t know the PLAGF operated their own landing ships. Doesn’t the PLAN also operate a bunch of landing craft?Rarely photographed PLAGF landing ship.
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QN-202 man-portable micro-missile at the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia. It's the first time I've seen this particular targeting/command unit.
QN-202 makes an appearance at IQDEX in Iraq. The placard shows camera feed from the seeker. Armor penetration from the small warhead is around 80mm RHA.
I wonder what the unit price are for those mini missiles, conventional wisdom would suggest that bigger boom is warranted when a guidence system is used on cost grounds. The warhead looks like 40mm grenade sized.QN-202 makes an appearance at IQDEX in Iraq. The placard shows camera feed from the seeker. Armor penetration from the small warhead is around 80mm RHA.
We've seen small ukraine drones take out Russian tanks when hit from the sides and/or from the tops.
Since QN-202 is a top-attack missile and can do 80mm, in theory it has a decent chance to disable/blind or even take-out a MBT if hit in the right place.
My point wasn't that it's not useful, it's that missile costs don't scale linearly. If you're paying say 75% of the cost of a javalin sized guided missile, why not go for the bigger bang.
The main advantage of QN-202 would be its portability, where a single soldier can carry 6? Missiles.