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Colonel
Even kids in the PLA strategic rocket force (!) are not immune to being "bowed head tribe".

While discipline comes first they should also embrace and make use of gaming beyond the obvious such as using the Battlefield series in training. I remember reading an article some years back on how playing World of Warcraft helped deployed US service members maintain relationships with family back home thereby improving morale.

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PLA soldiers should stop being plebs and play actually good games.
Such as the Wargame series or CMANO. Or even old hex-field based tactics games like SPMBT. This way, they can sharpen their tactical thinking while also having fun.

If I was the PLA high brass, I would ban all games aside of hardcore realistic wargames.

I think it's very possible that many of them are playing realistic war-games since these games are popular.

I think these games can be beneficial, if it is in moderation like anything else. Banning them is not realistic.
 

plawolf

Lieutenant General
I'm more worried they are allowed phones in such sensitive places.

Normally you would expect total prohibition of all personnel electronic devices in such places, as all it would take is for one compromised phone or USB drive to introduce a state-created virus into your secured network.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Well In the US the Pentagon had contractor's remove USB ports from its systems to prevent direct by USB Thumb drives and Plug in interface, and the WIFI used is not the commercial type you have to have a special WIFI access. Even Phablets issues and used based off commercial models have been modified to remove access to commercial wireless cellular networks and operate on secured tactical nets.
I am guessing that the PLA would enact similar measures. IE your personal device is fine and they may allow it to be charged from an outlet but not plugged into the ICBM.
 

Ultra

Junior Member
Even kids in the PLA strategic rocket force (!) are not immune to being "bowed head tribe".

While discipline comes first they should also embrace and make use of gaming beyond the obvious such as using the Battlefield series in training. I remember reading an article some years back on how playing World of Warcraft helped deployed US service members maintain relationships with family back home thereby improving morale.

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Why is this even a problem. NO mobile phone period. Anyone found with mobile phone 4 weeks solitary confinement and if found again it is the firing squad that's see how fast this problem disappear.
 
Why is this even a problem. NO mobile phone period. Anyone found with mobile phone 4 weeks solitary confinement and if found again it is the firing squad that's see how fast this problem disappear.

At least not while they are on duty and supposed to be doing something else.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Rocket forces in Silos have a lot of free time on there hands, Unless the Rocket is under maintenance or drill, Minute men tend to be bored to tears with not a lot to entertain themselves with. Some games help with mental acuity.
 

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(Not sure if this is the right place to put it; it seems camoflaged like Army?)

China is building the world's fastest amphibious fighting vehicle


30 miles per hour on water.

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June 8, 2017



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[SUPERAV

The Iveco/BAE SuperAV, an amphibious armored fighting vehicle proposed by the United States Marine Corps, has a top amphibious speed of about 6 miles per hour.

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While there are many amphibious armored vehicles in the world, most of them, whether tracked or wheeled, move very slowly in the water. China's new amphibious armored car will leave the competition in its wake.

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[LIKE A SPEEDBOAT

The amphibious AFV uses its high powered water jets and streamlined hull to speed across water at 50 kph (about 31 miles per hour). Even with armor and weapons on a production version, it would still likely reach amphibious speeds of at least 12 to 18 miles per hour.

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The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has built a 4X4 armored fighting vehicle (AFV) that can reach a top speed of 31 miles per hour when traveling in calm waters. That speed would make the amphibious AFV the fastest amphibious military in the vehicle in the world (the cancelled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was capable of 29 miles per hour on water).

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[TAKING A DIP

The amphibious AFV can retract its wheels against the underside of its hull. (The picture is pixelated to hide details of the hydropneumatic suspension and retraction mechanisms.)

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The amphibious AFV has a v-shaped hull to minimize hydraulic drag (though a v-shaped hull is also good protection against improvised explosive devices, or IEDs). It achieves its record-high speed with compact pumpjets, as well as retracting its wheels toward the hull to reduce drag.

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[ZTD-05 TANK

China's ZTD-05 amphibious tank, armed with a 105mm cannon that fires both high velocity shells and guided missiles, is the world's fastest amphibious vehicle, speeding through the water at over 20 knots. In the future, it could be accompanied by amphibious wheeled AFVs, which can keep up with it in the water and speed ahead of it on land for recon duty.

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While it's only a proof-of-concept vehicle, it's still pretty impressive. As a technology demonstrator, it has a light weight (about 5.5 tons without armor or installed weapons) that allows it to be particularly speedy. But even with additional armor to protect against small arms fire and an autocannon, it could potentially travel at amphibious speeds up to 18 miles per hour, which is faster than the amphibious speeds of the 6 miles per hour Terrex 2 and BAE SuperAV, the contenders for the United States Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle AFV.

If a wheeled Chinese amphibious AFV enters service, it'll deploy from Chinese hovercraft like the Type 726, as well as the Type 071 landing platform dock assault ships, speeding through water and onto beaches.
 
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