plawolf
Lieutenant General
FN-6
I somehow doubt those guys in the back of the truck would really want to be there if the guy holding the MANPDA actually plans on shooting it.
I really hate staged photos like this and just wish the PLA would start using photographers that have the skill to take authentic pictures and still let them look cool.
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Well, if you look at pictures of the OICW, the stock on that is at least twice as bulky as the PLA one, it has little to do with whether a mag is loaded or not. And I seriously doubt they would want to manually load the automatic grenade launcher, that would defeat the whole point of making it automatic in the first place. Although the positioning of the ejection port for the grenade launcher casings makes it very interesting to see where exactly they will fit the magazine, as it obviously won't go in the pistol grip, but the ejection port is too far forward for the magazine to go much further back.
Bit of a head scratcher. I wish they would just get on with declassifying it so we can get a good look at the thing. Someone mentioned in another thread that these might already be operationally deployed on the ships sent for convoy escort duties in Somalia, so maybe we will get some nice HQ pictures of these new toys when the embedded jouros file their reports.
Although prepare for mass China-threat hysteria from the western press if PLAN SoFs are actually called upon to conduct a live operation and they are photographed with some of these during such an op. I am almost amused to find out which gun they would accuse the Chinese of copying to make this new weapon.
