Re: 2011 PLA SOF operations
Good old bullet-proof vests?
Doesn't look like it, these seem too thin to be kevlar vests.
I do wish they actually used real finished buildings for CQC training and not stick balloons on the targets.
With just those stump walls, the troopers can see inside the room and they will automatically form their attack plan and co-ordinate their movements based on that knowledge, especially if they can see where the targets are at. But that is knowledge and insight they are not likely to have in real life.
In addition, when you breach a room in real life, you are never going to get that much light, and the bad guys are not going to have magical balloon pop-ups in front of their faces to help you sort them from the non-combatants in an instant. The guys should be training in darkened rooms with just the printed targets so they learn to use the limited light and their torches to best possible effect and are used to hunting for targets in poor visibility, and especially in dealing with, and using muzzle flash under such conditions.
The whole point of CQC breaching exercises is to develop a trooper's skills and senses such that it becomes near instinct for him to be able to take in the layout of an unfamiliar room at a glance and be able to react instantly to unexpected situations and be able to tell friend from foe in a split second.
Having your range set up as they have goes through the motions but is deficient in many critical areas that could make a massive difference in how effectively the troopers can clear a room in real life.