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I see a lot pics of PLA troops doing high crawls (stomach, knees, and elbows), but no low crawls (flat on your stomach and face to the ground)?

Maybe just following the typical PLA priorities of mobility > firepower > protection?

RedMercury said:

Maybe just following the typical PLA priorities of mobility > firepower > protection?

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Perhaps, but when you're getting shot at and shrapnel flying from all direction, a low crawl is very useful to get to a more safe coverage area without giving away one's profile to the enemy, meanwhile avoiding the all that flying hot lead.

Even with a low crawl, there is no way you will be avoiding all of the flying metal. Best bet for survival would be to get your butt out of the kill zone asap while minimizing risk.

It's a trade off between a smaller profile and spending less time in the danger zone, and the PLA seemed to be decided it is better to haul ass.

I agreed in a scenario like a near ambush (can see the enemy within a football field distance) yes. But what about a scenario where one's unit mission is to knock out a single enemy bunker? Each squad within a platoon size unit would bound, cover fire, and trying to out flank it. This is where a low crawl is useful as the lower profile will help the flanking team to sneak up on it from the side meanwhile the enemy bunker is too busy firing at the fire support team to take notice because of the noise, smoke, and adrenaline running.

More PLA photos as posted by mpleio of mp.net.

PLA QBS-09 18.4mm automatic shotgun & associated gear.:.

The shotgun looks semi-automatic to me (but maybe with automatic cartridge ejection).

edit: grammar.

hopefully this one is indigenous not a variant of western model?

a few optical sights on some of those type 95's