PLA's Body Armor

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FriedRiceNSpice said:
China cant afford to replace armors. Maybe they just didn't want to damage the body armors or wear them out.
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weird... dommage the armor, ahem... I don't think that you can dommage your armor or your webbing, believe me, I know what infantry equipment is used for... Well, why China will have to replace the armor during exercise, you are not shooting on it...

Migleader said:
i saw some pics of 05 sodiers with armor. but i forget where unfortunately...
the pla gets priority funding now, so expect more armor.
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well, watch out that you don't confuse body armor with the webbing...

on the link posted below by President, you see 2 pics or armor with 1 of webbing... and in the thread of Red Guard below about body armor, it say, PLA just start to issue body armor to soldier...
 
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theres no way it just started. im sure now that the army has more oney, more units are receiving armor, but i know the elite units of the pla have had armor for some years now.
 
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drunkhomer said:
i found this pic
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humm, good pic but this guy don't have a Unit ID badge and carry a pistol, i think it's more PAP or Special Police
 
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it's what we call a "show photo", he is just showing the new armour which will never be issued to the troop.
MIGleader, you seem like a chinese, which i wouldn't know, but i tell you, if you ever visit the chinese military forum, iff you are chinese, you would see that almost in every single military forum people are fighting about the possiblity of issuing both armour and boots. and from oct.1st news, we see, it's finally coming true......i tell you, there was NO full units such as marine and paratroopers are equiped body armour. some of the special force, which you guys seem like to call specops, may wear those to pose for the camera, but i think no special force and recon would wear that into special operation.
Anyyyyyyway. i tell you, armour was never issued to infantry troops, as i say infantry, because there are photos show artillery used to wear them in the 80s. that's flak jacket. i tell you, trust me, in the honour of a chinese military forum CEO.
 
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drunkhomer said:
wut???...i'm confused...or uneducated....DEY DIDNT HAV BOOTS??
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combat boots are not issued, except tankers who wear high boots, pilots, and some other people. Normal soldiers are not equiped boots. they wear ruber shoes, as we normally call that "the liberation shoes". PLA had been issuing those to the soldiers for the last 50 years. Such shoes are used as battlefield footwear and walking out shoes. Until around 2003, "the liberation shoes" were finally retired from the service, replaced by a new kind of ruber shoes. Even though special units and some of the A units are being issued boots, but there is still no sign of the whole infantry troops being issued boots in the near future.
the liberation shoes are part of the combat uniform, and part of the walk out uniform for the soldiers while the officers are equiped leather shoes. that lasted until 2004's summer, when soldiers are equiped walk out shoes, but not leather.
 
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Red Guard said:
it's what we call a "show photo", he is just showing the new armour which will never be issued to the troop.
MIGleader, you seem like a chinese, which i wouldn't know, but i tell you, if you ever visit the chinese military forum, iff you are chinese, you would see that almost in every single military forum people are fighting about the possiblity of issuing both armour and boots. and from oct.1st news, we see, it's finally coming true......i tell you, there was NO full units such as marine and paratroopers are equiped body armour. some of the special force, which you guys seem like to call specops, may wear those to pose for the camera, but i think no special force and recon would wear that into special operation.
Anyyyyyyway. i tell you, armour was never issued to infantry troops, as i say infantry, because there are photos show artillery used to wear them in the 80s. that's flak jacket. i tell you, trust me, in the honour of a chinese military forum CEO.
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we still have much to learn about the chinese armor situation. its difficult to keep track of 2.4 million men. im know that the elit pla divisions have armor, but the rest likely have flak jakets.
 
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MIGleader said:
we still have much to learn about the chinese armor situation. its difficult to keep track of 2.4 million men. im know that the elit pla divisions have armor, but the rest likely have flak jakets.
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as my high school teacher said, "some people decide to disagree". well, if you will, i am not trying to disagree with you, as i also wish they do. and please tell me where you get such information?
 
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