PLA's Body Armor

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Red Guard

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MIGleader said:
heres the armor break down...
all pla marines probably have body armor,
and most paratroop units do too.
the majority of A catagory units have body armor. i dont know how red guard got the idea a units dont have flak vests.
b units probably dont have much armor.
all spec ops. have the best armor
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the thing is, i don't know where you get the idea PLA HAS body armour. in chinese forum, we've been fighting for this for years that if we should issue body armour and boots to the troops or not. i never seen one picture about soldiers wear body armour recent years(some pictures show artillery soldiers wear such in 80s,very rare). and the thread i posted is like a.....huge hit within the chinese forum, as we finally are issuing body armours.
if you will, show me ANY photo of they are using body armour in the past 10 years, ANY units.
 
MIGleader

MIGleader

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yep. heres another pic:
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rommel

rommel

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okay, execpt the same few pic of the chinese TV channel CCTV-7 and the pic of the body armor shown by Mig , that does not mean that the PLA has body armor, if their have body armor, they will have used them in exercise to get the soldiers used to them to let them feel confortable with it when they have to fight.
 
MIGleader

MIGleader

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the moajority of the pla dont have armor. the marines, paratroops, and most A units have it, along with spec ops, but that amounts to only a few hundred thousand men out of the 2.3 million.
 
FriedRiceNSpice

FriedRiceNSpice

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MIGleader said:
the moajority of the pla dont have armor. the marines, paratroops, and most A units have it, along with spec ops, but that amounts to only a few hundred thousand men out of the 2.3 million.
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Out of the 2.3 million in the PLA, only 1.5 million is in ground forces. And out of that, only 1.2 million is in the infantry. I am assuming that tank crews, fighter pilots, and naval officers can do just fine without body armor. Out of the 1.2 million in the infantry, most likely 100,000-300,000 (all from the elite units named by MIG boi) are equipped with modern body armor.
 
rommel

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FriedRiceNSpice said:
Out of the 2.3 million in the PLA, only 1.5 million is in ground forces. And out of that, only 1.2 million is in the infantry. I am assuming that tank crews, fighter pilots, and naval officers can do just fine without body armor. Out of the 1.2 million in the infantry, most likely 100,000-300,000 (all from the elite units named by MIG boi) are equipped with modern body armor.
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not so sure, tank crew or at least light armor crew need body armor just in case that light ammo pierce the armor , and if the A and elite unit have armor, why they didn't put them in Peace Mission 05 ??? That's seem unrationnal 'cause we, infantry, have to always wear our full combat during exercise to get used with. Because the body armor is not something very comfortable and if you don't train with it, it's reduce the soldier's ability of adapting himself with new gears.
 
FriedRiceNSpice

FriedRiceNSpice

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rommel said:
not so sure, tank crew or at least light armor crew need body armor just in case that light ammo pierce the armor , and if the A and elite unit have armor, why they didn't put them in Peace Mission 05 ??? That's seem unrationnal 'cause we, infantry, have to always wear our full combat during exercise to get used with. Because the body armor is not something very comfortable and if you don't train with it, it's reduce the soldier's ability of adapting himself with new gears.
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China cant afford to replace armors. Maybe they just didn't want to damage the body armors or wear them out.
 
MIGleader

MIGleader

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rommel said:
not so sure, tank crew or at least light armor crew need body armor just in case that light ammo pierce the armor , and if the A and elite unit have armor, why they didn't put them in Peace Mission 05 ??? That's seem unrationnal 'cause we, infantry, have to always wear our full combat during exercise to get used with. Because the body armor is not something very comfortable and if you don't train with it, it's reduce the soldier's ability of adapting himself with new gears.
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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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