While Task and Purpose and other MAJOR media outlets are generally held in contempt by senior members (as in members like
@Blitzo ) when it comes to high tech stuff like J-20’s, they haven’t been fully judged in regards to reporting on ground equipment. I think the video deserves to be posted and judged here in order to have a record of our judgement.
In this case, for the pros, it addressed certain things like the scopes, design process, and the keyhole garbage typically spouted by Westerners. In addition Cappy brought up a comparison between the design processes of the NGSW and the 191. I thought that was a nice touch along with the ending mention of the previous state of the infantry equipment.
However for the cons, it unfortunately brings up irrelevant information about NCO’s, the old “China copies everything”, and lack of combat experience (aka the “let’s s@@t on China as much as we can to make ourselves feel better” diatribe package). Let’s be real here though. This is the default Western mentality, so we are just going to have live with it for now like how students have to deal with the one idiot who keeps on asking the teacher to repeat their instructions. In addition, the title of the video is atrocious and reminds me of those bot channels ran by Filipinos, Indians and Vietnamese who want to get some of that sweet ad revenue.
So all in all, despite the cons, I think the video is alright for this thread if you can CITE the relevant information in your posts. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is starting to use this forum for information. So don’t just post it and ask what we think about it. Instead, post quotes from the video with the time stamps.
As always, avoid the YouTube commenters since they most likely didn’t even finish watching the beginning two minutes in order to get a heart from Task and Purpose. Also of course, just “lol” at the diatribe and move on.
