PLA Photos

Behind the 35mm grenade launcher there's another soldier wiping a really long weapon, what is that? Looks like some kind of anti-material rifle...

or a heavy machine gun.

the urban Camo Patten of the body armor and packs looks the same as the ones worn during the joint Indian Operation, the vests them selves look sort of like the US Marine Modular Tactical Vest but the early versions in that it's open around the kidneys. The US Vests closed this due too IED and Fragmentation wounds.
Also note that the Chinese Seem too have introduced the alterations too the Type 07 uniform as both the Blue Uniforms seen above and the Urban uniforms have shoulder Pockets the Joint operations uniforms have flat top opening style the blue one have slanted ones with Velcro Like the American ACU
also Note that only one of the troops has a telescopic sighted type 95 rifle.

The PLAN Task Force to Africa has departed! This is a momentous day for the PLAN! Best Wishes to these Sailors and Marines!

Chinese Navy(PLAN) sailors send off a warship for the Chinese Navy's(PLAN) first overseas operation from Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. On Friday, warships armed with special forces, missiles and helicopters will sail for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

A helicopter that will join the Chinese Navy's first oversea operation flies over a port in Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

China Navy's destroyers, the Haikou, top left, and the Wuhan, bottom left, and supply ship the Weishanhu, right, are moored at port before leaving for the Navy's first oversea operation from Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer is seen in Sanya, capital of South China's Hainan Province Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. On Friday, warships armed with special forces, missiles and helicopters will sail for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

Xie Zengling, a co-leader of the special force on board of Chinese navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer, salutes as he poses for the camera in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Navy special force members wave on the deck of a warship in Sanya, a coastal city of South China's Hainan Province on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

Sailors check the materials on the decks of a Chinese Navy's supply ship in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008. The fleet - two destroyers and a supply ship - would have about 800 crew, including 70 special operations troops and will join in the multi-national patrolling of the Gulf of Aden and waters off the coast of Somalia, the official Xinhua news agency said. Picture taken December 25, 2008.

Chinese navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer is seen in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008.

These photos were posted on sina.com 2008-12-26. If anyone has an English link to that website please post it here. Thanks!















More pix..Any description on these PIX would be appericated. Thanks!

12.29.2008 Juvenile prisoners attend class in a prison in Changsha, capital of Hunan province. [China Daily]

Juvenile crime in provinces with many migrant workers, such as Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, has become a growing problem, as many migrant youths lack parental supervision, court officials said.

A pilot sits inside a helicopter during a training session on the deck of Haikou, a missile destroyer of the Chinese naval fleet on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia on December 28, 2008, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]

This photo taken on December 28, 2008 shows Weishanhu, a supply ship of the Chinese naval fleet sails on the South China Sea, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]

Members of a local special armed police unit reconnoiter during an anti-hostage-taking drill in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 25, 2008. [Xinhua]

A Chinese navy sailor guards on the deck of the missile destroyer "Wuhan", the flagship of a fleet composed with two destroyers and a large supply vessel, at a naval base in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province, December 25th, 2008. [chinadaily.com.cn]

A helicopter rests on the destroyer "Haikou" from the South China Sea Fleet, December 25th, 2008. Du Jingchen, chief commander, said his three warships and near-1000 soldiers are ready for the mission in the Gulf of Aden against the Somali pirates. [chinadaily.com.cn]

A Dongfeng-1 Missile is displayed in the hall of weapons at the Chinese Military Museum, in Beijing January 4, 2009. China may be planning to slowly reduce the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan in a significant show of goodwill towards the self-ruled island, a military official from Taiwan said on Sunday

武汉号导弹驱逐舰航行在大洋上[记者 张朋 摄]

我护航编队直升机夜间训练[记者 张朋 摄]

卡-28型舰载机进行夜间着舰训练（中央台记者孙利摄于海口号导弹驱逐舰）

I found these PIX at;

http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/

..They appear to be some female PLA recruits undergoing some sort of training.











More PIX from sina..

Chinese destroyer DDG-169 Wuhan is pictured from French Frigate Le Floreal on January 7, 2009. A Chinese naval convoy arrived on January 6, 2009 in the Gulf of Aden on a landmark mission to protect the country's shipping from Somali pirates and escorted its first four vessels, state media reported. The four ships escorted were Chinese merchant vessels, including one from Hong Kong, Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch filed from aboard the destroyer Wuhan. The naval task force, deploying two destroyers and a supply ship, marks China's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries.

Gents..I need a little help. I found this pic at sina.com.cn
What is this? Is it real? Or just PS And if someone could translate the text that would be appericated.

新加坡《联合早报》和俄罗斯新闻社报道说，俄罗斯某副总理一天前在俄罗斯新闻中心透露，中国如果有兴趣，俄 罗斯将考虑对华出售新型苏─35战斗轰炸机，而且不排除让中国参与第五代战机的研发计划，而这同时意味着中 国很可能会放弃发展航空母舰，而将重心放在新型的空中力量上。

that last pic im not sure, but for some reason it reminds me of the su47 berkut.

The script said something not related to the photo: If China is interested, Russia would consider to sell the new Su-35 fighter/bomber, and may also let China join the 5th generation fighter development project. This might means that China would give up developing aircraft carrier and concentrate on the new air power.

Indeed, this is a Su-47 Berkut. It have a weary simmilar design with the US X-29.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wXs...eature=related

Recently I found three pictures here. I think this is a 130 mm naval gun, but Iam not sure. Some naval expert comment would be great.

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Gents..I need a little help. I found this pic at sina.com.cn
What is this? Is it real? Or just PS And if someone could translate the text that would be appericated.

[qimg]http://i44.tinypic.com/2886tc.jpg[/qimg]

or some one misplaced a photo. the tail marking it not Chinese it's a red star not a "Bar and star" and the Chinese place such markings on the fuselage not the tail plane the script is Cyrillic not Chinese characters and the Aircraft is the SU47

Here Watch the birdie!

take notes here people
One the shape of the Canards Flankers have swept ones these are trapezoidal shaped, Check
second the Location of the Script on the hull. just under the cockpit the color of it and the airframe, check
shape of the tail planes number of them ( two) and Markings ( white top Green/black body with Red star ( each nation has a unique marking system and red stars are the Russian marker the Chinese use a orange/red star with gold trim on a matching bar, USA star in a ring with bars branching out, most Europeans use there national colors in a bulls eye. )
the wings are hard too tell but there sweeping forward and in military use that means only two aircraft with in the last twenty years the X29 US, or the SU47 Firkin.