Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.

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J16B MRF said:
Might have two strings on the bow?For example,develop 7.62×51mm tungsten shell and start mass-dispensing .338 shell at the same time......
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The US Army dropped the want of a new 7.62x51mm Battle Rifle for general issue. it was an interim system concept for the near term. IE the Now. They are moving for procurement of the HK G28 CSASS as a DMR and Sniper rifle. There are actually programs by the Army, Marines and Socom for Sniper Rifles in .338 Norma There is also a floating want of a .338 Machine gun as a option for use by Infantry and units who want something that can reach like a M2 Browning but minus the weight of a M2 Browning. A couple US Makers have Semiautomatic .338 Norma Rifles basically a Hulked out M110.
What is also happening is work on Cased Telescopic ammo targeting a 6.5mm cartridge that would weight almost as much as a M4A1 but have longer reach and better penetration potential. There was also work on CT 5.56mm and 7.62mm for LMG's

SinoSoldier said:
You sure that isn't Taiwanese? Looks like an AR-type rifle.
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The PAP has QBZ95 access, but as most of these SWAT teams are regional or city based it's likely that they are more reliant on more established export based options from Norinco. The Maker is well known for making the CQ311 and CQ5.56 Type A clones of the M16A1 and M4A1

SilentObserver said:
Its a defence university and part of the education is learning about the developments of other militaries and experiencing weapons/equipment from other nations.

M110 and crossbow?
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Not a M110, That looks closer to the Mk11 mod 0. Both M110 and Mk 11 Mod 0 are based on Stoner Rifle 25 a hybridization of the AR15 and AR10 Eugene Stoner was working on in the 1990's for Knights Armament near the End of his life.
Since then there have been lots of SR25 clones.

yuxiaochen said:
All off-the-shelf "toys", probably for static demonstration only
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Well Law Enforcement rarely gets Robo cops and ED 209. When SWAT teams get new stuff it's usually Military marketed first.
 
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New arctic uniforms for the Chinese army
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POSTED ON TUESDAY, 03 APRIL 2018 18:05
The Logistic Support Department under China's Central Military Commission (CMC) recently organized try-on tests of the new generation of cold protective clothing in a frontier defense company under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command located in Koktokay of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

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Soldiers wearing the new snow camouflage coat perform patrol duty in Koktokay, Xinjiang, March 20, 2018. They are assigned to a frontier defense company under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command. (Picture source : Chinese army/Li Kun)

Compare with the past winter clothes of the PLA, the design of the new generation is more combat-oriented to meet training and operational demands in various conditions. The new winter clothes, besides keeping the soldiers on hours-long outdoor guard and patrol duties warm, can also reduce the wearer's physical energy consumption during combat operations. Soldiers in the company said that, compared with the previous types of winter clothes. the new winter clothes are lighter in weight and more breathable, so they feel warmer in the new ones.

The latest-developed snow camouflage coat is able to counter ultraviolet reconnaissance, Zhang Hua, an expert from a military supplies engineering and technological research institute of the PLA Academy of Military Science, told PLA Daily.

Zhang was staying in the frontier defense company to collect data of the test. The try-on test this time involved more than 20 varieties of winter clothing and according to shortcomings found in the test, they will further make improvement, Zhang said.
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Dfangsaur said:
it's one of those gulf war era single lense nvg. Honestly they really should get new ones soon.
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Okay... First no,
The US issued the AN/PVS7 series in the Gulf war. This is not that.
second yes your general description is correct, a single tube system with 2 displays.
Third they do have newer models however it takes time and money to field a system widely and night vision is not yet that cheap. Besides if it works.
 
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Just curious, does the latest night vision allow shooter to aim through sight or they still have to rely on the laser pointer?
 
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kriss said:
Just curious, does the latest night vision allow shooter to aim through sight or they still have to rely on the laser pointer?
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Can still aim down iron sight as long as ergonomics allow you to fit the NVGs between your eyes and the rear sights and assuming the irons are glow in the dark, or you will have a hard time.

When it comes to optical sights, again depends whether you can fit the NVGs between your head and the sight, but then you have to worry about focus and only works if the reticule is illuminated. Also have to worry whether the optics let enough light in.

The best bet to use sights with NVGs is to try to use some sort of high-mounted collimator sight (red dot, holo, etc.) But at the end of the day it will depend whether you can see well enough to ID targets.

Something like this would be the best all-round riflemans sight. But laser works too.

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kriss said:
Just curious, does the latest night vision allow shooter to aim through sight or they still have to rely on the laser pointer?
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There are 4 ways to work this issue.
Sunbud said:
Can still aim down iron sight as long as ergonomics allow you to fit the NVGs between your eyes and the rear sights and assuming the irons are glow in the dark, or you will have a hard time.
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The Problem is that Iron sights don't always work that well when it comes to NOD because Iron sights rely on an optical illusion and point of perspective where a helmet/head mounted nvg although mounted to flip up these day is fairly fixed in position and if a soda straw in field of view. This means that the shooter has to contort to get a good line up, You also have issues that when recoiling the weapon and NVG and impact not a great idea.

The Issue with Lasers is that they work both ways. If you are fighting an adversary without NVG's then lasers are not an issue, but as technology has advanced light intensifiers are more common in nonmilitary roles, from camera's to hunting. Which even or lessor generations can still see the IR laser, and that laser is a line leading back to the soldier with that pointer. So using an IR pointer and a head mounted NVG has a major issue.

The first attempts and iterations of infantry light intensifiers were weapon mounted and as such were in fact the weapons sight, but this has limitations because you need to be able to use the sight in daylight conditions. (I won't go into the long list of issues the Ziegerat 1229, M3 Sniper scope or the like keeping it on the modern era) Systems that can switch between day and night modes tend to be pricey. and removable systems that pull this type of double duty have to contend with the problem of retaining zero ( keeping alighted with the Rifle's point of aim) But it is possible to build sights that can function as gun sights and night sights but it's not cheap and they tend to be heavy.

Sunbud said:
When it comes to optical sights, again depends whether you can fit the NVGs between your head and the sight, but then you have to worry about focus and only works if the reticule is illuminated. Also have to worry whether the optics let enough light in.
The best bet to use sights with NVGs is to try to use some sort of high-mounted collimator sight (red dot, holo, etc.) But at the end of the day it will depend whether you can see well enough to ID targets.
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Mounting NVG's with a existing day sight comes in 2 ways, Both involve mounting the NVG on the weapon. this has the advantage of ensuring that the NVG is lined up with the NVG and Zero is not an issue as it's reliant on the zero of the optical gun sight. Now this depends on having a Monocular NVG in either mode.
It can be mounted behind the gun sight in which case you need a gun sight that has a good eye box ( between the back of the sight and your Eye) Reflex sights ( 0 magnification) work best for this but quality low magnification sights can also do this. however because you are seeing though the NVG the reticle on the sight has to be low light or IR otherwise it will blind the NVG.
The other way is to mount the NVG in front of the day sight, down side is it plays with the weight and magnification of some sights but you can keep your eye box and don't need to worry as much about the illumination of the reticle.

The issues with these three ways of working it is that they are all placing the NVD on the weapon and tunneling there low light fighting through the weapon. any other task like navigating the landscape Driving a vehicle all require some other means to come in. That means could be a second NVG monocular mounted on the helmet That could be just using one eye.

Now there is one.. well 2 more route which one is more technically complex the other is more theoretical at this point.
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The last way? Night vision contact lenses or eye implants. I don't expect that for decades.
 
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