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TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Get some camouflaged folding solar panels, and your team can have almost unlimited operational range even without any resupply.
Still kinda iffy as the amount of power harvested by current solar blankets leaves MUCH to be desired.
And the Battery performance is still an issue. Some thing like Fuel cells might be the better option but nearer term I see Hybrid as the best option for all military vehicles.
Sure you can augment with photovoltaic blankets but that engine is a onboard power generator. That means electricity for equipment and drive, heat for cold weather and the fewest trade offs.
 

Franklin

Captain
China will double the training period for new recruits from 3 to 6 months to improve readiness.

Chinese military doubles new recruits' training period to improve combat readiness

The Chinese military has doubled the training period for new recruits of its ground forces from three to six months in a bid to improve their combat capabilities, state media reported Friday.

The new recruits of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will be trained on professional skills before they are allocated to different companies, which have their own schedules and pace for professional skills training, Global Times quoted the PLA Army announcement as saying.

The PLA is the world's largest military with two million troops.

The new recruits could not keep pace with veterans, and veterans are not receiving enough training, the announcement said.

The problem has influenced and curbed the sustainable development of the PLA Army's combat capability, an anonymous official of a training bureau was quoted as saying in the announcement.

"Now the new recruit training is more effective, and they will be allocated to combat units after being fully trained to the standard of a qualified soldier," the official said.

Tian Liang, political commissar of the 2nd group of new recruits in the 71st Group Army said: "The extended training period and additional training content have ensured the new recruits can blend faster into different units and be prepared for combat".

The enrolment period has been held in summer and autumn since 2013, before that it happened in winter.

The change in 2013 allows new recruits to join the PLA Army in September and also helps increase the proportion of university graduates among the recruits.

The new recruits are placed alongside veterans in March after six months of training, it said.

The additional three months of training gives six months to the new recruits to adapt to military life and receive comprehensive training, the report added.

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gelgoog

Brigadier
Registered Member
Still kinda iffy as the amount of power harvested by current solar blankets leaves MUCH to be desired.
And the Battery performance is still an issue. Some thing like Fuel cells might be the better option but nearer term I see Hybrid as the best option for all military vehicles.
Sure you can augment with photovoltaic blankets but that engine is a onboard power generator. That means electricity for equipment and drive, heat for cold weather and the fewest trade offs.

I think hybrid will eventually be used in all major ground vehicles. Simply because you can improve stealth a lot with an EV engine both in terms of sound emissions and IR emissions.
 

Tam

Brigadier
Registered Member
Believe it or not.

Is the Chinese military’s off-road sport utility vehicle the toughest on the planet?

  • PLA’s boxy BJ80 SUV had seven times higher reliability test scores than the Mercedes-Benz that reportedly inspired the Chinese vehicle
  • Vehicle’s test results are ‘almost a miracle’, researcher says

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by78

General
Starting off the new year with 10 high-resolution magazine scans. Note that a few of these have been posted before...

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by78

General
The PLA has a new large 4x4 all-terrain vehicle either in service or being evaluated. The screen captures show the vehicle being dropped by a transport helicopter. From the looks of it, it can seat four.

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More information and photos of the new 4x4 all-terrain vehicle have been released...

It seats four (including the driver) and features a mounting point on the top frame, which is compatible with 12.7mm machine guns and 120mm rocket launchers, among others. The weapon is to be operated by a rear passenger. The front-mounted engine is 'compact' but 'powerful', i.e. good power density. A spare tire is mounted on the rear frame.

The PLA needed this vehicle to satisfy a niche: the 'last mile' transport of troops across rough terrain. This niche cannot be fulfilled by existing platforms. The regular Brave Warrior models are too heavy to be airlifted by helicopter, and the 8x8 Mountain Cat ATVs have inferior suspensions, resulting in poor troop comfort.

An up-armored version is also available (see last image).

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