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I never said soldiers are prohibited from wearing the patch. They can wear lucky charms, pink bras, and and pantyhose for all I care. What's your point exactly?
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Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.
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I never said soldiers are prohibited from wearing the patch. They can wear lucky charms, pink bras, and and pantyhose for all I care. What's your point exactly?
My point is, it is quite unusual to see such presentation from the PLA, considering they are very strict about how they are presented when it comes to symbolism. It is shocking to see that they are wearing insignias that has skulls on them.
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I'm crossposting this over since this shows a PLAN sailor (most likely a Jiaolong commando) wearing a FAST helmet with a flashlight attachment and a modern plate carrier. I guess they are starting to no longer wear the old QGF 03 helmet and tactical vest like the commando below did:A joint drill between the 42nd and 43rd Gulf of Aden escort task forces.
Where’s Waldo?
Here is iRay(aka infiRay, or 艾睿光学 in Chinese)'s new generation thermal weapon sign, with the first commercial HD (1280*1024 Resolution) commercial uncooled IR sensor:
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It's not design for PLA, but for international commercial market. And I do not think PLA can afford such expensive equipment ($18,000 include thermal sight and laser rangefinder) for soldiers. However, it's still a incredible product.
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It's not design for PLA, but for international commercial market. And I do not think PLA can afford such expensive equipment ($18,000 include thermal sight and laser rangefinder) for soldiers. However, it's still a incredible product.
All domestic? Or are there foreign parts?
To be fair, even the average US infantryman doesn’t carry high end scopes like that. I’d expect SOF and reconnaissance units to be testing those scopes out though given how they are starting to look into acquiring gear from private companies.
There is no clear answer. However, we can infer. Given the fact that InfiRay is a subsidiary under iRay Technology who manufactures mostly in China, they are most likely all domestic. Plus some big brand US optics companies have their components manufactured in China as well such as Primary Arms and Vortex. So, when you also factor in ITAR, the chances of the scopes having foreign components is extremely low.
them and jerry make really cheap optics . Like i will not lie i bet the manufacturer cost is a lot lower then sales china can leverage that and possibly get 35-40 percent reduction especially if its a bulk purchase