Way longer range too lmao

1.5k effective point I think

4 times more energy than 762 at 1k

Didn't say anything about stealth technology though<:smugpepe:445634631950139403>

You talking airforce?

China probably isnt a huge shining beacon of that

I mean here in China all their weapons etc are local. But the technology is often copied

Red Army Martyr's Cemetery Zunyi

What they really lack is combat experience

Last real war was in 79

I have no clue how our guys stay as good as they do

Got a handful who have seen action in East Africa, that's about it

I think they dont really train either

Well we are always at war. We have a lot of experience, and that reflects in our training

We dont do a lot, but what we did do often surprised me

PLA trains a lot but there's a divide between doctrine and experience

Moving target range at Benning was tits

And the most senior people here, when they were coming up half of their training was political

Ahh

They also dont have an nco corp right?

I always forget that is a European thing

That basically half the people in the platoon could take over for an LT and half that could make a decent cpt if absolutely required

That is one reason arabs wont win vs jewistan

At least not until they fix it

It's not like ours. They're still squad leaders etc but not as independent and powerful as ours

Yeah I didnt really realize why the sgt majors were so hard on training till I got out and read more

They really need to teach more fucking history

A senior NCO is kinda like a tech warrant here, a junior NCO ain't shit, more like just a senior E4

So it's still basically non existent

E4s could be trained well but they really put the screws to you as an E5

They hold the same billets as us, but not the same kinda status. It's not considered a real career position

You're not a careerist here unless you're an officer

Is it for the same reason as the arabs? To keep a tighter grip on power?

I think so in the Arab case yeah, how only a general has any respect and they treat lowers like complete trash

But here it's a bit different. During the cultural revolution, there was NO rank structure. At all.

Just billets, and for what we consider officer billets there is a dual structure that still exists. So there's a platoon leader, and a platoon commissar

Theoretically equal, the commissar is also like the S1, but tends to have a lot more experience than the actual PL/CO

Prior to the cultural revolution (Korean War and before) it was basically the Soviet model

After 8,500 KIA in Vietnam within the span of three weeks, they figured out the no-rank system didn't work so in the early 80s they sent a bunch of people to military academies, and they became the officer corps

Recruiters and drill instructors here are also officers, and are actually the same person. A unit will send basically the top 10% of their officers out to recruit, and the people who join, actually go to basic training under these same recruiters