Rare sighting: Russian S-400 Triumf being transporting by rail in China, including 5P85TE2 launchers

While it is confirmed that China got its first battalion of S-400s in January 2018, photos of them being sighed are difficult to find.   On April 1st, a train with "Oversize Load" safety flags full of S-400 and its 5P85TE2 were photographed.

China's economy is worse than you think

Even the Killer-Robot-Dog is no longer employed, reducing to street begging.  Is the root cause a trade war with by high tariffs?  Your guess is as good as mine.

Sunday, January 05, 2025

Who's a good dog?

The PLA appears to be having fun with their new robot/K9 drones, which are being used for cargo delivery, NBC defense, sentry duty, and a variety of other creative purposes in addition to combat.   Besides, who doesn't adore having a cute little puppy around? 

 And yes, you can get a basic model off online for less than 3 grand.  

Photo Collection Of The Day: QJZ-171 12.7×108mm Heavy (Light) Machine Gun

The QJZ-171 was created with mountain warfare in the southwest plateau region (read Tibet), hence there is a strong emphasis on its portability.  Weighing in only 26.4 lbs, it can be portable by a 2-man crew as seem from a squad of PLA infantry of the 81st Group Army, Central Military Command below.  

Thanks to the complex plateau terrain and high altitude,  the oxygen content of the air is low, the combatants' physical fitness will be significantly lower than that of the plains, and the combat load of individual soldiers must be lower than that of the plains in order to reduce the physical consumption of officers and men.  Furthermore, the ground beneath the plateau terrain is mostly bare sand, snow, frozen soil, or soft moss, and the weapon system must be more adaptable to the ground, so that when used in the aforementioned terrain, the ground does not need to be modified, and the impact on weapon use is minimal.

To reduce weight and make it portable for two people, a plastic 60-round ammo box with a polymer link was specially constructed.  However, it can still fire the DShK-38/46-influenced box if necessary.    In addition, carbon fiber plastic was utilized for the exterior gun housing, with titanium alloys used for the receiver, bolt carrier, and some belt feed elements.

The QJZ-171 appears to be well-received, outside mountain troops, it has been deployed to MOUT, mounted infantry, and other SpOps formations.     Similar to the the Russian Kord Heavy machine gun, it began as a lighter replacement for an existing design and is now used in a variety of applications, from ship mounts to remote weapon stations. 

Note the QMK-171 5x magnified optic and the plastic ammo box

Sunday, December 15, 2024

QJZ-171 Heavy Machine Gun Spotted With The PLA Marine.

47th Chinese naval escort taskforce departs for Gulf of Aden

Source
    China Military Online
Editor
    Lin Congyi

Time
    2024-12-15 21:10:47

http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16358455.html

ZHOUSHAN, Dec. 15 -- The 47th Chinese naval escort taskforce set off from a military port in Zhoushan City, southeast China's Zhejiang Province at around 9:00 a.m., December 15. The taskforce is heading for Gulf of Aden, to take over the escort mission from the 46th taskforce.

The 47th escort taskforce consists of guided-missile destroyer Baotou (Hull 133), guided-missile frigate Honghe (Hull 523) and comprehensive supply ship Gaoyouhu (Hull 904), carrying two ship-borne helicopters and over 700 mission members including dozens of special operations soldiers.

This is the fourth escort mission for comprehensive supply ship Gaoyouhu and the first time for both destroyer Baotou and frigate Honghe. 

 

Image of the 1st Nigerian Army ST-1 1 8x8 wheeled Assault Gun Being Knocked Out

According to the Chinese internet, the photo below was taken near an army outpost that was attacked 5 days ago (link).   Sincere condolences to the victims of this tragedy.

Saturday, January 09, 2021

VT4 MBT, SH2 122 mm self-propelled and ST1 8x8 wheeled Assault Gun to see acton soon

 Rest of the article (here)

The Nigerian Army has launched another massive operation against Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) elements to dislodge them from their enclaves and hideouts in the North East.
Nigerian army launches operation to smoke out terrorists from their enclaves and hideouts.

The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj.-Gen. Nuhu Angbazo, disclosed this at the maiden media briefing on ‘Operation Tura Takaibango’ on Thursday, at 27 Brigade Tactical Headquarters, Buni Gari in Yobe.

Angbazo said the new operation was operationalised on Jan. 3 in the entire North East Theatre of operation comprising Adamawa, Borno and Yobe as subsidiary of Operation ‘Lafiya Dole’ (OPLD).

Thursday, April 09, 2020

Photos of the day: VT4 MBT, SH2 122 mm self-propelled and ST1 8x8 wheeled Assault Gun landing in Lagos Nigeria.

Story sourced here: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/04/08/insurgency-army-takes-delivery-of-armoured-tanks-artillery-trucks/

With a $152m contract on the table, the Chinese government, it was learnt was made to guarantee the quality and timely delivery of the armaments, which are mostly intended for use in the North-east to boost the ongoing war against insurgency.

“Those who will operate them have been trained in China. If not for the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19, we expected some of their trainers to join us here to train more people.

“From the army, expect more robust operation to put behind us the menace of insecurity, that of Boko Haram, bandits among others.”

This makes Nigeria the second known operator of the VT4 MBT after Thailand's 58 million USD for 28 VT4 buy in 2017