Chinese Rifle Of The Day: Type 97A Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR)

Type 97A DMR is an export variant of the QBU-88/Type88 rifle (chambered in 5.56x45mm)  This example is service with the Cambodian army.

 

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

The "China-equipped" Cambodian SpOps unit

ID-ed are:  LR-2 12.7×108mm Anti-Materiel Rifle, Type97A Marksman Rifle (export variant Type 88), Type09 shotgun, LZ 04 35mm Grenade Launcher, and CQ-A  Rifle

 

 

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mini PLA in the making?

With or without the latest donation of uniforms, the Cambodia army looks more like a mini PLA.

Cambodia Sees Week of Chinese Beneficence

http://www.voanews.com/khmer-english/news/Cambodia-Sees-Week-of-Chinese-Beneficence--122659719.html

China donated 50,000 uniforms to Cambodia’s armed forces on Thursday, adding to a week of Chinese donations and agreements and coinciding with peacekeeping training for Cambodian personnel with US forces.

Zhang Jianlin, military attaché for the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, handed the uniforms over to Sun Samnang, director general of logistics for the Cambodian Ministry of Defense, in a ceremony at the Phnom Penh military airbase.

The donation included 50,000 uniforms, along with accompanying hats, shoes and belts and adds to a donation of 257 military trucks a year ago.

“The Chinese Defense Ministry hopes that the uniforms will help relieve a shortage in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, and the donation also reflects the honest and good cooperation between the Chinese and Cambodian armies,” Zhang said.

Moeung Samphan, secretary of state for Cambodian Defense Ministry, who attended the ceremony, said the armed forces would have use of the uniforms, “fulfilling a shortage for our soldiers.”

On Wednesday Chinese Ambassador Pan Guangxue donated 200 Chinese-language books to the Confucius Institute at the Royal Academy of Cambodia. And on Tuesday, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh signed a trade agreement with the president of the Chinese Chamber of International Commerce, Wan Jifei.

Wan said Tuesday he hoped the two countries would reach bilateral trade volume of $2.5 billion in 2012.

Meanwhile, Cambodian peacekeeping troops are expected to end training with US personnel on Friday.

Type 89 HMG

Type 81 122mm MRL

Type 07 9mm SMG

Type 95 helmet with Type 56-2 rifle

Type 97

Capitalism with Chinese characteristics of the day: Hawking J-10CE at LIMA 2025

At the current Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2025) in Malaysia, China is trying to score more J-10CEs.

TV screen captures from "China Today"

September 3rd 2025 parade practices photos of the day: KJ-600/H-600 Carrierborne AEW&C with J-15

 

Monday, April 14, 2025

Photo Collection Of The Day: "Every Formation Is A Parade"

Rehearsal for the 80th anniversary of the triumph of the Anti-Japanese War parade has begun as the following photos suggest.   The Japanese army in China formally surrendered to the Chinese government on September 3, 1945. The day was appointed the national commemoration day of victory over the Japanese invaders.    For this year's parade, it will take place on September 3 as well.

H-6N in formation.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Photos of the day: The PLA 90th birthday grand miliatary parade

ZHURIHE, Inner Mongolia, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday kicked off a grand military parade to mark the 90th birthday of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Zhurihe military training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Forty-one helicopters flew in two formations that spelt the Chinese characters of "Ba Yi" -- which mean the date Aug. 1 -- and the number "90."

This is the first time that China commemorates the Army Day, which falls on Aug. 1, with a military parade since the founding of New China in 1949.

Photos Of The Day: PLAAF Su-30MKK and Su-30Mk2 with PL12 MRAAM and PL8 SRAAM

With approximately 100 Su-30 aircraft still in service with the PLAAF (76 units) and PLANAF (24 units), this aging but still capable airframe is receiving a new boost as its older Russian-made weapon suite is being replaced with an advanced set of domestically developed systems of PL12 MRAAM and PL8 SRAAM.   

It would not be surprising to see additional "unlocked equipment upgrade in PVP mode" near future.    Long-term, I expect them to be replaced by the J-16, which is presently in service in a very large number, of more than 400. 

 

Monday, September 23, 2013

PL8 SRAAM and PL12 MRAAM

Judging from this PR photo, the standard Air2Air armament for the J-15 Multirole Naval Fighter is PL8 and PL12 (under the centre fuselage).  This PL8 and PL12 combo is aligned with PLAN's SOP, no surprise here.  

China’s J-15 fighters complete maximum gross weight takeoff-landing training
(Source: China Military Online)   2013-09-18
　　BEIJING, September 18, (ChinaMil) – The J-15 fighters of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) have successfully accomplished the takeoff-landing tests with maximum gross weight on China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning " in a sea area on September 15, 2013.
　　The J-15 carrier-borne fighters completed for the first time the takeoff and landing tests from the aircraft carrier with different takeoff gross weight and multi-types of weapons under complex weather conditions, making a success of takeoff and landing in high frequencies and short intervals.
　　Up to now, the equipment systems of the "Liaoning " are in good condition, the carrier-borne fighter‘s technical condition is stable and the compatibility between the aircraft carrier and the carrier-borne fighters has been further verified.
Editor:Zhang Tao