Thursday, September 30, 2021

The QBZ-191 5.8mm rifle family


 

Carbine, rifle and DMR. The first two now standard issue the Type 171 prism sight with fiber optic illumination. The DMR is mounted with a variable magnification conventional scope instead of the 6x prism sight that they were working on a while back. 

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Chinese HD-1 Supersonic Cruise Missile from the Zhuhai Airshow

 



300 km range. Land and air launch-able. Capable of attacking naval or land targets. Satellite mid-course correction and multiple flight profiles. The air-launch version is small enough to be carry by light fighter such as the JF-17 export fighter 

Friday, September 17, 2021

PLAN Sovremenny Class Guided Missile Destroyer after midlife refit

 


The two single-arm launcher on each end now been replaced with two bank of 8x2 VLS cells, plus the 20-shot short-range defense missiles in front. The Russian Sunburn ASM now been replaced by the smaller Chinese missiles.