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Having covered the ground assault, we’ll move on to the Dongfeng CSK002 Airborne Assault Vehicle (that’s AAV for those in the business). This is a vehicle with a smaller crew and trust us, you wouldn’t want to be the shooter. That’s because while the rest of the windows are bulletproof, that of the man who operates the front-mounted 30 mm machine gun is folded.Yeah. Are you getting the force of connection? The Chinese have chosen mobility and firepower over armor ... at least when it comes to their expeditionary/rapid deployment forces.
Other weaponry includes quadruple smoke grenade launchers, while the secondary hardware is a 12.7 mm machine gun - they all sit on the roof. Once again the protection seems poor, as this is operated by a soldier who has to exit through the roof.
Why are we not surprised about the fact that the Chinese military don’t appear to invest too much in protecting their troopers...
This is telling. When China goes to war, they will accept high casualties to accomplish whatever tactical/strategic objective. We should plan accordingly.
Back to the vehicle. A passenger mounted 30mm gun. A roof mounted 12.7mm gun. The Chinese paratroopers will arrive violently. To all my bubbas still in uniform. Train harder.
