Friday, November 07, 2014
PLA Photo Bot on Twitter.
Interested in PLA armor developments in particular and their army in general? Then take the time to check out the PLA Photo Bot on Twitter.
Here's the deal though. Like the name says (and for some reason Asian websites dedicated to pics of a particular subject are more popular than they are here in the States) its primarily a photo site, but it does give a bit of info on the vehicles/aircraft/ships covered.
Sidenote 1. The above render is of the ZBD-04. Its being touted as the most powerful IFV in Chinese service and it appears that the Chinese EFV was simply a failed interim model. More to come on this vehicle. It seems that the other IFVs we've seen are aimed at the export market only.
Sidenote 2. Working on the translation problem and I remembered advise given before that I ignored at the time but turns out to be the answer. Google translate handles Mandarin quite well but struggles with Japanese and Korean. Babel Fish does it all with few problems. Check them out to save yourself the frustration that I've been running into.