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Annual PLA red vs. blue exercise "Zhurihe part F" has red armor force suffer crushing defeat to blue armor force.
Pic related is the blue tank, the type 59-II which is basically a Type 59 with the Royal Ordnance L7 and modern FCS.
The red force employs latest ZTZ-99 and ZTZ-96.
Chinese netizens respond that it's merely a game of laser tag and that the Type 59s are are supposed to simulate M1A2s.
This has been the consecutive year that China's red force has been trashed by its professional OPFOR army. It's rumored that the OPFOR's ORBAT is similar to US army combat teams. Indeed, despite their obsolete equipment, the blue force is equipped with the latest informationized hardware the PLA has.
Despite the questionable relevancy of large combined arms warfare and how late China is to wargames, this is probably one of the last places where you can see rows of the T54 chassis rolling over hills like it's the 1950's.
Pic related is the blue tank, the type 59-II which is basically a Type 59 with the Royal Ordnance L7 and modern FCS.
The red force employs latest ZTZ-99 and ZTZ-96.
Chinese netizens respond that it's merely a game of laser tag and that the Type 59s are are supposed to simulate M1A2s.
This has been the consecutive year that China's red force has been trashed by its professional OPFOR army. It's rumored that the OPFOR's ORBAT is similar to US army combat teams. Indeed, despite their obsolete equipment, the blue force is equipped with the latest informationized hardware the PLA has.
Despite the questionable relevancy of large combined arms warfare and how late China is to wargames, this is probably one of the last places where you can see rows of the T54 chassis rolling over hills like it's the 1950's.
