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02-09-2002, 04:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rikard_OHF:
China has a huge army, well disaplined though maybe not that well equiped

Rikard recent defense reports (via Janes) say that while china has a huge armed forces, for the most part they are poorly trained and poorly equipped. The discipline is the same as we saw in Iraq...ie. YOU WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE OR YOU WILL BE SHOT! The core divisions are at the other extreme, well trained, disciplined and equiped...but the majority of their forces are not like this at all.

Now only an idiot would ever go head to head with China in a land war (a line from the princess bride comes to mind) However we saw just how inneffective sheer numbers of men are in the gulf war...where "well trained troops" were surrendering to camera men and reporters.

02-09-2002, 04:45 PM	#6
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	quote: Originally posted by Rikard_OHF: China has a huge army, well disaplined though maybe not that well equiped Rikard recent defense reports (via Janes) say that while china has a huge armed forces, for the most part they are poorly trained and poorly equipped. The discipline is the same as we saw in Iraq...ie. YOU WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE OR YOU WILL BE SHOT! The core divisions are at the other extreme, well trained, disciplined and equiped...but the majority of their forces are not like this at all. Now only an idiot would ever go head to head with China in a land war (a line from the princess bride comes to mind) However we saw just how inneffective sheer numbers of men are in the gulf war...where "well trained troops" were surrendering to camera men and reporters.