Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite its success, in the end, the Type 81 was still a stopgap rifle. What the PLA really wanted was a rifle in a new true intermediate caliber: 5.8mm. In the 1980s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: China’s 1980s stopgap rifle may continue to see service far into the twenty-first century. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the United States ...

The PLA's airborne corps soldiers in their featured sky gray camouflage uniforms march during a massive parade in Beijing to celebrate the 60th founding anniversary of New China. [Xinhua] BEIJING: ...