The typical Chinese soldier is kitted out with $1,500 worth of equipment, $700 of which is accounted for by the rifle. Reuters
The Minuscule Cost of Equipping a Chinese Soldier -- Wall Street Journal
China’s military has splashed the cash in recent years even as the U.S. reined in defense spending, but are Chinese soldiers kitted for war as well as their American counterparts?
Apparently not, a Chinese newspaper says, after adding up the average costs of equipping Chinese and U.S. infantrymen.
From rifle to raincoat, helmet to haversack, the Chinese soldier’s kit list costs just under 9,400 Chinese yuan ($1,523), or roughly the value of two entry-level iPhone 6s in China, according to Southern Weekly, a Guangzhou-based newspaper.
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My Comment: You get what you pay for .... that is why if I was to be a soldier .... I would prefer to be in the U.S. military.
2 comments:
"I would prefer to be in the U.S. military."
Hmmm, would you rather be faced with the prospect of excellent quality equipment (debatable) offset by the endless wars that the US finds itself in and the likely-hood of being deployed to somewhere you'd rather not be...
Or the prospect of not having to worry about deployment issues (not counting future wars) offset by sub-par equipment (debatable)...
Hmm, that's a toughy...
I am not a soldier .... so this is a choice that is only a theoretical one for me.
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