To: Captain Rhino
No, no, I guess I should have seen the emphasis on "modern times". Sorry for the redundant question !
To: Atlantic Friend
Finally got a chance to see the pictures and read the Peoples Daily article on the Chinese Marine Corps. Pretty standard military demonstration/display stuff. Here's a link to a Chinese site (in English) that provides some order of battle information on the Chinese Marine Corps:
http://www.china-defense.com/orbat/pla_orbat/pla_orbat-31.html Basically, its a reinforced mechanized brigade trained to perform amphibious warfare tasks.
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02/20/2004 3:26:22 PM PST by
Captain Rhino
(If you will just abandon logic, these things will make alot more sense to you!)
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