I have been researching the odd /906\ Chinese SKS that I recently acquired and found a pdf article called "Chinese Arms Production and Sales to the Third World" by Richard A. Bitzinger from 1992. It's around 50 pages and contains a lot of good information. Some/most is probably already known, but I enjoyed reading it and wanted to share.
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a256842.pdf
I can't access it. pullhair1
Quote from: carls sks on December 29, 2016, 04:25:28 PM
I can't access it. pullhair1
You may have to make an adjustment on your computer's settings. I double checked the link before I posted it (by emailing it to myself to make sure it would work) and clicked it again from the thread after reading this and it works for me. Sorry...
I could access it this morning. Appears the website is having issues this afternoon. Give it a few hours, I'm sure it'll come back up.
Neat read on Chinese exports. I think the RAND guy's conclusion of "The Chinese can copy Russian systems but can't innovate and they are losing market share to other third word competitors like Brazil" came back to bite him from when he made it in the 90's. Chinese arms exports are robust today and they have some pretty decent technology innovations on many of their weapon platforms. Not saying they are on par with the American or even Russian defense industrial complex, but they certainly didn't peter out and fade away...
I'll have to read this in my spare time next few days.... Thanks for the link!
Found an updated version from 2000 by Evan S. Medeiros and Bates Gill:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/ssi_gill-medeiros.pdf
And another good one:
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap3.pdf
Much shorter read I promise ???
Interesting stuff greg! Where do you find these things?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on January 03, 2017, 05:25:17 PM
Where do you find these things?
Found them by chance during my research trips on the interwebs. Lots of Chinese rabbit holes out there...
Quote from: gregsthe1 on January 03, 2017, 04:48:50 PM
And another good one:
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap3.pdf
Much shorter read I promise ???
Good stuff. PAX
Quote from: echo1 on January 03, 2017, 06:12:27 PM
Quote from: gregsthe1 on January 03, 2017, 04:48:50 PM
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap3.pdf
Good stuff. PAX
Looks like there is a few more chapters to that one. What I found first was chapter 3 I guess, so I replaced the 3 with a 1, 2, ect. and voila!
Chapter 1: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap1.pdf
Chapter 2: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap2.pdf
Chapter 3 (previously posted): https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap3.pdf
Chapter 4: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap4.pdf
Chapter 5: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1119/MR1119.chap5.pdf
Looks like that's it for this one. Gonna put my shovel down for a little while and get some reading done thankyou1
Enjoy guys!!