After a few hours, Reuters released news: This force is a special operations squad sent by the Chinese Navy to provide a safety barrier for the Chinese Navy to evacuate overseas Chinese.
Based on the above situation, we can be sure that this special warfare squad was dispatched from the Linyi ship performing the evacuation mission, and this also seems to have a subtle relationship with the plot setting of "Operation Red Sea". According to the producer, "Operation Red Sea" was adapted based on the true historical event of the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Yemen.
At present, there is no more information about the mission implementation of this special warfare squad. Maybe everyone can only go into the cinema to solve their doubts.
The eye-catching light weapons of the Jiaolong Special Combat
Team is another highlight of "Operation Red Sea". Since the Chinese Navy began to carry out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, for the purpose of training troops, each escort formation will have a marine special forces unit. This special operations team mainly performs tasks such as conducting boarding and temporary inspections of suspicious ships, maneuvering quickly, and assisting merchant ships in key protections. In addition, the protection of foreign affairs of the diaspora is also an important mission. In 2015, the situation in Yemen was turbulent. When the two warships of our navy arrived in the port of Aden to carry out the evacuation mission, the special forces detachment on the ship immediately deployed and made its own contribution to the safe and smooth evacuation of overseas Chinese.
"Operation Red Sea" is based on this true historical story to reproduce and adapt.
As you can see from the trailer, the light weapons equipped with "Jiaolong" are very advanced and very cool.
The two machine gunners are equipped with the Minimi 5.56mm light machine gun manufactured by the Belgian FN company, and the US military equipment model is M249. This is a mature weapon equipped for the world's multinational forces, equipped with 74 countries and regions, and 13 countries and regions may be authorized or imitated. With its stable performance, it is an excellent support weapon for small-caliber squads. Because of the use of 5.56×45 mm small-caliber machine gun ammunition, its ammunition carrying capacity is much larger than that of the original 7.62 mm-caliber machine gun, with good firepower and high shooting stability.
Because it is a small-caliber machine gun, the weight is much smaller than the traditional 7.62 mm machine gun (generally weighing 12-14 kg), only 7.1 kg. Therefore, the female machine gunner played by Jiang Luxia in the movie can also operate freely, even if it is shooting with both hands, its hit accuracy is good.
The other team members are equipped with two automatic rifles, one is the Czech CZ 805 Buren automatic rifle, and the other is the SCAR automatic rifle manufactured by the Belgian FN company.
The two types of rifles have the same characteristics-they are both a type of firearm system, meaning that the basic components are common, and then by replacing different components, you can combine a variety of gun types with different calibers and functions. This is the current international light weapons design field. A major trend of the United States, which can meet the needs of an armed force for multiple combat tasks, and keeping the procurement costs as low as possible is also a way of careful planning.
The Czech Republic is a veteran industrial manufacturing country with a long history of light weapons manufacturing. The ZB26 machine guns that were heavily equipped by the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War were made in the Czech Republic. After World War II, the Czech Republic was included in the territory of the Warsaw Pact Organization, but he was not equipped with the AK47 rifle, the standard weapon of the Warsaw Pact. , The performance is not worse than the AK series. In the 21st century, the Czech Republic has joined NATO. In order to cooperate with the construction of NATO's equipment system, the Czech Army needs to be replaced with a 5.56 mm rifle.
Czech Brod Arsenal launched the CZ805 Brun to participate in the selection of the Czech Army. The CZ805 was originally designed with multiple calibers such as 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm and 6.8 mm. Later it was gradually simplified to a single caliber of 5.56 mm. By choosing barrels with different lengths of 360 mm and 277 mm, it can be evolved into standard rifles and carbines. The guns are equipped with red dot sights and mechanical sights. Some standard rifles are also equipped with grenade launchers, and special combat carbines are equipped with silencers. We can all see these in the movie.
Interestingly, the other SCAR automatic rifle held by the protagonists once also participated in the rifle selection of the Czech Army and fought until the final PK with the CZ805 rifle. Later, it may be defeated because of the domestic identity of the CZ rifle.
However, SCAR is also a type of automatic rifle with great ambitions. In 2004, the U.S. Special Operations Command issued a bid for special operations rifles, and the FN company competed with four other companies. SCAR also adopts a modular design. In addition to basic general components, shooters can choose barrels of different lengths and calibers, which can combine light and heavy rifles, which are suitable for melee and sniper tasks. The gun was later defeated in the US military's bid for the XM8 rifle of the German Hk company, but the entire case was cancelled.
However, FN company still did not give up SCAR, but continued to promote the development, and finally formed the 5.56 mm caliber SCAR-L and 7.62 mm caliber SCAR-H two series of six sub-type firearms families. SCAR has participated in many performance comparison tests of the US military, and its performance is better than many other models, especially the M4 rifle currently in service in the US military.
At present, SCAR has been adopted by the military and police departments of 27 countries in the world. In addition to military adoption, SCAR is also very popular in the film and television circles and games. At present, it has participated in 7 movies such as "Inception" and "The Bourne Shadow" and implanted "Counter Strike", "Cross Fire", etc. 23 action games, in contrast, CZ805 only participated in 2 movies and 6 games.
From the two rifles participating in "Operation Red Sea" at the same time, it can be seen that the firearms and props department of the crew is quite professional, and they have selected two rifles with very good performance and appearance.
Next, let’s talk about the equipment of the sniper Huang Jingyu. The guy in his hand should be said to be relatively small, not as loud and common as the products of Barrett and SIG. But it is also a firearms company that specializes in manufacturing precision weapons-the Brassel R93 tactical sniper rifle produced by the German Brassel Company is based on the improvement of the company's R93 shotgun.
Brassel R93 uses a bolt-action design. Although the shooter's bullet loading and unloading actions need to be completed manually, because the bolt action uses a straight-pull design, the skilled shooter will not reduce the rate of fire due to the bolt-action design.
There are also many countries equipped with R93, which are adopted by the military and police departments of 17 countries. The Bulgarian special forces using R93 once took it to Afghanistan to participate in multi-country stabilization forces and perform combat missions, but the specific results are unknown.
But why do the special forces of the Chinese Marine Corps use non-standard firearms in foreign operations?
In fact, as the Marine Corps, a force with a relatively wider combat area, it should be a basic skill to be familiar with and learn to use firearms from other countries. During the long-term escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, the special forces units of our Marine Corps often conduct joint exercises and training with other navies that are also performing missions in the same sea area. Exchange and learning to use the weapons of both parties should be said to be a basic course. . We can often see in the news images of the Chinese Navy and foreign armies exchanging their weapon use experience. This is true not only for the Chinese military, but also for foreign troops. In 2006, when the US Marine Corps paid a friendly visit to Zhanjiang, China, it tested a Type 95 rifle made in China. In recent years, our army has sent multiple teams to Australia to participate in army skill competitions. During the games, our officers and soldiers have tested the US M4 carbine and the Australian Army's EF88 automatic rifle. In the 2017 China Division of the International Military Competition, Russia and other foreign troops competing in Xinjiang used Chinese weapons, ranging from rifles to rocket launchers or infantry fighting vehicles, all made in China.
According to Wang Qiang, a Chinese naval actor who participated in the filming of "Operation Red Sea", this film is adapted from real events. Under the special circumstances at the time, the Yemeni government forces originally provided protection to escort our nationals. When the reality is critical and the Yemeni government forces are no longer capable of effective protection, they are obliged to provide weapon support for the Chinese Navy's special forces who are going to perform the mission of protecting overseas Chinese. There is also a legal basis in relevant international law.
In fact, I don't think it is necessary to be too entangled with this issue. We still have to consider the needs of the actual filming of the film. The filming location of the movie is Morocco, so the crew can find big guys such as T-72 tanks and M60 tanks, but the locals cannot find all kinds of light weapons made in China. It is impossible for the crew to make a batch of 95 in order to shoot the movie. If you go to Morocco with a rifle, the customs will not let you in. In this case, it is understandable to use NATO-standard firearms. Especially if you are fighting abroad thousands of miles away, how about picking up a CZ805 to fight? Yemen, with the background of the movie, was also a typical country of the "Wanguo Brand" of light weapons, and light weapons from all countries in the world can be found here.
It is understood that the weapons used in this filming have also been confirmed by relevant parties. Hey, what do you think? It's all in it.
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