On September 25, the Venezuelan military held an event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces Strategic Operations Command (CEOFANB) in the capital Caracas. At the event, they not only held an award ceremony, but also a small review and weapon display event. What is very eye-catching is that a number of weapons and equipment from my country appeared at the exhibition site for the first time, and the Venezuelan military confirmed that they had indeed introduced a new batch of weapons and equipment from my country and Iran. The most attractive part of the
review ceremony was the LG4 type 40mm revolver grenade launcher displayed by the soldiers. The launcher is a foreign trade product of the Hunan Institute of Light Weapons and used a 40mmx46 low-speed grenade commonly used by NATO. Since the Venezuelan army itself has NATO-standard grenade launchers, there is no guarantee issue for ammunition. In terms of structure, the grenade launcher adopts the internal energy driving wheel mode, relying on gunpowder gas to drive the wheel for bombs, which is completely different from the external energy spring drive mode of the famous MGL runner grenade launcher in South Africa. simple. Currently, this LG4 is not only used in Venezuela, but also in Cambodia. The second very attractive equipment of
CS/LS7
is the CS/LS7 submachine gun in the hands of some soldiers. This is a 9mm foreign trade submachine gun developed by Chongqing Construction in China. Its appearance is very similar to the famous MP5 submachine gun of the German HK company. Especially the design of the retractable buttstock, grip and magazine are very similar to MP5. However, the gun is equipped with a long Picatinny rail on the receiver, which has good scalability. In fact, in the National Day military parade last year, the gun also appeared. Both the squadrons and the ride-hailing teams displayed the gun, and many police units in China also displayed the gun. At present, the Venezuelan army has introduced a lot of personnel used to equip special forces to enhance close combat firepower. In addition to the above two rare models, the Venezuelan army officer
diagonally across the 97B rifle, the 97B short rifle, a domestic firearm that is already very common abroad, also appeared at the ceremony. As the foreign trade version of the 95B short rifle, the 97B uses the NATO 5.56mm caliber, so except for the difference in the magazine part, it is not much different from the 95B in other places. 97B is currently very common in Southeast Asia. It is often seen by soldiers from countries such as Cambodia and Laos. The Philippine police force also displays it. The local armed forces in Myanmar also use a lot. Even the underworld in Vietnam has been seized by the Vietnamese police. The circulation throughout Southeast Asia and the world is relatively wide. It is worth noting that some officers of the Venezuelan army chose this gun as their self-defense weapon, which shows that they are quite satisfied with it. However, the amount of equipment in the domestic 95B is not large, but the subsequent improved 95B-1 has a large amount of equipment, and has become the standard self-defense weapon for our military officers, logistics, communications and crew members.
The Venezuelan Navy launched the C802A anti-ship missile
. In addition to the light weapons displayed by the army, the Venezuelan Navy also released the latest equipment of my country's C802A anti-ship missile on the same day. According to previous military sales records, Venezuela ordered a batch of C802A from my country in 2017, mainly equipped with the Avant 2200 combat ship imported from Spain. Although this type of frigate has a displacement of more than 2,400 tons and also uses a stealth design, it has always been weak in terms of armament. It had only 35mm machine guns and 76mm rapid-fire guns for a long time, without missiles, which was very embarrassing. Therefore, the equipment of C802A can solve the problem that the ship can only fight pirates for a long time, and it also enhances the Venezuelan navy’s ability to strike at sea. Otherwise, it only depends on the outdated Ottomat anti-ship bombs on several second-hand Italian wolf-class frigates. It definitely won't work.
At the site of this commemorative ceremony, Venezuelan President Maduro thanked my country, Russia, Iran and other countries for their help to the Venezuelan army, and said that in the future, more equipment from China and Iran will be introduced to improve the weapons of the Venezuelan army. Configuration structure. At the same time, he also announced that Venezuela will establish a new weapons technology council to try to produce and develop weapons by itself. However, in terms of Venezuela’s domestic industrial and economic status, self-produced weapons are currentlyObviously it is unrealistic.
