{"id":5448,"date":"2015-06-08T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2015-06-07T09:02:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T08:02:32","slug":"china-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/06\/china-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"China Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/06\/china-crisis\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Yet more 15mm figures today (we&#8217;re adding them to the website as fast as I can paint them !).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/06\/china-crisis\/plarelease\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PLARelease.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PLARelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PLARelease.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PLARelease.jpg\" alt=\"PLARelease\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PLARelease.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PLARelease-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are Chinese (CDSU) troopers in helmets with enhanced night vision goggles (ENVG). The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/CDSU\/SF15-560.html\">rifle squad<\/a> consists of two four-man fireteams with rifles. The PLA (People&#8217;s Liberation Army) doesn&#8217;t have squad-level support troopers &#8211; instead, each team has a remote support drone with a gatling automatic weapon for heavy firepower.<\/p>\n<p>Separate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/CDSU\/SF15-561.html\">support squads<\/a> are equipped with heavy automatic weapons and missile launchers &#8211; our pack has three of the former and two of the latter.<\/p>\n<p>More Chinese infantry packs are to follow with headquarters and heavy support weapons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/CDSU\/SF15-560.html\">SF15-560<\/a> &#8211; PLA Rifle Squad (pack of 10)\t&#8211; \u00a33.75<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/CDSU\/SF15-561.html\">SF15-561<\/a> &#8211; PLA Support Weapons (pack of 5) &#8211; \u00a32.00<\/p>\n<p><em>These figures were formerly part of the Armies Army PLA range.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet more 15mm figures today (we&#8217;re adding them to the website as fast as I can paint them !). These are Chinese (CDSU) troopers in helmets with enhanced night vision goggles (ENVG). The rifle squad consists of two four-man fireteams &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/06\/china-crisis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":2944,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1pS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5565,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/07\/chinese-command-and-heavy-weapons\/","url_meta":{"origin":5448,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Command and Heavy Weapons","author":"Tony","date":"July 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week it's the turn of our Chinese infantry to get extra infantry options. We delayed the releases as we've been redesigning and remoulding some of the weapon and drone pieces that make up these sets. 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There's a nine-man infantry section (NCO, SAW gunner, buzzbomb gunner and two each of three riflemen) plus some heavy weapon teams. They are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HS15-4460.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HS15-4460.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HS15-4460.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HS15-4460.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9793,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/03\/cdsu-remote-weapons\/","url_meta":{"origin":5448,"position":2},"title":"CDSU Remote Weapons","author":"Tony","date":"March 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from the new British and Neo-Soviet weapons teams, we can add new remote weapons teams for our 15mm CDSU (Chinese) forces. The People's Liberation Army get both a remote 4-round missile launcher and a twin barreled support weapon, each with a 2-man crew. Being remote weapons, the crew\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CDSU-WpnRelease-e1554968620933.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CDSU-WpnRelease-e1554968620933.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CDSU-WpnRelease-e1554968620933.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CDSU-WpnRelease-e1554968620933.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5464,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/06\/broadside-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":5448,"position":3},"title":"Broadside Update","author":"Tony","date":"June 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We had a productive day at the workshop yesterday, stocking up on the last few bits and pieces for Broadside tomorrow. In particular, we were concentrating on producing plenty of the former Armies Army figures that we now own. As well as the models we've already added to the website\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PA Marines800","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PA-Marines800.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PA-Marines800.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PA-Marines800.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PA-Marines800.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9893,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/04\/heavy-weapons\/","url_meta":{"origin":5448,"position":4},"title":"Heavy Weapons","author":"Tony","date":"April 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The next batch of Salute releases to hit the website are six packs of infantry heavy weapons for the British, Neo-Soviet and CDSU forces. The British get a twin machine-gun and heavy anti-tank rifle, the Soviets a grenade launcher and heavy tri-barrel. The CDSU on the other hand get two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BritishWeapons.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BritishWeapons.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BritishWeapons.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BritishWeapons.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5252,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/pbi-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":5448,"position":5},"title":"PBI Update","author":"Tony","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With just three days until Salute, the stock bins are filling up, as you can see from this box of 15mm infantry blisters. 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