Chinese traffic police (Chongqing);
Chinese military (anti-terrorism drill in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region);
Chinese SWAT (Hei Long Jiang province);
China is the emerging power and they seem to still like their crossbows. Is that just cultural or will it spread? Do crossbows already exist elsewhere in State forces, somewhere Western? Aside from silence, what are the advantages or disadvantages? One source describes that the ruling rural PLA forces do not want guns in the hands of locals or police and so this has been a compromise in some areas. Anyway, I found the whole topic sort of whack so made this thread
Chinese military (anti-terrorism drill in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region);
Chinese SWAT (Hei Long Jiang province);
China is the emerging power and they seem to still like their crossbows. Is that just cultural or will it spread? Do crossbows already exist elsewhere in State forces, somewhere Western? Aside from silence, what are the advantages or disadvantages? One source describes that the ruling rural PLA forces do not want guns in the hands of locals or police and so this has been a compromise in some areas. Anyway, I found the whole topic sort of whack so made this thread