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Chinese military using virtual reality to boost their combat readiness
- Training forms part of PLA’s plans to switch from a Russian model to American-style methods
- New recruits using VR for parachuting training because youngsters are more receptive to the technology
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Paratroopers in China are turning to virtual reality to try to boost their combat readiness as their military commands shift training focus from a Russian model to an American one and address a lack of real combat experience.
An old Russian emphasis on promoting elite paratroopers is being replaced by American-style training stressing joint operations and new technologies, Chinese military experts have said.
Chinese military newspaper PLA Daily on Monday carried a report about a brigade of newly recruited paratroopers completing their interim assessment last month.
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Brigade commanders were quoted as saying that the new recruits had all gone through the parachuting training using virtual reality (VR) for the first time, and were satisfied with the results.
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“VR airborne training is very flexible [in] its simulations of take-off and landing as well as some emergency situations [and the experiences] are very real, allowing me to undergo and learn the basic skills and theories of airborne experience,” new recruit Zhang Chuxuan was quoted as saying.
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