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  2. Chinese polearm - Wikipedia

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    The three most common types of Chinese polearms are the ge (戈), qiang (槍), and ji (戟). They are translated into English as dagger-axe, spear, and halberd. [1] Dagger-axes were originally a short slashing weapon with a 0.9–1.8 m (2 ft 11 in – 5 ft 11 in) long shaft, but around the 4th century BC a spearhead was added to the blade, and it became a halberd.

  3. List of equipment of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force

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    China: It uses the QSZ-92 as the main pistol, and is an equivalent to the Israeli CornerShot. CF-06 [18] Nonlinear line of sight weapons 9×19mm Parabellum China: It uses the QSZ-92 as the main pistol, and is an equivalent to the Israeli CornerShot. Submachine gun QCQ-171: Submachine gun: 9×19mm Parabellum China: In service as of 2019. [19] CS ...

  4. Guandao - Wikipedia

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    The modern guandao as adopted by martial artists today usually weighs between 2 and 10 kg (4.4 and 22.0 lb), and is typically composed of a wood shaft of about 3 to 5 ft (0.91 to 1.52 m) in length, a short blade of about 12 to 18 in (300 to 460 mm) on one end, and a mace head on the other (which serves mostly as a counterweight to the blade but ...

  5. Qiang (spear) - Wikipedia

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    The length varied from around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long, up to 6 m (20 ft) in length. According to general Qi Jiguang , the Ming military categorized spears above 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) as short spears, 4 m (13 ft) as long spears, and spears below 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) as spiked staffs, which were used more for hitting than stabbing.

  6. List of active People's Liberation Army aircraft - Wikipedia

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    China conversion trainer: JJ-7: 200 [1] Hongdu JL-8: China jet trainer: K-8: 350 [1] Guizhou JL-9: China jet trainer: 30 [1] Hongdu JL-10: China jet trainer: 50 [9] Xian Y-7: China multi-engine trainer: 25 Guimbal Cabri G2: France rotorcraft trainer 2 [10] Unmanned aerial vehicle; Guizhou Sunshine: China MALE UAV: 55 [11] Chengdu Pterodactyl I ...

  7. Ji (polearm) - Wikipedia

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    Another type was the fangtian ji (Chinese: 方天戟; lit. 'square sky ji'), which had a spear tip with crescent blades on both sides. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They had multiple means of attack: the side blade or blades, the spear tip, plus often a rear counterweight that could be used to strike the opponent.

  8. Dagger-axe - Wikipedia

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    The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko) is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China. [1] It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were made of stone. Later versions used bronze.

  9. Man catcher - Wikipedia

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    A type of locking man catcher is available for staff at train stations and airports in China to capture and restrain individuals in a non-lethal manner. [ citation needed ] In some junior and middle schools, security guards are equipped with non-locking variants designed to seize a person's waist or prevent them from advancing.