Welcome to the Jungle: Brazilians Train Chinese Troops in Amazon Combat

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Welcome to the Jungle: Brazilians Train Chinese Troops in Amazon Combat

11:52 11.08.2015(updated 12:17 11.08.2015) Get short URL

Officials in Brazil said representatives of the Chinese military have enlisted their help in order to develop their training capabilities in jungle warfare.

Brazil's Centro de Instruçao de Guerra na Selva (CIGS – Jungle Warfare Instruction Center), announced on Monday that the Chinese military has requested a jungle combat training program for its armed forces.

According to a statement issued by Colonel Alcimar Marques de Araújo Martins of CGIS, instead of sending a group of its officers and sergeants to be trained in Brazil, as had been originally planned in July, the Chinese have requested that the CGIS send their representatives to China instead.

"They have now asked us to provide a number of instructors to assist them in developing their own jungle warfare training program in China," said the commander.

CGIS is based in Manaus and was set up in 1964 by a Brazilian army officer who had attended a similar course run by the United States Army in Panama.

Welcome to the Jungle: Brazilians Train Chinese Troops in Amazon Combat / Sputnik International

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Why jungle warfare?

 

[ahojunk]

What is the purpose of China gaining expertise in jungle warfare?

 

[Srinivas]

What is the purpose of China gaining expertise in jungle warfare?

May be they have plans for invade Vietnam or incursions into India's North east.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

US Marines were training for jungle warfare in Okinawa Camp Gonsalves in 1958 before they went into Vietnam.

Just sayin'

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

US Marines were training for jungle warfare in Okinawa Camp Gonsalves in 1958 before they went into Vietnam.

Just sayin'

I would think our bases in the Philippines would be a better site.

Apocalypse Now - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was filmed in the Philippines.

 

[ahojunk]

Let me see.

Vietnam and North east India were mentioned in previous posts.

However, no one has mentioned Myanmar.

 

[Uzair Shafiq [Босс]]

Let me see.

Vietnam and North east India were mentioned in previous posts.

However, no one has mentioned Myanmar.

and what would the Chinese gain from occupying mayanmar?

 

[ahojunk]

and what would the Chinese gain from occupying mayanmar?

to prevent any further border incursions and incidents.

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

With the SCS constructions, live-fire military exercises and jungle training.

Just have a feeling China is preparing for a war against Vietnam.

 

[kankan326]

Let me see.

Vietnam and North east India were mentioned in previous posts.

However, no one has mentioned Myanmar.

I will choose Myanmar as the target.

 

[LowPost]

Why jungle warfare?

Could be also a chance to get Brazilian servicemen and their counterparts from the PLA know each other better.

 

[XiangLong]

Could be also a chance to get Brazilian servicemen and their counterparts from the PLA know each other better.

My money is on that one... And maybe also to gain some experience in as many foreign environments as possible. I mean, it couldn't hurt to have some more ''specialized'' units in the same manner as the US having some of their own like the 10th Mountain Division.

If we were indeed to hold military excercises as a taste for any future military adventure, wouldn't it be more convenient to hold it in border areas with the aforementioned ''targets'', as the area there is way more similar than one on the other side of the world?

 

[VALKRYIE]

@Aung Zaya

Mind educating them about the consequences of such a military adventure.


Getting into NE Jungle would be military blunder, most likely for Vietnam.
Considering what happened to PLA when they got into conflict with Vietnam last time

South China Sea: The Last Time China and Vietnam Fought, It Was Hell

Doe the PLA have a deathwish going against VN in conventional warfare on land. They never learn from their past mistake.

 

[j20blackdragon]

Standard modus operandi for the Vietnamese is to abandon all their major cities and scurry into the jungle at the first sign of invasion. They've used this monkey strategy for centuries.

 

[xunzi]

It is always good to prepare for war to defend our territorial rights.