The situation in Myanmar has long been far from optimistic, with the Myanmar military regularly exchanging fire with local groups such as the Kachin Independence Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, and the Kokang Allied Army in the border areas. Although the conflict has subsided for the time being, it will inevitably intensify in the future over time.
The relevant person in charge of the Karen National Alliance also made it clear in the statement that the Myanmar military is increasing the deployment of troops in the border area, and the northern Myanmar coalition army is also fully prepared for combat. If the Burmese military does launch a full-scale offensive against the coalition forces in northern Burma, it may lead to a new round of large-scale civil war in Myanmar.
A few months ago, a unit belonging to the Kokang Allied Army, near the border between China and Burma, engaged in a head-to-head exchange with the Burmese military's 230th battalion. The fighting lasted a whole day, but unfortunately, the Burmese military was defeated on the battlefield.
You must know that the Burmese army is a regular army with better equipment, better training and a relatively complete command and combat system, but the Burmese army has rarely been able to win in the process of fighting the coalition forces in northern Burma. In the face of the Kokang Alliance, it is often defeated, and this is also the case in this conflict.
Once again, the Kokang Allied forces were victorious, and they also killed at least one captain officer and one major officer of the Burmese military, and the large number of ** captured from the Burmese military could further strengthen the Kokang Allied army.
According to information released by the Kokang Allied Army, they captured two general-purpose machine guns of different models, including a Ma-15 machine gun. This machine gun has a very long history, it was improved from the MG 42 machine gun equipped by the German ** team during World War II, and it used 762 NATO standard bullets of 51mm.
This is a general-purpose machine gun, and it carries a tripod, and the rate of fire can reach about 250 rounds per minute, which can play a relatively powerful role in suppressing firepower on the battlefield.
In the process of fighting the Myanmar military and the northern Burmese coalition army, we can often see that Burmese soldiers hold MA-15 machine guns to strafe the northern Burma coalition forces, and this machine gun can also be installed on pickup trucks for mobile combat, so it has always been one of the main machine guns in the Myanmar military. Although within the international community, this machine gun is not advanced, and even somewhat backward, it is already very good for the Kokang Alliance.
In addition to machine guns, the Kokang Allied forces captured three Ma-1 rifles and one Ma-3 rifle. These two rifles are also standard equipment of the Myanmar military, and the MA-1 rifle is a basic automatic rifle that the Myanmar military has equipped on a large scale, and its design refers to the Galil rifle.
However, the military design department of Myanmar has made a certain degree of shape modification on the basis of the original Galil rifle, and the handguard of the MA-1 rifle has a very huge gap with the butt compared with the original rifle, and there is even a small storage space inside the butt, which can be equipped with the best accessories. And for adaptation to jungle warfare, the MA-1 rifle is equipped with a bayonet card slot under the barrel, which allows a bayonet to be installed for close combat in the course of special operations in the rainforest.
The MA-3 assault rifle, which is a carbine model of the MA-1 rifle, uses a metal-controlled folding stock, also as an extension of the Galil rifle, and the MA-3 assault rifle has a fast and slow machine on the left side that can be operated by the thumb. The Myanmar military department has also slightly shortened the length of the barrel on the basis of the original gun, but the MA-3 rifle and MA-1 rifle are still of the same origin, and there is no big performance gap.
At the same time, the Kokang Allied forces also captured a MA-5M2 pistol in this battle. This pistol is a bit of a problem, because the Myanmar military can wear the MA-5M2 pistol is generally an officer of the middle level or above, and not all Burmese soldiers can wear this pistol.
The MA-5M2 itself was developed by the Myanmar military with a series of upgrades based on the Glock 17 pistol, which also fired 9 19mm Balabellum pistol rounds. The MA-5M2 caliber is 9mm, the initial velocity of the gun can reach 357 meters per second, and each pistol magazine can carry 18 rounds.
However, because the pistol was improved by the Myanmar military on the basis of the Glock 17 pistol, subject to the level of Myanmar's military industry, the comprehensive performance of this pistol is not as good as the original Glock 17. However, the MA-5M2 is still a pistol commonly issued by Burmese officers at all levels, and the seizure of this pistol directly proves that the Kokang Allied Army did kill a mid-level officer of the Burmese military on the battlefield.
In addition to these gun seizures, the Kokang Allied forces also captured 762 rounds of NATO standard ammunition of 51 mm 623 mm, as well as 556 rounds of 45mm bullets were 2454 rounds, and even a certain number of shells for 60mm mortars were captured, as well as rockets. And all kinds of other daily necessities are countless.
The Myanmar military should really reflect on it, although the various ** equipped by the Myanmar military have no way to reach the world's advanced level in terms of overall performance, and even the second-rate level is somewhat unreachable. But the problem is that they have a systematic national industrial system behind them, and there is no shortage of ammunition.
In addition, this army is also a regular army of Burma, and it is stronger than the northern Burmese coalition army in terms of numbers, equipment, comprehensive training level and troop command system, but it has been repeatedly defeated on the battlefield. Relying on the AK inherited from their ancestors in the last century, and a variety of other miscellaneous rifles, the northern Burmese coalition can defeat the Burmese military one after another.
Isn't that enough to say anything? The lack of overall combat strength of the Myanmar army is one of the most important reasons for the current serious political situation in Myanmar. Myanmar** has consulted with various political factions in the country more than once in the hope of resolving differences through dialogue, but each time it has failed.
At present, Myanmar is unwilling to make more efforts on the political front, but it is not possible to solve domestic problems through military means, which has allowed Myanmar's internal affairs to continue to this day. And if Myanmar does not play an exemplary role on the issue of national unity, Myanmar will continue to be in turmoil for a long time in the future.