(Fallout Fanart) Chinese Type-75 Power Armor By Imperator-Zor Watch

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In 2067 shortly after the Invasion of Alaska the People's Liberation Army soon came into contact with T-45 equipped soldiers, a nasty and unexpected Surprise. Casualties against power armored soldiers were high throughout the campaign. Despite this, examples were captured (ranging from full suits to salvaged fragments) and shipped back to the Chinese home territory for study and evaluation. The result of this was a crash R&D project to replicate the system. Even with spies in the US and considerable engineering resources applied to the the project there was much room to be made up while China's resources were hard pressed supporting it's invasion forces and fighting off American Incursions to their home territory. A couple of early drafts were rushed into service in 2071 through 2074 with limited production runs with at best mixed success as well as a few examples of captured US army power armor suits before a finalized version was was completed in the Type-75 Power Armor system. The first units entered service in January of 2075.



In general the Type-75 Powersuit was reckoned to have a slightly edge over the T-45 Powersuits that were it's main competitors. It made use of several components which were modified versions of the Hei Gui Steal Armor, undersuit and a reinforced helmet with a flipable visor for extra protection at the cost of some situation awareness. It's physical strength and speed were on par with the T-45 but it had improved durability thanks to having a ceramic lining to it's plating. Strike groups equipped with Power Armor caused several reverses for US Army forces in the Gobi and Jiangxi campaigns. Against the T-51 it was slower and less agile. Most chinese power armored soldiers were outfitted with Gauss weapons. US soldiers often called them "Chang Clangers" and soon came to treat them as high priority targets.



Ultimately however the biggest shortcoming of the Type-75 was not the quality of the armor itself, but a matter of quantity. By the time of it's introduction the Chinese industrial base was hard pressed to make two suit of power armor for every three that the Americans could make, who already had an abundant supply of power armor on hand and almost all of them were needed on the home front. Due to this and logistical constraints very few of them were fielded to anchorage. Despite that a surprising number of them did find their way to US Soil. Several thousand Chinese commandos were issued these suits and dropped off US waters via submarine on October 23rd, 2077 as strike raids into US soil at strategic targets. Many of these died during the nuclear exchange and more died in fighting afterwards with remnants of the US army, radiation or a lack of supplies. Never the less a few examples exist in corners of the former US. The NCR has a couple specimens in various states of affairs, as does the West Coast brotherhood of Steel. Others have been found elsewhere. Such suits are more common in the former People's Republic of China. Most notably there are reports of limited production continuing of both Type-75 Power Armor.



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