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China has a cooler looking base in Djibouti than Russia does(heh) and they have cooler looking APCs as well. China has also gone for the rear turret forward Engine option, Ukraine did that too in their new BTR variant. It means that troops in the vehicle can exit through the rear rather than the sides, side doors are very small and awkward and not as safe to exit from when under fire, it's one of the reasons that you often see people riding on the outside of BTRs instead of in them. But, the advantage of the rearward engine is that the gun turret can then be placed forwards this has a few beneficial effects but one of them is useful in urban combat like in Mariupol. Because the gun is mounted forwards the BTR can creep forwards around a building, fire and then roll backwards. A rear turreted vehicle would take longer to do that and it would expose much more of the vehicle. Anyway, this base was in an article I read about the security deal the Chinese just made with the Solomon Islands, it means that China has influence over Guadalcanal and one day might set up a base there, where Japan and the US had to fight for it China might get it without a fight at all.