taiwanese media: an officer of the new taipei reserve command accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself. a retired lieutenant colonel in taiwan questioned "how unfamiliar he was"
2024-09-10
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[global network report] according to taiwan's china times news on september 10, an officer of the new taipei city reserve command accidentally shot himself during a pistol shooting training on the morning of the 9th. he was sent to the hospital and was fine. this incident caused retired taiwan army lieutenant colonel and well-known military writer huang junmin to question how unfamiliar are taiwan's officers and soldiers with their own weapons?
according to reports, an officer named zheng from the new taipei city tucheng district reserve command was troubleshooting a gun during a pistol shooting training on the morning of the 9th. he was suspected of accidentally pulling the trigger because the gun was not on safety. after the on-site paramedics initially stopped the bleeding and bandaged him, he was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. he is not in danger of life and is now receiving treatment in the hospital. the new taipei city reserve command said that after receiving the report, it dispatched personnel to deal with the situation and has now set up a special task force to investigate and clarify the cause.
"the basic concepts of weapons operation nowadays are incredible," huang junmin wrote on his facebook fan page on the 10th. in the past, the reserve brigade was jokingly called the "cannon fodder unit" because they lacked equipment, personnel and training; but now, the situation has become more advanced, because they lack not only equipment, personnel and training, but also discipline and basic concepts.
huang junmin questioned that the accidental shooting might have been caused by "random fingers". if this is true, it shows that even the most basic principles of firearm troubleshooting have been forgotten. how unfamiliar are the officers and soldiers with the weapons they are equipped with?
this incident also caused discussion among some netizens on the island. someone left a message in the comment section of taiwanese media, saying, "the battalion commander is so useless...how can he still fight?"
another netizen said, "if the basic functional skills of personnel are not improved, no matter how good the weapons are, they will just be a pile of iron."
