Details about a Sudanese soldier carrying chemical shells and wearing a “mask dedicated to protection from toxic gases”

Follow-up- Al-Zawiya Net- The Sudanese military capabilities platform issued a statement about the narration of a Sudanese soldier carrying chemical shells and wearing a “mask dedicated to toxic gases”, which was widely promoted after the US sanctions on the Sudanese army on charges of using chemical weapons in Darfur.

She said that she was following with great interest the escalation of the recent media misinformation campaign, which promoted the allegations of the Sudanese armed forces to use chemical weapons periodically. Some “scandalous” allegations were based on visual clips showing a Sudanese soldier wearing a “UV motorcycle helmet equipped with glasses” and carries a rifle equipped with the Chinese launcher LG2 and 40mm BGJ2 shells produced by the Chinese company Norinco.

She pointed out that these allegations have been circulated through media reports of a directed nature that included “human rights organizations” that were previously circulated before the American “allegations” and were remarkably circulated after the statement issued by the US State Department

She said that this synchronization between the media and political positions indicates a “feverish” attempt to design a fabricated narrative that serves propaganda goals and penalties driven by political considerations, not legal or professional, and it is nothing more than a “propaganda attachment.”

The platform emphasized that the Chinese launcher Norinco LG2 is a purely 40 mm traditional weapon that is installed under the standard gun and uses low -speed munitions of 40x46mm and includes very explosive bombs (Heat) or anti -armor bombs (HEAT) or training bombs and lighting bombs.

“There is no known version of this weapon or its ammunition that contains chemicals or have been modified for the purpose of carrying these substances, and no report or statement from the United Nations or the OPCW prohibiting organization that supports the presence or development of this type of use.

Consequently, the claim to use this weapon to launch chemicals is a technical “fantasy” technician that reflects a clear ignorance of the nature of these weapons and lacks the slightest scientific or realistic basis and just a “misleading” narration.

The use of such a claim also reveals a clear confusion among its divorcees, as no military expert or professional technician can accept this naive link between a traditional launcher and training ammunition and a banned “chemical weapon”.

– In the same circulating scene, the Sudanese soldier appeared wearing a helmet and tactical glasses of the UV category, which is a category used with motorcycles, the price on the sites of “e -commerce” $ 12 USD, this type of helmet is made of light materials such as reinforced plastic (TPU, PC, PE) Polyurethane thermal and not anti -corrosion and interaction with chemical weapons and is used to protect from dust The scattered gravel and winds in addition to UV rays, fog and shocks, while this helmet does not contain any air purification filters or tight systems for air insulation and is not made of “chemical reactions” resistant materials as is the case in chemical protection helmets, but its design is open and does not provide the minimum protection against gases or toxic fumes and only provides a motorcycle driver protection that can be described as mechanical.

Accordingly, any attempt to claim that this soldier wears protection equipment from chemical weapons is a baking counterfeiting of reality and the argument falls from its foundation, and the employment of this image to prove the implementation of a chemical attack shows the extent of the rush and a thorn in preparing this fabricated narrative that does not stand in front of the simplest criteria for vocational evaluation and linking it with the use of a chemical weapon is a kind of analytical misery and moral poverty In the narratives of the “Sudanese state” opponents.

The Sudanese military capabilities platform sees that this selective silence against the media amplification of the image of a civilian helmet and a training launcher reflects a state of analytical fragility, political duplication and cognitive poverty

The Sudanese military capacity platform confirms the following:

1. LG2 launcher and BGJ2 are two traditional weapons that do not carry any property or chemical use.
2. UV helmet in the scene does not provide the lowest levels of protection from gases or toxic substances.
3. Media accounts based on superficial shots and uniquely specialized analyzes that do not even rise to the level of artistic allegations, but rather a naive media misleading will be met with a strong response.