The 14th escort taskforce under the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized its marines to conduct a precision shooting training with the new type sniper rifles on March 24, 2013.
On the Harbin guided missile destroyer, the armed marines shot the target 200 meters away. The Special Forces detachments is an assault force of the navy when carrying out the escort mission. Since setting sail, they strengthened the real-combat training, including precision shooting and expel of pirates. The trainings effectively tempered their precision strike ability.