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Myanmar: Here you see a combined Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) and local Mobye popular defense force assault on an entrenched junta position in the south-east of the country, near the village of Mobye in the Karenni state. The commander leading the charge appears to wear a prosthesis on his leg, although it's hard to make out - seems like he is adjusting it in the second zoom in.
It could also be some sort of self-made body armor since the rebel factions are proficient at recycling and even 3D-printing a large array of weaponry, drones and their ammunition. However, they are often equipped with captured or "ancestral" weapons like old hunting rifles and revolvers - sometimes even muzzle loaded with gunpowder and shot.
Fighters with prosthetic legs are not an unprecedented battlefield occurrence either, since landmines and their associated injuries are wide spread in Myanmar.
A very interesting conflict in which different ethnic groups (who have historically been pitted against each other) have allied to fight against a common enemy and for their own independence. Both sides in this conflict are partly funded by the CCP, though they have heavily favored supporting the military junta in the past.
The state of Karenni:
KNDF:
Resistance FGC-9 (3D printed gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGC-9) in Myanmar:
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