User blog comment:Callofduty4/Black Ops 2 campaign demo, much info released/@comment-3171236-20120523031930/@comment-1726879-20120523053241

We know he was attacked by ground units, he may have taken one of their rifles. It's plausible for them to be using it should they be mercenaries much like the inner circle (or non-standardised military), or the forces we are hearing of could be chinese military. We'll find out later, I suppose.