[🇨🇳] China Army

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Rank group	高级军士 Gao ji jun shi	中级军士 Zhong ji jun shi	初级军士 Chu ji jun shi	义务兵 Yi wu bing
Title	一级军士长 Yi ji jun shi zhang	二级军士长 Er ji jun shi zhang	三级军士长 San ji jun shi zhang	一级上士 Yi ji shang shi	上士 Shang shi	中士 Zhong shi	下士 Xia shi	上等兵 Shang deng bing	列兵 Lie bing
Equivalent translation	Master sergeant first class	Master sergeant second class	Master sergeant third class	Staff sergeant first class	Staff sergeant	Sergeant	Corporal	Private first class	Private
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[H3]Heavy equipment[edit][/H3]




Type 99A main battle tank



IS-2 tanks on display at the 10th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in 1959


The PLA Ground Force is heavily mechanized with armored platforms, advanced electronic warfare capability, concentrated firepower, and modern weapon systems that are competitive against Western counterparts. The PLA ground force is divided into highly mechanized heavy, medium, and light combined arms units. Heavy combined arms brigades are armored with main battle tanks and tracked infantry fighting vehicles, medium combined arms brigades are armed with tracked or wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and light combined arms brigades are mobilized with armored personal carriers, MRAP trucks, or armored cars.[6]

At combined corps level, the PLAGF employs combined arms brigades, heavy artillery systems, medium-range air defense systems, special forces, army aviation units, and various engineering, and electronic warfare support systems. Weapon systems at this level include PLZ-05 howitzer, PCL-181 howitzer, PHL-03/16 multiple rocket launcher, and HQ-16 air defense system. Air assets within the aviation brigade include Z-10 attack helicopter, Z-19 recon helicopter, and Z-20 utility helicopter, etc. Unmanned aerial systems are employed extensively in PLA formations of all types.

At combined arms brigade level, brigade HQ can deploy various combined arms battalions composited with tanks, assault guns, and infantry fight vehicles (IFV) such as the ZTZ-99A tank, the ZBD-04A IFV, the ZBL-08 IFV, the ZTL-11 assault gun, and the CSK-181 MRAP fast-attack vehicle. Fire support, reconnaissance, and air defense battalion are equipped with PLZ-07, PLL-09, PCL-161/171 self-propelled artilleries, PHL-11, PHZ-11 multiple rocket launchers, AFT-9/10 missile carriers, PGZ-09/95, PGL-12/625, HQ-17/A air defense systems, and such as large amount of unmanned aerial vehicles.[8][21][28]

At battalion level, battalion HQ can direct tank company, assault gun company, mechanized infantry company, and firepower company (Chinese: 火力连; pinyin: Huǒlìlián) to provide rapid close-combat maneuver, with support assets including the PCP-001 rapid-firing mortar, PLL-05/PLZ-10 self-propelled gun-mortars, AFT-8 missile carrier, MANPADS, and crew-served weapon systems such as QJG-85 heavy machine gun, PP-87 or newer PBP-172 mortar, QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher, and HJ-8E wire-guided missile.

Under each mechanized infantry company are standard infantry platoons and a firepower platoon (Chinese: 火力排; pinyin: Huǒlìpái), which is equipped with lightweight mortar, anti-material rifle, 35 mm automatic grenade launcher, various rocket launcher, and heavy machine gun.

At platoon level, a mechanized infantry squad consists of nine infantrymen, in which seven members are dismounted during combat. Infantry squads vary in composition based on the type of combined arms battalions. Medium and light infantry squads equip reusable rocket launchers to improve anti-armor and anti-fortification capability, whereas heavy infantry squads have no squad-level rockets, instead relying upon fire support from the firepower platoon, or their own ZBD-04A infantry fighting vehicle.

 

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[h3]Equipment summary[/h3]
The PLAGF inventory maintains an array of military vehicles.
All figures below are provided by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Auxiliary vehicles such as engineering vehicles, logistics vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, as well as antiquated and reserved equipment are not included.

Type	Active
Main battle tanks	4,800
Light tanks	1,250
Assault guns	1,200
Infantry fighting vehicles	7,700
Armored personnel carriers	3,950
Amphibious armored vehicles	750
Anti-tank missile carriers	1,125
Tank destroyers	480
Towed anti-tank guns	1,308
Self-propelled artillery	3,180
Towed artillery	900
Self-propelled gun-mortars	1,250
Multiple rocket launchers	1,320+
Surface-to-air missile systems	754+
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	396
Towed anti-aircraft guns	7,000+
Attack helicopters	320+
Multi-role helicopters	208
Transport helicopters	452

 

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Chinese can offer multiple radars of various applications / ranges to beef up or support the indigenous efforts.
SLC-7
YLC-2E
YLC-12
YLC-16

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The China HQ-9 SAM modern missile are much compact compared to say S-25 Berkut SA-1 guild Soviet Union Golden eagle of 1980s .

HQ-9BE has a modified type Slimmer missile with same length.

Change in missile diameter means that 8x8 launcher can carry 8 missiles instead of 4.

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HQ-9B equips 8 smaller missiles in addition to 4 larger missiles integrated with old system with modified HT-233 target engagement radar & airborne target range upto 300km
Uses 2-stage missiles with TVC; Inertial guidance + mid-course update.
Dual seeker with SARH & IR homing modes.

 

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