[🇨🇳] China Army

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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.