People's Liberation Army Ground Force

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Contents 1 Equipment 1.1 Infantry equipment 1.1.1 Pistols 1.1.2 Submachine guns 1.1.3 Rifles 1.1.4 Machine guns 1.1.5 Shoulder launched weapons 1.2 Vehicles 1.2.1 Main battle tanks 1.2.2 Light/amphibious tanks 1.2.3 Infantry fighting vehicles 1.2.4 Armored personnel carriers 1.2.5 Rocket artillery 1.2.6 Gun artillery

Equipment

Infantry equipment

Pistols

• QSZ-92 - newest pistol, 9 mm and 5.8 mm versions
• Type 84 - 7.62 mm mini pistol for security and police forces
• Type 77 - standard 7.62 mm for People's Armed Police and civil police
• Type 67 - 7.62 mm silenced pistol for scout and special operations
• Type 64 - 7.62 mm silenced pistol, better performance and reliability over Type 54
• Type 54 - 7.62 mm, copy of the Soviet TT1930/1933, currently being phased out

Submachine guns

• Type 05 - newest smg, 9 mm and 5.8 mm versions
• Type 85 - updated Type 79, reduced firing noise, also suppressed and 5.8 mm versions
• Type 79 - 7.62 mm for airborne, scout and special operations
• Type 64 - low flash, suppressed 7.62 mm for scout and special operations

Rifles

• Type 03 - The newest rifle using 5.8x42 mm ammo and with a traditional design.
• Type 95 - family of 5.8x42 mm bullpup design assault rifle, carbine and squad machine gun. Factory names are QBZ-95, CAR-95 and QBB-95, respectively.
• Type 87 - 5.8 mm assault rifle and squad machine gun, improved version of Type 81, refused by PLA because of outdated layout, technology used in Type 95
• Type 81 - 7.62 mm assault rifle and squad machine gun, replaced the Chinese Type 56 Assault Rifle and Chinese Type 56 Carbine, both copies of the Soviet AK-47 and Soviet SKS.
• Type 88/QBU-88 - 5.8 mm newest sniper rifle
• Type 85 - improved version of Type 79, higher rate of fire but shorter range
• Type 79 - 7.62 mm sniper rifle, copy of Soviet Dragunov SVD

Machine guns

• Type 88/QJY-88 - new 5.8 mm GPMG, replacing Type 67
• Type 80 - 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun (copy of the Soviet PKM)
• Type 67 - 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun, replacing the Type 53 (SG43) and Type 57 (SGM) 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns

Shoulder launched weapons

• PF-98 - 120 mm Anti-tank Weapon
• PF-97 - 80 mm fuel air explosive launcher
• PF-89 - 80 mm Lightweight Anti-tank Weapon, comparable to the United States M136 AT4
• FHJ-84 - twin 62 mm rocket launcher, slowly replacing the Type 69-1 (copy of RPG-7)

Vehicles

Main battle tanks

• Type 98/99
• Type 96
• Type 88
• Type 69/79
• Type 59D and Type 59D1

Light/amphibious tanks

• Type 63
• Type 62

Infantry fighting vehicles

• Type 97
• ZBD2000
• Type 90/92A/ZSL-92A/WZ551
• Type 92/ZSL-92/WZ551
• Type 86/WZ 501/ WZ 501A/WZ 503/WZ 504

Armored personnel carriers

• Type 89/YW 534
• WZ 523
• Type 86
• Type 85/YW 531H
• Type 77/Type 77-1/Type 77-2
• Type 63/YW 531C/D/E

Rocket artillery

• WS-1 and WS-1B 8 and 4 tube 320mm multiple rocket launcher
• A-100 MRL 10 tube 300mm multiple rocket launcher
• WM-80 and Type 83/WM-40 273mm multiple rocket launcher
• Type 85/YW 306 23mm rocket artillery gun
• Type 82 30 tube 130mm multiple rocket launcher
• Type 90 (on a Tiema SC2030 6X6 flatbed truck) and Type 89 (tracks) 40 tube 122mm multiple rocket launchers

Gun artillery

• PLZ-45 155mm self-propelled howitzer
• YW 323 D30 and Type 89/ PLZ-89 amphibious 122mm self-propelled howitzers
• Type 90 122mm self-propelled howitzer
• Type 89 155mm towed gun/howitzer
• Type 66 and Type 83 152mm towed gun/howitzers
• Type 59 and Type 59-1 130mm towed field guns
• Type 85 122mm towed howitzer
• YW 382 120mm amphibious mortar carrier
• YW 383 82mm amphibious mortar carrier