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Modern equipment of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force is a list of military equipment currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.

Infantry equipment

Pistols

Type 54

Submachine Guns

QCW-05

Rifles

QBZ-95
  • QBS-06 - underwater assault rifle[4]
  • QBZ-03 - Serving only with Border Guards and Airborne Forces
  • QBZ-95 - Standard service Assault Rifle
  • Type 81 - Serving only in Reserve Forces
  • Type 56 - Serving only in Militia and Reserve Forces
  • Type 56 carbine - Serving only in Militia Forces, In use as Ceremonial Rifle.

Objective Individual Combat Weapons

Nonlinear Line Of Sight Weapons

Machine guns

  • CQ 7.62mm - 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[7]
  • QBB-95 - Standard service light support weapon variant of QBZ-95
  • QJY-88 - Replacing Type 67 general purpose machine gun
  • Type 81 - Light purpose machine gun variant of Type 81
  • Type 80/86 - (PKMS)
  • Type 67 - Replacing Type 53 (SG43) and Type 57 (SGM) general purpose machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Multi-Barrelled Heavy Machine Guns

Sniper rifles

Shoulder fired weapons

Automatic grenade launchers

Hand grenades

Mortars

Flamethrowers

Anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Tanks

Type 99
Type 63
Main battle tanks
  • Type 99 – 3rd Generation MBT
    • Type 99A2 - 3rd generation "enhanced" main battle tank
    • Type 98 – Prototype, evolved into Type 99 (Limited Type 98G service)
  • MBT-3000 - Developmental 3rd Generation MBT
  • Type 96 – 3rd Generation MBT, only MBT along with Type 99 in production
  • Type 59G - main battle tank, modern upgrade of Type 59 with new turret
  • Type 59D & Type 59D1 – Battle Tank, upgraded version of Type 59-IIA, Type 59-II, Type 59-I & Type 59 [16]
  • Type 59 – One of the first Chinese Battle Tanks in PLA service
Light/amphibious tanks
  • ZTD05 – amphibious assault tank
  • Type 63A – amphibious light tank (+300 In Service) [17]
  • Type 63 – amphibious light tank, similar to Russian PT-76 (500 In Service)

Type 69, Type 80, and Type 85 Main Battle Tanks are no longer in service as of 2012.[18]

Infantry fighting vehicles

ZBD2000
ZBD-97
Type 90
Type 89
Type 86
Type 85

Armored personnel carriers

ATGM carriers

Rocket artillery

Gun artillery

PLZ-05
PLZ-45
PLZ-07
  • PLZ-04 – 54 calibre
  • PLZ-52 – 155 mm
  • PLZ-05 – 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • PLZ-45 – 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • PLZ-89 (Type 89) – amphibious 122 mm self-propelled howitzer replacing the Type 85 (YW 531C chassis) and Type 70 (YW 531B chassis)
  • PLZ-07 – 122 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • PLL-09 – 122mm variant
  • PLZ-09 – IFV, APC 155 mm
  • Norinco SH1 – 155 mm
  • CS/SH1/PCL-09 - 122 mm
  • SH3 – 122 mm
  • SH2 – 122 mm
  • SP-3 – 122mm SP howitzer
  • CS/SH2 - 105mm
  • 15P - 105 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • SH-5 – 105 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • Type 83 – 152 mm [40]
  • Type 96 – SP howitzer[41]
  • Type 92 – 122 mm self-propelled
  • Type 90 – 122 mm self-propelled
  • Type 85 howitzer – 122 mm self-propelled
  • W90 – 203 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • Type 70 – 122 mm
  • Type 70 – self-propelled 122 mm

Towed

Mortar

Anti-tank guns

Anti-aircraft munitions

Type 95 SPAAA

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Autocannons

Surface-to-air missiles

KS-1
SA-15

MANPADS

Non-combat vehicles

Combat support vehicles

Missiles, rockets and other projectiles

HJ-9

Anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs)

See also

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