Modern equipment of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force

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

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
QX-04 Semi-automatic pistol Multi-Caliber  People's Republic of China
QSW-06 Silenced pistol 5.8x21mm DCV05 or 5.8×21mm DAP92  People's Republic of China 20-round magazine. Used by the Special Forces. Replaced the Type 67.
QSZ-92 Semi-automatic pistol 5.8×21mm DAP92 or 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China 15 or 20-round magazines.
LP5 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China Designated for military officers. Limited service
CF-07 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China Designated for military officers. Limited service.
QSZ-11 Semi-automatic pistol 5.8×22mm DAP92  People's Republic of China Designated for military officers. Limited service.
Type 84[1] Semi-automatic pistol 5.8×21mm DAP92  People's Republic of China Designated for military officers. Limited service.
Type 77 Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×17mm Type 64  People's Republic of China 7-round magazine. Limited service.

Retired pistols

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
Type 54 Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×25mm Type 51  People's Republic of China Based on Tokarev TT-33.
Type 59 Semi-automatic pistol 9×18mm Makarov  People's Republic of China Based on the Makarov PM.
Type 80 Semi-automatic pistol 5.8×21mm DAP92  People's Republic of China Designated for military officers. Limited service.
Type 67 Silenced pistol 7.62×17mm Type 64  People's Republic of China Used by Special Forces.
Type 64 Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×17mm Type 64  People's Republic of China

Submachine Guns

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
CS/LS6 Sub-machine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China 50-round magazine. Used by Special Forces. Limited service.
CS/LS5 Sub-machine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. Used by Special Forces. Limited service.
CS/LS3 Sub-machine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China 50-round magazine. Limited service.
CS/LS2 Sub-machine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. Commercial version of QCQ-05, also known as JS 9mm
QCQ-05 Silenced sub-machine gun 5.8×21mm DAP92  People's Republic of China 50-round magazine. Silencer is detachable.
Type 85 Sub-machine gun 7.62×25mm Type 51  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. It is an upgraded Type 79. Limited service.
Type 82 Sub-machine gun 7.62×25mm Type 51  People's Republic of China 15 or 25-round magazine. It is an upgraded Type 79. Limited service in the Special Forces.
Type 79 Sub-machine gun 7.62×25mm Type 51  People's Republic of China 20-round magazine. Limited service.
Type 64 Silenced sub-machine gun 7.62×25mm Type 51  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. Has an internal silencer. Limited service in the Special Forces.

Rifles

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
QBZ-95 Bullpup rifle 5.8×42mm DBP87  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine or 80-round drum magazine. Standard service rifle.
QBZ-03 Assault rifle 5.8×42mm DBP87  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. Serving only with the second line PLAGF units.
Type 56 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M43  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine. Serving in the Militia and Reserve Forces. Based on the AK-47.
Type 81 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M43  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine or 75-round drum magazine. It is in service only in Reserve Forces. Based on elements from the Dragunov, SKS, and AK-47 series rifles.

Carbines

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
Type 56 carbine Semi-automatic carbine 7.62×39mm M43  People's Republic of China 10-round internal magazine. Serving only in Militia Forces, and in use as the ceremonial rifle. Based on the SKS.

Objective Individual Combat Weapon

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
ZH-05 Objective Individual Combat Weapon 5.8x42 / 20mm airbust grenade  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine and 1-round 20mm grenade launcher. An equivalent to the American XM29 OICW.[2] It is a variant of the QBZ-03 assault rifle.[3]

Nonlinear Line Of Sight Weapons

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
HD-66[4] Nonlinear Line Of Sight Weapons 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China It uses the QSZ-92 as the main pistol, and is an equivalent to the Israeli CornerShot.
CF-06[4] Nonlinear Line Of Sight Weapons 9×19mm Parabellum  People's Republic of China It uses the QSZ-92 as the main pistol, and is an equivalent to the Israeli CornerShot.

Machine guns

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
Type 67 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR  People's Republic of China 100-round magazine or 250-round belt. Replaced the Type 53 (SG-43) and Type 57 (SGM) general purpose machine guns. Based on the PK.
Type 80/86 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR  People's Republic of China 100, 200 or 250-round magazines. Based on the PKMS.
CQ 7.62mm[5] General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO  People's Republic of China Belt-fed.
Type 81 Light machine gun 7.62×39mm M43  People's Republic of China 75-round drum magazine. Light purpose machine gun variant of the Type 81 assault rifle.
QJY-88 Light machine gun 5.8×42mm DBP87  People's Republic of China 100, 200-round magazine or belt. Replaced the Type 67 general purpose machine gun.
QBB-95 Bullpup light machine gun 5.8×42mm DBP87  People's Republic of China 30-round magazine or 75-round drum magazine. Standard service light support weapon variant of the QBZ-95.

Heavy machine guns

Multi-barrel Machine Guns

Sniper rifles

Anti-personnel rifles

Anti-material rifles

Shoulder fired weapons

Automatic/semi-automatic grenade launchers

Under-barrel grenade launchers

Hand grenades

Mortars

Flamethrowers

Anti-aircraft guns

Anti-tank rockets and missiles

Vehicles

Tanks

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Type 99/A/A2 Main battle tank Type 99: 496[25]
Type 99A: 124[25]
 People's Republic of China 16 battalions of Type 99, 4 battalions of Type 99A as of December 2015.[25]
Type 96/A Main battle tank Type 96: 961[26]
Type 96A: 1,116[26]
 People's Republic of China 31 battalions of Type 96 and 36 battalions of Type 96A as of December 2015.[26]
Type 79 Main battle tank 300 (2012)[27]  People's Republic of China It is used by Reserve Forces and training units.
Type 59/-I/-II/-IIA/D/G Main battle tank Type 59/Type 59-I: 1300[28]
Type 59-II: 510[28]
Type 59D: 550[28]
 People's Republic of China One of the first Chinese battle tanks in PLA service.[29] 36 battalions of Type 59/Type 59-I, 16 battalions of Type 59-II, 17 battalions of Type 59D, with a total of 2,360 units in service in December 2015.[28] Based on the T-55.
ZTD-05 Amphibious light tank  People's Republic of China
Type 63/A Amphibious light tank Type 63/-I/-II: 500+[29]
Type 63A/A-I/A-II (2012): 300+[30]
 People's Republic of China Based on the PT-76.

Retired tanks

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Type 85/-III Main battle tank  People's Republic of China It is no longer in service as of 2012.[27]
Type 80 Main battle tank  People's Republic of China It is no longer in service as of 2012.[27]
Type 69/-II Main battle tank  People's Republic of China It is no longer in service as of 2012.[27] Based on the T-62.

Infantry fighting vehicles

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

Armored personnel carriers

Armored cars

ATGM carriers

Rocket artillery

Gun artillery

Self-propelled

PLZ-05
PLZ-45
PLZ-07

Towed

Trucks

See also

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