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The very model of a modern China Army Heavy Combined-Arms Brigade

Of course, not every Heavy Brigade is that luxuriously equipped. Some will never be as the China Army is huge thus they have to prioritize their modernization drive according to their threat perception/deterrence calculus.

HQ-17 VLS SAM for Low To Medium Altitude found its  Air Defense Battalion

ZBD-04A found in the four Combined-Arms Battalions

PLZ-05 155mm SPH found in its Arty Battalion

PHZ-11 found in its Arty Battalion

PGZ-07 35mm SPAAA found in its Air Defense Battalion

Heavy hitter Type99A found in all four its Combined-Arms Battalions

PLZ-07B found in its Arty Battalion

AFT-10 heavy ATGM Carrier found in its Arty Battalion

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China Army's New Portable Infantry Artillery

LG5 40mm "sniper" grenade launcher is now widely adopted by Chinese troops stationed in Tibet for for obvious reasons:  it has a maximum range of 2,000 m with integrated rangefinder, thermal imaging sight - most importantly - it is single-troop portable.   All those qualities help making it an ideal mountain warfare weapon where fire support is hard to come by.

   http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2020/05/china-armys-new-portable-infantry.html

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The new improved 105mm wheeled assault gun/Wheeled IFV family spotted again

Based on the same ZTL11 8x8  chassis with improved armor protection and a new a new turret to boot.

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An improved 105mm wheeled assault gun under winter trails at Baicheng Weapon Test Center

Judging by the limited screen captures below, this new 8x8 ZBL08 based assault gun is featuring a new turret, claims to be remote controlled + auto loader, a new RWS on top to sum of a total of 11 automated systems/functions.

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Computer render of the new Chinese 8x8 assault gun/tank destroyer

Computer render of the new 8x8 assault gun/tank destroyer. We already know this has a remote turret featuring the 105mm tank gun and auto loader from the Type 15 light tank. This shows the addition of the commander's panoramic sight from the VN17 infantry fighting vehicle, which is also based on the Type 15 light tank, and finally, remote weapon station for the 50 cal HMG, which looks like the one from the VT-4 MBT.

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PLA's new BDU, a first look

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PCL-181 brings great improvement for PLA artillery troops

The PCL-181 has a full combat weight of 25 tons, only about half compared with the PLZ-05. Since there are certain restrictions on the total weight of vehicles on many bridges and highways, the PCL-181 is superior to such heavy-duty tracked vehicles as the PLZ-05 in terms of mobility. In addition, with a smaller overall size, the PCL-181 has no worries about "overrun"(the overall height exceeds 3.6 meters or overall width exceeds the train cabin) when transported by rail, and can get through almost all railway sections to reach a freight station nearest to the destination.

Besides, the PCL-181 weighs only 25 tons, which is just within the cargo capacity of China's Y-9 tactical transport aircraft. Each Y-9 tactical transport aircraft can carry one PCL-181, and as long as there are a sufficient number of transport aircraft groups, the rapid deployment of the organically assigned artillery troops as a whole within nearly a thousand kilometers can be realized. This will undoubtedly greatly improve the rapid reaction capability of the PLA Army.

In addition, the PCL-181 is more cost-effective with a lower price, so the procurement cost can be reduced to a considerable extent while ensuring equivalent firepower. Under the premise of controlling the procurement cost, it is possible to completely replace the old towed artilleries such as the Type 59-1 the PL-66, which are now active in quantity. In this way, the situation in which a variety of large-caliber artillery coexist in the equipment system of the PLA Army artillery units will be thoroughly changed: artillery of 130 mm and 152 mm calibers are to be completely eliminated, only with that of 122 mm and 155 mm calibers retained.
More flexible

The PCL-181 vehicle-mounted howitzer is equipped with the military high-mobility truck chassis, which make it good at long-distance mobility on road. It was reported that the service members of an Army brigade under the Eastern Theater Command just drove the PCL-181 to their camp after unloading at the freight station. However, when it came to receiving the PLZ-05 155mm self-propelled howitzers in the past, they had to carry them back with heavy-duty wheeled trailers.

According to statistics, the total mileage of China's expressway network has exceeded 100,000 kilometers at present. Therefore, the PCL-181 can quickly reach designated areas by using its wheeled chassis of long-distance rapid maneuverability in North China, East China, and South China where the expressway network is relatively dense. In addition, the PCL-181 is also superior to the PLZ-05 in terms of maneuverability and operational flexibility in mountainous areas, deserts, Gobi deserts, and plateaus.

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Mengshi Armored Wheeled Vehicle

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ZBD-04A of the 3rd Combined Arms Battalion

ZTZ-99A of the 3rd Combined Arms Battalion

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Z-10 e Z-20

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Type 15 light tank

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