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CS/LR17 – Modular Light machine gun chambered in 5.56×45mm, 7.62×39mm, or 7.62×51mm. Export oriented. CQ 7.62mm – General-purpose machine gun chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. Belt-fed, export-oriented, based on FN MAG. CS/LM6 – Heavy machine gun chambered in .50 BMG Copy of the M2 Browning. Export-oriented.
People's Liberation Army. The People's Liberation Army Ground Force[a] (PLAGF), also referred to as the PLA Army, [3] is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army along with the Chinese People's Police and the Chinese Red Army. The three branches together constitute a total 27,000,000 personnel.
It is based on the High-Speed Engineer Vehicle (HSEV) developed by Australian Defence Industries (ADI), now known as Thales Australia designed for the Australian Army. [1] It is currently the main engineering backhoe loader of the People's Liberation Army. [1] The GDG130 is also the basis for Jonyang's JYL313-B civilian backhoe loader. [2]
Historically, most Chinese military equipment are produced by state-owned enterprises, but due to the strategy of Military-Civil Fusion, many private and civilian enterprises entered the military market, producing weaponry and equipment for the People's Liberation Army. [4] The vehicle is based on the chassis of the Nanjing NJ2046 light utility ...
During the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) played a decisive role in enforcing martial law, using force to suppress the demonstrations in the city. [13] The killings of protestors in Beijing continue to taint the legacies of the party elders, led by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ...
WZ-551. The WZ-551 is a Chinese wheeled infantry fighting vehicle family. The name WZ-551 actually covers two families of vehicles with the official designations in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) – Type 90 and Type 92. Over 3,000 WZ-551s are in service with the PLA, where they are used by medium mechanized infantry units.
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA), officially the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), [2][3] was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. [4][note 1] Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) under the orders of Chairman Mao Zedong, the ...
The People's Republic of China (PRC) assumed sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997 and the Central People's Government (CPG) stationed a garrison of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Hong Kong to manage the defense affairs of the territory. While the garrison has been considered primarily symbolic of Beijing's governance over Hong Kong ...