China Munitions and Weapons Systems

Military Aircraft	Navy	Land Combat	Missiles
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People's Liberation Army Military Aircraft

Fighter/Attack/Interceptor Return to Top

J-4 Fagot	J-5 Fresco	J-6 Farmer	J-7 Fishbed	J-8 Finback	J-9 / FC-1
J-10	J-11 Flanker	J-12	JH-7	K-8	Q-5 Fantan

Cargo/Transport Return to Top

Y-5 Colt

Y-7 Curl

Y-8 Cub

AEW - Airborne Early Warning Return to Top

Y-8MP

Y-XX AEW

Rotary Return to Top

Z-5 Hound

Z-9

UAV Return to Top

Chang Hong 1

D-4 NPU

People's Liberation Army Navy Return to Top

Overview

PLA Navy Facilities

Destroyers Return to Top

			Inventory
Type	Class	Displacement	1985	2000	2010
Type 956	Sovremenny	8,480	-	1	4
Type 054	Luhai	6,600	-	1	5
Type 052	Luhu	5,700	-	2	2
Type 051	Luda	3,960	11	17	~11
Type 07	Anshan	2,040	4	-	-
Total:			15	21	27-29

Frigates Return to Top

			Inventory
Type	Class	Displacement	1985	2000	2010
Type 054	Maanshan		-	-	8
Type 059	Jiangwei III	3,000	-	-	3
Type 057	Jiangwei II	2,250	-	2	6-8
Type 055	Jiangwei	2,250	20	5	4
Type 053	Jianghu	1,925	2	28	~25
Type 053K	Jiangdong	1,925	5	1	-
Type 065	Jiangnan	1,400	4	-	-
Type 01	Chengdu	1,510	-	-	-
Total:			31	36	34-43

Guided Missile Boats Return to Top

			Inventory
Type	Class	Displacement	1985	2000	2010
Type 520T	Houjian	520		4	4
Type 343M	Houxin	478		14	~36
Type 021	Huangfeng	205	100	65	~25
Total:			100	83	65

Submarines Return to Top

			Inventory
Type	Class	Displacement	1985	2000	2010
Type 094	NEWCON SSBN	8,000	-	-	? 8
Type 092	Xia SSBN	6,500	1	1	-
Type 093	NEWCON SSN	6,500	-	-	4
Type 091	Han SSN	5,500	3	5	5
	Kilo	2,325	-	2	4
Type 039	Song	2,250	-	2	5
Type 035	Ming	2,100	2	16	20
Type 033	Romeo	1,710	90	38	15
Type 03	Whiskey	1,350	20	-	-
Type 031	Golf SSB	2,700	1	1	-
	Wuhan	2,100	-	1
Total:			117	62	66

Amphibious Warfare Return to Top

			Inventory
Type	Class	Displacement	1985	2000	2010
Type 074	Yuting	4,800	-	6	20
Type 072	Yukan	4,170	3	7	7
	Yudeng	1,850	-	1	1
Type 073	Yudao	1,460	1	1	1
Total:			4	15	29

Naval Aviation Return to Top

		Inventory
Type	Mission	1985	2000	2010
B-6	bomber	50	30	30
B-5	bomber	130	80	25
Q-5	attack	-	75	~75
FH-7	attack	-	~25	~100
F-4	fighter	600	580	600
F-5
F-6
F-7
Total:		780	765	730

Sources and Resources Return to Top

PLAN submarine force by Sidney Trevethan, December 2004 (Photo)
PLAN Major Patrol Craft by Sidney Trevethan (Excel file)
PLAN Major Surface Ships by Sidney Trevethan (Excel file)
PLA Navy Air Force Order of Battle By Sidney Trevethan, Updated on 21 Mar 2000

Land Combat Systems

Tanks Return to Top

Armored Vehicles Return to Top

Type 63	Type 77	Type 85	Type 86	Type 90	WZ-501	WZ-503	WZ-504	WZ-505	WZ-506
WZ-523	WZ-551	WZ-751	YW-304	YW-307	YW-309	YW-531	YW-531H	YW-701	YZ-75

Anti-tank Weapons Return to Top

HJ-8	HJ-73 AT-3

Artillery Return to Top

Towed

Type 54

Type 59
M-46

Type 60

D-74

Type 66

M-55

Type 83 122mm

Self-Propelled

Rocket Launchers

A100 300mm	M-1B 350mm	Type 63 107mm	Type 63 130mm	Type 70 130mm
Type 81 122mm	Type 81 107mm	Type 82 130mm	Type 83 273mm	Type 85 130mm
Type 89 122mm	Type 90 122mm	Type ?? 122mm	WM-80 273mm	WS-1 320mm

Anti-Aircraft Return to Top

Type 55 M1939	Type 56 KS-18	Type 56 ZPU-4	Type 58 ZPU-2	Type 59 KS-19	Type 59 S-60	Type 63	Type 65
Type 72 KS-12	Type 74	Type 80 23mm	Type 80 57mm	Type 87 25mm	Type 88 37mm	Type 90 35mm	Type 90II

Missiles Return to Top

Chinese Missile Nomenclature

ICBM

SLBM

INF/SRINF

Surface-to-Air Return to Top

DK-9 / PL-9	HQ-1 / SA-2	HQ-2 / SA-2	HQ-3	HQ-7 / FM-80	HQ-9 / FT-2000	HQ-10 / SA-10	HQ-15 / SA-10	HQ-16 / SA-17
HQ-17 / SA-15	HQ-18 / SA-12	HQ-61	KS-1	LY-60	HN-5 / SA-7	HY-5	QW-1	QW-2

Air-to-Air Return to Top

PL-1 / AA-1	PL-2 / AA-2	PL-3 / AA-2	PL-5 / AA-2	PL-7
PL-8	PL-9	PL-10 / FD-60	PL-11 / AMR-1	TY-90

Air-to-Surface Return to Top

YJ-8

YJ-22

Surface-to-Surface [Tactical] Return to Top

C-701	CY-1	FL-1	FL-2 / C-101	FL-4	FL-7	HY-1
HY-2 / C-201	HY-3 / C-301	HY-4 / C-201	SY-1	SY-2	HJ-8	HJ-73 AT-3