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Structure
The PLA Ground Force has nine active tank divisions consisting of a number of armored brigades. The traditional structure of PLA divisions consists roughly of three regiments – tuan 团 – of the main arm, each of three battalions (营） plus support units, a fourth regiment of infantry (in an armored division) or armor (in an infantry division), an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft regiment or battalion, and signals, engineer, reconnaissance, and chemical defense battalions or companies, plus combat service support units.

A typical PLAGF armored brigade has 4 tank battalions (124 main battle tanks) – each tank battalion has 3 tank companies (30 + 1 tank for the battalion commander), 1 mechanized infantry battalion (40 armored personnel carriers), 1 artillery battalion (18 self-propelled howitzers) – 3 batteries of 6 guns each and 1 anti-aircraft battalion

There are 8 active artillery divisions consisting of a number of artillery brigades. A typical PLAGF artillery brigade has 4 artillery battalions each with 18 guns in 3 batteries and 1 self-propelled anti-tank gun battalion (18 vehicles).

Equipment Summary
The PLAGF maintains an impressive inventory of military vehicles. All figures below are provided by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies.

Anti-aircraft guns

 * QJC-88 - 12.7 mm
 * W77 - 12.7 mm
 * QJG-02 - 14.5 mm
 * QJZ-89 - 12.7 mm
 * Type 85 - 12.7 mm
 * Type 80 - 14.5 mm
 * Type 77 - 12.7 mm
 * Type 75 - 14.5 mm
 * Type 59 - 12.7 mm
 * Type 58 - 2 × 14.5 mm
 * Type 54 - 12.7 mm

Infantry fighting vehicles

 * VN17
 * CS/AA5
 * ZBD-04A
 * ZBD2000 – amphibious infantry fighting vehicle
 * ZLC2000 – airborne infantry fighting vehicle
 * ZBD-97 – infantry fighting vehicle
 * ZBL-08
 * 07PD
 * 13P
 * ZSL-93
 * CS/VN3C
 * Type 90/92A/ZSL-92A – upgraded versions of Type 92 amphibious IFV
 * Type 92/ZSL-92 – amphibious IFV; 6×6 and 8×8 variants in service (1,000 In Service)
 * Type 90 – IFV
 * Type 91 IFV – Powered by the 360 hp engine and has a longer chassis with 6 roadwheels either side. It is fitted with a 2-man turret. The turret can be armed with an automatic gun of calibre 23, 25 or 30 mm.
 * YW307 – infantry fighting vehicle
 * YW309 – infantry fighting vehicle
 * '''Type 89 – IFV
 * Type 86/WZ 501/WZ 501A/WZ 503/WZ 504 – copy of Russian BMP-1 (~1,000)

Armored personnel carriers

 * VP10
 * ZBL-08
 * 13P
 * 07P
 * Type 90 – Armored personnel carrier
 * CS/VN9
 * VN2
 * ZSL-93 – Armored Personnel Carrier
 * ZSL-92 – Armored Personnel Carrier
 * CS/VNBC
 * CS/VN10
 *  8M - Wheeled mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle jointly developed by Norinco and South African firm EWI2 for China, first revealed in mid-2012.
 * CS/VP4 - Wheeled mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle developed by Poly Technologies based on Caprivi Mk 1 MRAP of South African firm Mobile Land Systems (MLS).,  first revealed in the 9th Zhuhai Airshow in November 2012.   Poly Technologies imported eleven Caprivi Mk 1 vehicles from MLS with technologies in the beginning of November 2010, and CS/VP4 is the Chinese development of Caprivi.
 * CS/VP3 - Wheeled mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle developed by Poly Technologies as a lighter 4×4 version of heavier 8×8 CS/VP4 mentioned above.
 * Type 89 – Armored Personnel Carrier (In Service-Main)
 * YW309 – Armored personnel carrier
 * Type 85 – Armored Fighting Vehicle
 * Type 81 – Armored personnel carrier
 * Type 77 – Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier (In Service)
 * Type 63 – Armored Personnel Carrier (In Service)

Rocket artillery

 * SY400 - strategic MLRS, first unveiled at the 2008 Zhuhai Airshow
 * SY300 – strategic MLRS, first unveiled at the 2008 Zhuhai Airshow
 * A-300 - 300 mm
 * A-200 - 300 mm
 * SR-5/SR-7
 * AR3 – 300 mm
 * PHL03 - 300 mm
 * AR2 – 300 mm
 * AR1A – 300 mm
 * WS-3
 * WS-2
 * WS-1 and WS-1B – an 8 and 4 tube 320 mm multiple launch rocket system by Sichuan Aerospace Industry Corporation (SCAIC, also known as Base 062)
 * WS-6
 * WS-15
 * WS-22
 * WS-32
 * WS-33
 * WS-35
 * WS-43
 * WS-63
 * WS-64
 * A-100 MRL – 10 tube 300 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher System
 * Type 81 - 122 mm
 * PR50 - 122 mm
 * SR-4 - 122 mm
 * WM-80 – 273 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems
 * WM-40 – 273 mm
 * PHZ89 – 40×122 mm
 * Type 90 – 30×130 mm
 * Type 85/YW 306 a 23 mm rocket artillery guns (copy of Russian ZU-23-2) on a YW 531H chassis and Type 82 artillery (on a Yanan SX250 6×6 truck) – 30 tube 130 mm multiple rocket launcher replacing the 19 tube 130 mm multiple rocket launcher of the Type 70 (on a YW 531C) and Type 63 (on a 4×4 truck)
 * Type 90 – 40 × 122 mm rockets
 * Type 81 – 40 × 122 mm rockets
 * Type 82 – 30 × 130 mm rockets
 * Type 82 – 130 × 130 mm rockets
 * Type 70 – 122 mm
 * Type 762 – 284 mm
 * Type 74 – 284 mm
 * Type 70 – 19 × 130 mm
 * Type 65 – rocket system
 * Type 63 – 130 mm
 * Type 63 – 107 mm

Self-propelled

 * PLZ-04 – 54 calibre
 * PLZ-05 – 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
 * PLZ-52 – 155 mm
 * PLZ-45 – 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
 * PLZ-07 – 122 mm self-propelled howitzer
 * PLL-09 – 122mm
 * PLZ-09
 * PLZ-89 (Type 89) – amphibious 122 mm self-propelled howitzer replacing the Type 85 (YW 531C chassis) and Type 70 (YW 531B chassis)
 * SH9 - 120 mm mortar-howitzer
 * CS/SM10 - 120 mm mortar-howitzer
 * Norinco SH1 – 155 mm
 * SH3 – 122 mm
 * SH2 – 122 mm
 * SP-3 – 122mm SP howitzer
 * CS/SH4 – 122mm SP howitzer
 * CS/SH1 – 122mm SP howitzer
 * CS/SH2 – 105mm SP howitzer
 * CS/AH2 – 105mm
 * CS/SS6 – 81 mm
 * CS/SM4 – 81 mm
 * CS/SM1 – 81 mm
 * SH-5 – 105 mm self-propelled howitzer
 * Type 83 – 152 mm
 * PLL05 – 120 mm
 * Type 96 – SP howitzer
 * 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

 * AH4 - 155 mm
 * AHS4 - 155 mm
 * AH2 - 155 mm
 * AH1 - 155 mm
 * PLL01 – 155 mm
 * Type 86 – 152 mm
 * Type 83 – 152 mm
 * Type 66 – 152 mm
 * Type 59 and Type 59-1 – copy of the Soviet M46 130 mm towed field gun
 * Type 96 – 122 mm
 * Type 86 – 122 mm
 * Type 83 – 122 mm
 * Type 60 – 122 mm

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

 * SA2 - 76mm
 * SWS2 - 35mm
 * CS/SA5 - 30mm
 * PGZ-07 – 4 X 35mm
 * PGZ04 – 4 X 25mm
 * BK1060 – 35mm
 * FK1000
 * Type 95 SPAAA (PGZ-95) – 4 X 25 mm and 4 X fire-and-forget QW-2 missiles.
 * LD-2000
 * CSSA-1 – 35mm
 * Type 80 – 2 X 57 mm, self-propelled anti-aircraft equivalent to the ZSU-57-2 but using the Type 69 tank chassis.
 * Type 85 (WZ554) – 2 X 23 mm
 * PGZ-88 (PGZ-88) – 2 X 37 mm
 * Type 90-2 – 4 x 25mm

Autocannons

 * SW1
 * CS/AA3
 * LD-2000 – 7 X 30 mm
 * Type 90 – 2 X 35 mm, copy of Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon.
 * SG ADS – 23mm towed
 * Type 85 – 2 X 23 mm, copy of the Soviet ZU-23-2.
 * Type 87 – 2 X 25 mm, improved version of the Type 85.
 * '''Type 87 – 2 X 37mm
 * '''Type 80 – 2 X 25mm
 * '''Type 88 – 37mm
 * '''Type 63 – 37mm
 * '''Type 90 – 35mm
 * '''Type 99 – 35mm
 * '''Type 87 – 25 mm
 * '''Type 85 – 25 mm
 * Type 72 – 85 mm, reported to be the Chinese copy of Soviet M1939 (52-K)
 * Type 59 – 57 mm, copy of the Soviet 57 mm AZP S-60.
 * Type 65/74 – 2 X 37 mm, twin barrel copy of the Soviet 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939.
 * Type 59 – 100 mm, copy of the Soviet KS-19 gun.
 * Type 80 – 23 mm
 * Type 87 – 25 mm

Auxiliaries
For a complete list of auxiliary vessels currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy please see: People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. Note that it may contain significant inaccuracies.

PLAMF
=== Intercontinental ballistic missile ===
 * DF-41 - (deployed)
 * DF-31B
 * DF-31A - 30~50
 * DF-31 - 8
 * DF-5C
 * DF-5B - 10~20
 * DF-5A - 10~20
 * DF-4 - 20~35

Intermediate-range ballistic missile

 * DF-26 - 80

Medium-range ballistic missile

 * DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile - 50
 * DF-21C - 12
 * DF-21A - 200
 * DF-16 - 12

Short-range ballistic missile

 * DF-15B - 350
 * DF-15A - 500
 * DF-11A - 1100
 * M20
 * BP-12A
 * P-12
 * B-611M

Cruise missile

 * DF-10A - 350
 * YJ-62