DefenceTalkChina’s most advanced vehicle-mounted howitzer, the PCL-181, recently entered service with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, the theater command confirmed on Thursday. With technical details revealed for the first time, experts say the weapon is one of the best in the world. In the past few days, troops of a brigade under […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-latest-most-advanced-pcl-181-howitzer-enters-service-75359/

China’s latest weapons including the Type 15 tank and the new 155-millimeter vehicle-mounted howitzer were deployed in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began a first round of exercises in 2020. The weapons were specifically designed with advantages for plateau regions and can play important roles in safeguarding border areas, […]

DefenceTalkXi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, told the Chinese military on Thursday to follow the road maps set for it at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. “The 19th CPC National Congress … was very important to the modernization efforts for the national defense and the People’s Liberation Army […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-to-be-world-class-force-by-2050-70711/

DefenceTalkTanks are rumbling past and missiles roaring. These are not scenes from a war film, but highlights of a weaponry exhibition held in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday. In the city of Baotou, where the country’s first domestically made tank rolled off the assembly line nearly 60 years ago, the 2017 Armour […]https://www.defencetalk.com/arms-exhibition-highlights-chinas-weaponry-innovation-70281/

DefenceTalkA large display of domestically developed arms used by Chinese land forces was presented to hundreds of foreign military officers at a shooting range in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday morning. The event was held by the State-owned China North Industries Group Corp, commonly known as Norinco, the country’s biggest maker of land […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-land-forces-display-military-might-at-arms-exhibition-70278/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army has equipped all of its ground force aviation units with advanced WZ-10 combat helicopters, according to PLA media. Several WZ-10s have been delivered to an aviation brigade of the PLA 13th Group Army under the Western Theater Command, the military’s TV news channel reported. This means that all of the Army’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-delivers-wz-10-attack-helicopters-to-army-68118/

DefenceTalkChina has unveiled changes to the structure of its military, adding three new units, described by President Xi Jinping as “a major policy decision to realise the Chinese dream of a strong army”, state media reported. The formation of the new units, which follows Beijing’s announcement that it was building a second aircraft carrier, comes […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-restructures-military-as-xi-eyes-strong-army-66218/