The People's Liberation Army, (PLA) is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, which includes its army, navy, air force, and strategic missile. It is the largest military force in the world with 3 million personnel, and has the largest army with 2.25 million soldiers. The PLA was founded on August 1, 1927. The exact number of Chinese Special Operators/Forces is classified, but it could range from 7,000 to 14,000 SpecOps.
A PLA soldier advancing
Weapons[]
QBZ95: The primary rifle of the PLA Ground Forces. It is a also a bull-pup rifle. It can fire a 30 round magazine of 5.8x42mm DBP87 rounds. It can fires semi-automatically, three-round bursts, and fully automatic.
QBZ03: A rifle that resembles an AK-47. It can fire a 30 round magazine of 7.62x39mm rounds. It can be fired semi-automatically and fully-automatically.
QBB95 SAW: Resembles the QBZ-95, but can fire a 75 rounds drum of 5.8x42mm DBP87 rounds.
PF98 "Queen Bee": Is a 120 mm anti-tank rocket system. Can fire HEAT rounds against tanks and APC, and can fire HE rounds against personnel, fixed positions, and soft vechicles.
Vehicles[]
EQ-2050: A Chinese transport jeep. It has a QJC88 on a pintle mount and can transport several troops.
ZBD-97: A Chinese Infantry Fighting Vechicle. Its primary armanment is a 100mm gun and its secondary armament is a 7.62mm machine gun. It can travel up to 65km/h and its armor is welded steel.
Type 92: A Chinese Armored Fighting Vechicle. Its primary weapon is a 25mm auto-cannon and its secondary armament is a 7.62mm machine gun.
WZ-10: A Chinese Gunship. Its armament is an auto-cannon or a gatling gun and air-to-surface missiles.
J-10: A Chinese multi-role fighter aircraft. Cannot be destroyed, but can drop ordnance on enemies position.
Nanchang Q-5 Fantan: A close air support aircraft. Fitted with two 23mm cannons and up to 6 pylons for external weapons. Internal storage on many have been converted to hold extra fuel tanks.
Type 99 (ZTZ-99): Current main battle tank used by the PLA. Features a 125mm smoothbore cannon with automatic loading, which is believed to be a licensed copy of the pipeline style autoloader of the Soviet built T-80. Armor is a blend of transparent ceramics, RHA and ERA.