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In recent years, more of the PLA three-letter designation system has become widely shown, especially in the regards of the missiles. So I thought it would be best to list them out. Format X/YZZ(or could be YYY)N(numbers). Forces modifier (typically omitted) K/ (Air Force) L/ (Army) H/ (Navy)...

In recent years, more of the PLA three-letter designation system has become widely shown, especially in the regards of the missiles. So I thought it would be best to list them out. Format X/YZZ(or could be YYY)N(numbers). Forces modifier (typically omitted) K/ (Air Force) L/ (Army) H/ (Navy)...

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I have been researching the designation systems of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). I understand how things like J7E or J8F or J11B work. That makes sense. But then there are things that pop up like K/JJ7E and K/JJ8D, or even K/AJJ7E and K/AJJ8D. I understand how the K/...

Afternoon all, I'm currently doing some research and have seen a few documents refer that China, after the end of the Second World War, received a small number of IS-3's from the USSR/Russia. Considering the fact I have never seen an image of this, I assume it was very limited (if at all) for...

I was wondering if anyone has information regarding the Chinese, PLA, operating the CA-10 or CA-30 trucks with any sort of guns on, similar to the Americans with M45 quad mounts? I can't seem to find a single image of one of these trucks with weapon systems on, I did find on an old thread this...

Chinese Armour Designation Styles Type-xx (rendered xx-Type in Mandarin) are kind of like US 'Mxx' designations. ZTZxx (and similar) are role-specific PLA designations. - ZTZ (Zhuangjia Tanke Zhongxíng) = Main Battle Tank ('Armoured Tank, Medium') WZxx are officially-applied industrial...