Chinese Army Inducts New Armored Vehicles, Howitzers & Rocket Launchers

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Chinese Army Inducts New Armored Vehicles, Howitzers & Rocket Launchers​

It was reported that now 90% the total equipments are newly inducted into Xinjiang military garrison in recent months, amazing speed of modernization process.

PCL-181 155mm wheeled vehicle-mounted howitzersThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s Xinjiang Military Command has taken delivery of three new advanced weapon systems – armored vehicles, howitzers and self-propelled rocket launchers – over the past week. Another newly delivered weapons system is a new-type, four-wheeled 122mm-caliber self-propelled howitzer, to a group which recently conducted its first live-fire target practice deep in the Karakorum Mountains at an altitude of 4,500m. The howitzer partially uses technologies from the PCL-181 155mm-caliber self-propelled howitzer. In addition, a batch of new PHL-03 long-range self-propelled heavy rocket launchers, which are highly mobile, fast-reacting, highly accurate, very deadly and jamming-resistant, recently went into service at a unit deployed in a snow-covered region at an elevation of more than 5,200m, Chinese media reported. The command received the first batch of newly developed Type 15 light tanks in early 2021.

 

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New rocket launcher system delivered to PLA's high altitude plateau unit​

 

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China Supplies Modern Weaponry To Xinjiang Military District Amid LAC Standoff With India​

Swarajya Staff
Tue, 18 May, 2021, 2:26 am

The Chinese military has upped its efforts to boost ground units in the Xinjiang military district that is a part of the Western Theatre Command.

The military district does not have any direct threats of cross-border intrusions, as it shares safeguarded borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Anticipating a conflict with Taiwan, the People Liberation Army (PLA) prioritizes its most modern combat gears for units falling near the island nation. Hence, Xinjiang has historically not been at the receiving end of PLA’s contemporary weaponry.

However, new combat systems are being streamlined to modernize integral units based in the Xinjiang province in 2021. New PHL-03 multiple rocket launchers, PCL-161 self-propelled howitzers and PCL-181 self-propelled howitzers have been supplied to the military district in recent times.

This strengthening of military systems in Xinjiang is seen as a clear response to the border standoff with India last year, ANI reports.

Reportedly, the PLA is looking to anticipate India with its seamless ability to swiftly manufacture and distribute new systems in the region. General Zhao Zongqi, the head of the Western Theatre Command for five years, was replaced by ex-commander of the Central Theatre Command General Zhang Zudong in December 2020.

All these moves are perceived as China’s clear intentions to beef up its abilities alongside the Indian border as the two countries possibly await testing times in the coming future.

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The Chinese Army’s 155mm, 152mm Self-propelled Howitzers​