How strong is China's army today?

No matter which era, science and technology will always be a heavyweight role in promoting social development. Even in modern wars, the rapid integration of economic resources and high-tech weapons and equipment in a short period of time, high efficiency and combat effectiveness often determine the success or failure of a war. Today, when we step into the modern society, the iterative production of science and technology is accelerating, and the war mode that one army swept the world in the past is gone forever.

Then, will the army that gradually loses its battlefield advantage weaken? Compared with the new service, what is the status of the army? Does the Chinese army still have advantages in the modern battlefield? How strong is the Chinese army? You will understand after reading it.

Recently, the official media exposed the pictures of China's large-scale military exercises, which were hard to see before and were called the "bright sword" of China's army by netizens.

China's Strategic Core Force-Army

As one of the main services of our army, the army still occupies a large proportion in our army. As far as China's local security defense is concerned, China, as a vast mainland country, only relies on pure strategic depth to build its army. The air force has special significance in the counterattack of homeland defense. Moreover, China's army has the most actual combat experience among the various services and arms of our country. Even though the army is a service in the traditional sense, as long as the territory of a country is large enough, or as long as it is a land country like Russia, China and the United States, the operational importance of the army will not be reduced. Foreign media once commented on China's army-"Now no country dares to fight ground war with China, even if they don't have advanced weapons, it is enough to make their opponents afraid".

With the deepening of the "multi-in-one" strategy in modern warfare, the dividing line between the navy, the air force and the army is becoming more and more blurred, and the army is no longer fighting on two legs. The total number of PLA people exceeds 6.5438+0.6 million, ranking first in the world, far exceeding that of the United States and Russia. Many people may think that the excessive number of troops has restricted China's military development, but in fact this view is quite naive. As a big country bordering more than a dozen countries, plus China's huge population base.

In the past 10 years, China's army actively updated its weapons and equipment, far exceeding the expectations of foreign military experts. It is estimated that the proportion of new equipment will reach 70% in 20 17-20 18. At the same time, the PLA requires that the types of equipment be greatly reduced and equipment with multiple functions and upgrading potential be retained.

What the western media don't understand is that there are 3,050 Type 56 tanks and 2,200 Type 96 tanks in China. China didn't waste these old second-generation tanks, converted them into targets, and even used them as unmanned weapon platforms and bait for air strikes against the enemy in future operations.

According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 20 16, China's army had at least130,000 guns of various types, more than twice that of the US military. However, the number of large-caliber howitzers in China is still insufficient. For example, the number of Type 05 155 mm howitzers is less than 300, and the conventional ground artillery of the Chinese Army is mainly towed artillery.

Data Map: The recently exposed battle images of the Chinese Army's large forces are rarely exposed, and thousands of artillery pieces are fired in full.

In addition, China's army attaches great importance to the development of multi-barrel rockets. The number and combat effectiveness of China's rockets are the highest in the world, with a total of more than 2,000 rockets. In several exposures, the accuracy of China rocket is getting higher and higher, even comparable to that of missiles. Some analysts pointed out that China's research and development of weapons not developed by other countries is also an "asymmetric advantage". Obviously, rockets are very effective in dealing with the situation around China, such as Indian.

In terms of air force and navy, there is still a big gap between China and the United States, Russia and other countries, but China's army can compete with the so-called trinity command system, land, sea and air information sharing system and so on in terms of data and technology. With the establishment of space satellite communication systems such as GPS, the mission of China Beidou is clear at a glance.