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  1. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    The thread is little outdated, Members fill in ....
  2. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    HQ-7B/FM-90 Crotale The HQ-7 is a Chinese clone of the French Thales/Thomson CSF Crotale SAM. During the 1970s the French supplied samples of the Crotale which was promptly reverse engineered. The cloned Crotale has been built in two configurations, a high mobility variant for PLA Army units...
  3. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    China's Latest MR-SAM
  4. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    new HQ-15 (红旗-15 / "红酒") anti-aircraft missile launcher.Some ppl said it's a domesitc clone of Russia S-300PMU1:
  5. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Yes, Few as four squadrons of mix of Jets like AJT and turbo-props.. Some Threads: http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/showthread.php?t=15861&page=1 http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/showthread.php?t=14807&page=1 http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/showthread.php?t=1332&page=1 The topics are...
  6. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Harop will be operational in mid 2011, PLAAF plan to produce a indigenous version of harpy which will be same as harop in terms of range and payload.. Indian Army use following UAV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Nishant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Searcher...
  7. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Type 56 Quad 14.5 x 114mm Anti-Aircraft Gun System Type 56 Quad 14.5 x 114mm Anti-Aircraft Gun System A copy of the Russian ZPU-4, the Type 56 quad 14.5 x 114mm anti-aircraft gun system provided Chinese units and fixed sites a high firepower powerful and light anti-aircraft system. On a...
  8. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    I have already done a complete analysis on PLA as well as IA: 1. Infantry ( Small arms to Medium arms in Light Infantry ) 2. Arty ( Mobile, Static & MRLS) 3. AD (AAA&SAM Mobile/static and Medium range ) 4. Light Armour. ( APC/IFV and fire support vehicles ) 5. Heavy Armour. ( MBTs ) Side...
  9. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Large Calibre Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns Large Calibre Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns China has developed a lightweight 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun designated the QJG02.[17] The weapon is designed to replace the Type 56 copy of the Russian ZPU-1 that comes in at 413kg.[18] Despite a...
  10. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Man Portable Air Defence Systems Man Portable Air Defence Systems QW-2 and HY/FN-6/FN-16 Man Portable Air Defence Systems The QW-2 is a reverse engineered copy of the Russian 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-16 Gimlet). The infrared seeking missile is 72mm in diameter is 1.59m long and weighs 11kg...
  11. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Type 63 APC equipped with a ZU-23-2 3 mm AAA gun. Type 63 APC equipped with a ZU-23-2 3 mm AAA gun.
  12. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Yi Tian WZ551 Wheeled Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System Yi Tian WZ551 Wheeled Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile System The Yi Tian wheeled self-propelled surface-to-air missile system uses the WMZ551 6x6 wheeled armoured fighting vehicle hull on which is...
  13. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    FLV-1/FLG-1/FL-2000 Wheeled Air Defence Vehicle FLV-1/FLG-1/FL-2000 Wheeled Air Defence Vehicle The FLV-1 close in lightweight air-defence weapon system is based on the WZ 551 four wheeled armoured vehicle.[13] This vehicle appears to be half way between the United States...
  14. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    LS-II ADS "PLA SLAMRAAM/Chapparel" SAM System LS-II ADS "PLA SLAMRAAM/Chapparel" SAM System The Lie Shou "Hunter" II Air Defense System or "LS-II ADS" was displayed publicly at the Zhuhai 2008 exhibition. It is a Chinese analogue to the US MIM-120/MPQ-64...
  15. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    FB-6A "Avenger" SAM System FB-6A "Avenger" SAM System The FB-6A is a copy of the United States Army's AN/TWQ-1 Avenger system which mounts the Stinger short-range surface-to-air missile on an octuple launcher on a HMMWV chassis. The HMMWV variant employed is the aluminium body Shenyang...
  16. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    LY-60 / HQ-64 Aspide LY-60 / HQ-64 Aspide The CPMIEC LY-60 is a direct clone of the Italian Selenia (Alenia) Aspide Mk.1, itself derived from the RIM-7E Sea Sparrow. This missile is frequently cited as the direct replacement for the conceptually similar but much bulkier...
  17. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Hq-6/hq-61 HQ-6/HQ-61 The US DoD credits the PLA with 30 "HQ-6" launchers, most likely referring to the HQ-61 series point defence SAMs deployed during the 1980s. Based conceptually on the cloned Alenia Aspide missile, itself which is based on the US RIM-7E/F Sparrow, the HQ-61 is...
  18. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    HQ-7/FM-80/FM-90 / CSA-4 Crotale HQ-7/FM-80/FM-90 / CSA-4 Crotale The HQ-7 is a Chinese clone of the French Thales/Thomson CSF Crotale SAM. During the 1970s the French supplied samples of the Crotale which was promptly reverse engineered. The cloned Crotale has been built in two...
  19. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    CSSA-1 / Type 90 35 mm SPAAG CSSA-1 / Type 90 35 mm SPAAG Recently unveiled, the CSSA-1 is a self-propelled variant of the Type 90 35 mm AAA system, previously only available as a towed AAA piece. The system is based on a licensed Oerlikon GDF-002, and is credited with a 1175 m/s muzzle...
  20. Kunal Biswas

    China's Air Defence Capabilities

    Ludun 2000 / LR66 / Type 347G / 30 mm SPAAG/SPAAGM Ludun 2000 / LR66 / Type 347G / 30 mm SPAAG/SPAAGM The Ludun-2000 is a Chinese copy of the Thales Nederland Goalkeeper 30 mm close-in weapons system (CIWS) mounted on the rear a 8 x 8 single cab flat bed truck and generator and...
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