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People's Republic of China Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems built or assembled in People's Republic of China, including naval systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

5 weapon systems

5Catalog records

1Equipment categories

8Leading builders shown

3Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Naval Systems5

Builder Links

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding3 Huangpu Shipyard2 Chinese naval shipbuilding industry1 Dalian Liaonan Shipyard1 Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding1 Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard1 Hudong Shipyard1 Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group1

Conflict Coverage

2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta2South China Sea Disputes22022 Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis1

Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate, Chinese guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems

2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, South China Sea Disputes +1 moreType 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigateChinese guided-missile frigate classBuilt by: Hudong Shipyard / Guangzhou Huangpu ShipyardThe Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate is a Chinese guided-missile frigate class built as the improved Jiangwei follow-on for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Open naval references describe ten ships produced from 1996 to 2005, a CODAD machinery plant, YJ-83 or export anti-ship missiles, HHQ-7 short-range air defense, anti-piracy escort deployments off Somalia, South China Sea shadowing activity, Taiwan Strait presence, and later transfer of two ex-PLAN hulls into Bangladesh Navy service.

Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette family, Naval Systems

South China Sea DisputesType 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvetteChinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette familyBuilt by: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding / Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / Dalian Liaonan ShipyardThe Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette is a Chinese corvette family built in large numbers for littoral patrol, escort, surface warfare, and coastal anti-submarine work. The baseline Type 056 carried a 76 mm gun, YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, point-defense missiles, and torpedo tubes, while the Type 056A added towed-array and variable-depth sonar; the class has also appeared in South China Sea dispute patrol incidents.

Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems

2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaType 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate classBuilt by: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Huangpu ShipyardThe Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate is the two-ship first generation of China's Jiangkai guided-missile frigate family, built at Shanghai and Guangzhou for the People's Liberation Army Navy before production shifted to the more capable Type 054A. Public sources identify Ma'anshan and Wenzhou as 2005-commissioned ships with YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, HQ-7 point air defense, AK-630 close-in guns, light torpedo tubes, and helicopter facilities; both hulls are documented in Chinese counter-piracy escort deployments in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters.

Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval Systems

Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate classBuilt by: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Huangpu ShipyardThe Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate is a Chinese multi-role guided-missile frigate class that developed the two-ship Type 054 design into a serial PLAN escort with medium-range vertical-launch air defense, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine weapons, and helicopter facilities. Later batches and export derivatives kept the same basic escort concept while changing sensors, close-in defenses, aviation support, and customer-specific weapons.

100 mm Type 79 naval gun, Twin 100 mm shipboard dual-purpose gun mount, Naval Systems

100 mm Type 79 naval gunTwin 100 mm shipboard dual-purpose gun mountBuilt by: Chinese naval shipbuilding industryThe 100 mm Type 79 is a Chinese twin 100 mm dual-purpose naval gun mount used on late Cold War People's Liberation Army Navy surface combatants and export frigates. Open naval references describe 713th Research Institute development, Soviet B-34 ammunition lineage, radar-directed shipboard fire-control integration, and later Type 79A / H/PJ33A and H/PJ33B variants with more automated loading arrangements on Chinese frigate and destroyer classes.