PLA inventory Tally

Troika

Junior Member
We have in SinoDefence and other sites a considerable amount of information on PLA, and some good serial counting, too. Would it be a good idea then to compile them into a inventory tally, later to be perhaps expanded into TOE?
 

KYli

Brigadier
We don't know enough to make any accurate estimate, and only few of members here have the expertise to do it. So unless they are willing to participate, we might make many errors.
 

Troika

Junior Member
Such a thing will perforce be incomplete, it is the attempt that will I think prove a useful reference and starting point.
 

Totoro

Major
VIP Professional
Well, you can start... we can try to help as much as we can. But rest assured there will be LOTS of areas where we will have to use very wide margins, like 100-200 units of this, 400-700 units of that, etc.
Whatcha wanna start with? ground, sea, air? :D
 

Troika

Junior Member
Well, let's start with air... China military aviation has a pretty good serial count, and we also know the most about the foreign acquisitions of air. I will have a look and compile.
 

Totoro

Major
VIP Professional
Okay, here's my try at airplanes (not helicopters or uavs) in the inventory of both PLAAF and PLAN. It is by no means complete or necessarily accurate list. I hope it will be updated with other members' help. If someone can more accurately separate some of my categories under specific numbers for specific variants of planes, and more precisely separate PLAAF from PLAN planes, please feel free to do so. * denotes the given figure must be corrected by some 20-50 units, give or take. ** denotes the same, but probably in the 5-10 units to give or take.


Current inventory, as of february 2006.

Su-30mkk - 76
Su-30mk2 - 24 (PLAN)
Su-27sk - 34
Su-27ubk - 42
J-11 - 100-120
J-10 - 70-100
J-8 D,H,F - 270 -400
J-8A, JZ8 - 20 - 50
J-7 B,C,D,E,G - 540-580 (Small number in PLAN, mostly for recc)
J-6, JZ6 - 650* (Small number in PLAN, mostly for recc)

JH-7A - 24-50 (PLAN)
JH-7 - 20-50 (PLAN)
Q-5 B,D,E,F - 330-600

H-6 A,C,D,E,F - 98-120 (around 20 in PLAN)

HZ-5 ,D - 50** (PLAN)

HY-6 - 17

KJ2000 - 3
Y-8 AEW - 2-4
Y-8J Skymaster - 6-8 (PLAN?)
Y-8 Maritime Patrol Ac. - 4 (PLAN?)
Tu-154 M/D surveillance & El.w. - 1-4
SH-5 - 4 (PLAN)

IL-76 - 12-14
Y-8 - 56-120
Y-7/An24/26 - 60-93
Y-5 - 210-300
B737-300 - 9
CRJ200BLR - 5
Tu-154M - 12-15 (grounded, to be sold/scrapped?)


To be delivered or under production:

IL-76 - 30
IL-78 - 8
Y-8 production ongoing. 21 delivered in 2005? To be made into various versions?
J-10 production ongoing. 24-50 delivered in 2005?
J-11 production probably ongoing. 20 delivered in 2005?
H-6 production ongoing 20-50 delivered in 2005?
JH-7A production ongoing - small quantity?
Q-5 production probably ongoing at very small rate to make up for attrition.
 

MIGleader

Banned Idiot
Hmmm...I think at least 5 su-30 mkks have crashed due to their heavy use in exercises. So that would be 71 Mkks. There are 12-18 jh-7s, and 19 jh-7As.

As for il-76s, sinodefenece claims 14. But mil.jschina claim 20. so id put it at 14-20.
 

Gollevainen

Colonel
VIP Professional
Registered Member
This thread actually makes too much sense, so i will move it to General military forum...
 

MIGleader

Banned Idiot
Alright, Ima do my best to compose a ship list.
most of it's by twos. Heres the PLAN in February 2006

Surface combatants
52c 2
52b 2
51c 1
52 2
956EM 1
956 2
54 2
53H3 10
53H2G 4
53H1G 6
53H2 3
53 20
51G 15

Submarines
Yuan 2
636 9
877 2
39G 6
39 1
35G 6
Everything older is retired, or should be

91 3(first two got retired)
92 1
93 1-3
94 1?

amphibious ships

72-III 7
72-II 11
72 7
Yuhai 10, and more building
Qiongsha 6

FACs

New FAC: 2211-2214? spotted
520T 5, with HK garrison
37-II 19

Fleet AUX

QIANDAOHU: 2
Nancang 1
really need more info here, anyone?

Future
One more 636 Kilo is still to be delivered by russia
one more 956em is to be delivered by russia
Two 51c(115 and 116) are being fitted.
Two 54A are being built
Some 5 39G1s are under construction or ave been launched at jingnan and Wuhan
More new FACs will be spotted
Varyag as carrier?

any corrections?
 
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adeptitus

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Troika said:
We have in SinoDefence and other sites a considerable amount of information on PLA, and some good serial counting, too. Would it be a good idea then to compile them into a inventory tally, later to be perhaps expanded into TOE?

I can recommend Globalsecurity's web site:
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It's far from perfect, but then PRC isn't exactly transparent in its military hardware inventory. =/

A very good site for PLAAF inventory/status:
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