People's Liberation Army

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For the similarly named faction, see People's Liberation and Resistance

People's Liberation Army
Emblem of the PLA.
Game	Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Battlefield 4 Battlefield 4: Countdown to War
Country	People's Republic of China
Type	Armed Forces
Nickname	PLA
Engagements	Sino-American War Kazakh Conflict War of 2020

The People's Liberation Army (Chinese: 中国人民解放军) is the main military force of China. Founded in 1921 under the control of Communist Party of China, they participated in the Chinese Civil War, extended over certain periods between 1927 to 1950. As the PLA was victorious over the Republic of China's forces, the Communist Party of China took control officially in 1949 and created the People's Republic of China. From there on out, the PLA became the main military force of the PRC. Presently, it consists of 5 branches: the Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Second Artillery Corps and the Armed Police. It currently has the largest number of active personnel in the world at 2.3 million soldiers.

Battlefield 2

The PLA Theme Tune

In Battlefield 2, the PLA fights the United States Marine Corps and the European Union alongside the Middle Eastern Coalition

Engagements against the USMC

• Dalian Plant
• Daqing Oilfields
• Dragon Valley
• Fushe Pass
• Songhua Stalemate
• Wake Island 2007
• Operation Blue Pearl
• Midnight Sun (Battlefield 2: Armored Fury)

Engagements against the EU

• Great Wall (Battlefield 2: Euro Force)

Default Character Kits

Kit	Image
Anti-Tank
Knife QSZ-92 Type 85 ERYX
Assault
Knife QSZ-92 AK-47 GP-25 Smoke Grenade
Engineer
Knife QSZ-92 NOR982 Hand Grenades Anti-Tank Mines Wrench
Medic
Knife QSZ-92 AK-47 Hand Grenades Defibrillator Medical Bag
Sniper
Knife QSZ-92 with silencer Type 88 Sniper Hand Grenades Claymores
Special Ops
Knife QSZ-92 with silencer QBZ-97 Hand Grenades C4
Support
Knife QSZ-92 QBB-95 Hand Grenades Ammo Bag

Vehicles

Light Vehicles/APCs

Image	Name
	WZ551
	NJ 2046
	(AF) Muscle Car

Tanks/IFVs

Image	Name
	Type 98 Tank
	Type 95 SPAAA

Fixed-wing Aircraft

Image	Name
	J-10
	Su-30
	(AF) Q5 Fantan

Helicopters

Image	Name
	WZ-10
	Z-8 Transport
	(AF) WZ-11 Scout Helicopter

Naval Vessels

Image	Name
	RIB

Emplacements

Image	Name
	Mounted QBB-95
	HJ-8
	UAV
	IGLA

The PLA Anti-Tank.

The PLA Assault.

The PLA Engineer.

The PLA Medic.

The PLA Sniper.

The PLA Special Forces.

The PLA Support.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

In Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, the PLA is one of the two playable factions in singleplayer. It is also a playable faction in multiplayer.

Weapons

Assault

• Type 95 with Type 91
• QSZ-92
• Grenade
• AN-M8 Smoke Grenade

Sniper

• Type 88 DMR
• QSZ-92
• GPS
• ANPQ Laser Target Designator
• AN-M8 Smoke Grenade

Spec Ops

• Type 79
• QSZ-92
• C4
• Knife
• XM84 Stun Grenade

Engineer

• RMB-93
• QSZ-92
• PF-98
• Blowtorch Repair Kit
• Anti-Vehicle Mine

Support

• QJY-88
• QSZ-92
• Auto Injector
• Mortar Strike

Vehicles

• Type 98
• BMD-3
• BK-1990
• FAV
• WZ-9
• PBL
• Type 85 HMG
• QLZ-87
• PF-98

A PLA Sniper.

A trio of PLA soldiers. From left to right are the Engineer, Assault and Support.

Battlefield 4

Singleplayer

In Battlefield 4, the People's Liberation Army forms the main antagonist faction in the singleplayer campaign. For the most part, they wear uniforms identical, or very similar, to those in the multiplayer, with weapons and equipment corresponding to each, which are predominantly Chinese in origin. The soldiers who look similar to the assault wield QBZ-95 assault rifles. Soldiers dressed as the engineer wield the JS2 and Hawk 12G. There is another skin which wields a QBZ-95 and a SMAW, dressing similar to the Russian engineer in multiplayer with tiger camouflage. Those soldiers who wield a Type 88 LMG are dressed very similar to the multiplayer support, although with a helmet alike the Russian support, though with the visor down. Snipers use the FY-JS, but unlike the other soldiers, they are dressed very similar to the Russian recon.

The Chinese operate a wide variety of vehicles in Battlefield 4, almost all of which are Chinese in origin. Q-5 Fantans are their jet of choice in the singleplayer. Their main battle tank is the Type 99. The ZBD-09 and Type 95 are operated as APCs. On the water, they wield DV-15 and RHIB boats. The ZFB-05 appears as a sort of fast attack vehicle. In terms of helicopters, they operate both the Z-9, Z-10W and Z-11W.

The PLA appear in all the levels with the exception of Baku and Tashgar, where the Russian Ground Forces are instead present.

The first mission the PLA appears in is Shanghai, where they are sent to find a VIP and Hanna. Tombstone is sent to extract the VIPs, as well as Kovic. The PLA fails to stop tombstone from finding and escaping with the VIP, but the VIP is shot in the process. The PLA fights tombstone squadron through the streets and alleyways (with Type 99 tanks to support) in preventing Tombstone from escaping Shanghai but fails.

The Second mission is South China Sea, which the PLA (presuming with naval assets) cripple and board the USS Titan before Tombstone Squadron, presuming to find info on the US fleet movement or the Voyage recorder. However Tombstone manages to secure the Voyage recorder and comes across the PLA trying to scavenge for info. Thus a firefight ensues under the deck and then the ships splits in two. Tombstone manages to get to the top of the ship from jumping from the one side of the ship to the other, and fight the PLA on the flight deck before escaping via a DV-15 Interceptor. The PLA then tries to board the USS Valkyrie, but fails thanks to the work of Tombstone.

The third level is Singapore, in which Tombstone and what's left of the USS Valkyrie's fleet attempts an amphibious landing in the City of Singapore and take out an airport that houses attack jets that threatens the fleet. The PLA fails to take down the USMC amphibious assault (with Tombstone included). Tombstone then fights through multiple PLA armor and troops with a M1 Abram tank, however they must abandon it near the airport as the must advance on foot. Tombstone then infiltrate the airfields and fights its way to the airfield and signal Garrison to launch missiles at the airfield. They succeed, but are captured, and sent to a Chinese prison.

The fourth level is Kunlun Mountains, the PLA will appear halfway through the level in order to thwart an prison escape by Dima, Recker and Irish. Using helicopters and fast roping while Dima is trying to open the gate to the outside. Tombstone then proceeds to fight their way to a cable car and escape. A Z-11W is sent to stop Tombstone, shooting at the cable car and damaging it enough that it breaks off the cable, killing Dima.

The Final level is Suez, where the PLA have gotten to Suez, Eygpt and took over the northern part of the canal. Tombstone arrive when the PLA boards the USS Valkyrie. Tombstone then fights its way through the ship to find Garrison. Jin Jie reveals himself to a squad of PLA soldiers that breach the medical bay that Jin Jie, Tombstone and Garrison are, thus start spreading the word that Jin Jie is alive. Admiral Chang decides to the destroy the USS Valkyrie in order to "bury the truth". Tombstone then proceeds to use C4 and a RHIB boat to destroy Chang's warship. Depending on the players choice, the war between Russia, PLA and US ends or the war continues between the PLA and US.

Weapons Used

Assault Rifles

• QBZ-95-1

Machine Guns

• KORD

Launchers

• SMAW

Light Machine Guns

• Type 88 LMG

Personal Defense Weapons

• JS2

Shotguns

• Hawk 12G

Sniper Rifles/Designated Marksman Rifles

• FY-JS

Notable Personnel

• Bohai
• Chang

Multiplayer

In multiplayer, the PLA fight against the USMC and Russian Army. They Fight the USMC exclusively in the China Rising and Naval Strike maps.

PLA vs USMC

Image	Map
	Paracel Storm: An archipelago with bridges that connect each island. The map offers a mixture of naval, aerial, and infantry combat. Part way through, a storm will will blow its way in.
	Hainan Resort: A resort that's on mostly flat land, right by the sea. Long range engagements will take place all around the hotel but when the fighting reaches the interior of the hotel, it's all close quarters
	Dawnbreaker: This city was in conflict all night and the dawn is coming, and will come. Very tight, urban combat that features aerial, vehicular and infatry combat. Close quarters fighting takes hold inside some skyscrapers
	Flood Zone: Raining has partially flooded this city. There are many shacks and ways up onto all sorts of buildings. Urban vehicular combat turns naval combat once the levee breaks.
	Siege of Shanghai: Tight city streets that will make you fight for every block. Close quarters reign supreme, even with the tanks, helicopters and attack boats you can hop into. The center skyscraper can become a concrete jackhammer with a few well placed shots
	(CR) Dragon Pass: A muddy valley that's in between rolling hills and mountains. A river in the middle will have you fighting at long range. Aerial vehicles and land vehicles will compete at any range
	(CR) Silk Road: Long range desert combat allows for just about any type of vehicle combat. All of this combat focuses on a military base that offers close quarters combat
	(CR) Altai Range: A temperate mountain range that is extreme long range and vehicles own complete supremacy of the map. A weather and radar station up a mountain becomes the main, all close quarters combat center
	(CR) Guilin Peaks: Within these green valleys, close quarters combat is the only way to live. Almost no vehicles appear, except some transport vehicles that make you work as a team.
	(NS) Nansha Strike: A man made archipelago and a natural archipelago merge together to form some on island long range combat. Within the buildings, close quarters weapons can make you king. Navy combat rages on out in the ocean and air combat in the skies
	(NS) Lost Island: Forgotten islands that house a downed plane in the center. It's close quarters in the plane but the rest of the map is long range and vehicular.
	(NS) Wave Breaker: A submarine base in a mountain, creates close quarters fighting that can only be interrupted by boat or helicopter that are curious. Outside, long range and vehicular fighting defends the hill
	(NS) Operation Mortar: An island paradise resort, turned warzone that forces you into long range and vehicular fighting. Inside a hillside fortress, close quarters is the only way to make it through the tunnels alive

PLA vs RGF

Image	Map
	Golmud Railway: A map with a wide range of environs -- open, hilly lands to the south, intersected by the eponymous railway, with clusters of buildings offering mid and closer-range engagement at various points around the map.
	Lancang Dam: A vaguely U-shaped map, where most of the land concentrated around a road that runs through the map. It offers both naval and land engagements, with a variety of distances.
	Rogue Transmission: A wide-open map centered around a large radio dish. It offers largely long-range engagements with a wide variety of vehicles, although there are clusters of buildings which can allow for combat at closer ranges.

Vehicles

Light Vehicles

Image	Name
	LYT2021
	ZFB-05
	Quad Bike
	Dirt Bike
	M142

Tanks

Image	Name
	Type 99 MBT
	ZBD-09
	Type 95 SPAAA

Helicopters

Image	Name
	Z-11W
	Z-10W
	Z-9 Haitun

Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Image	Name
	J-20
	Q-5 Fantan
	(CR) Xian H-6

Ships

Image	Name
	DV-15 Interceptor
	RHIB
	Personal Watercraft

Renders of the PLA multiplayer classes.

PLA Infantry from Multiplayer, as seen in Battlefield 4: Official "Siege of Shanghai" Multiplayer Trailer.

PLA Engineer render.

Trivia

• In Battlefield 2, The PLA uses the AK-47 rather than the Type 56 (which were chinese copies of the AK-47 but with different materials), its unknown if this was a developer oversight or misinformation about the state of the real PLA at the time.
• In Battlefield 4, the patch on the PLA Assault's arm reads (安全员), which roughly translates to "security officer".
• In Battlefield 4, the PLA Engineer is the only PLA member that wears full black uniform as default.
• In Battlefield 4, the PLA Support wears an armored mask, though it is only cosmetic.
• In Battlefield 4's multiplayer, the PLA appears as the opposing force of both the Russian Ground Forces and the United States Marine Corps. This may cause confusion, as the PLA is controlled by Admiral Chang, who fights with Russia against the intervening US forces.