The Airborne Forces are an important unit that our army began to organize in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of ChinaAir ForceThe 1st Marine Brigade is the core. After a series of reforms and reorganization,Air ForceThe Marine War gradually evolved into airborne divisions and paratrooper divisions, and eventually the Airborne Forces15 Army。During this period, the Airborne Forces were thereBattle of Shangganlingshowed a brave and fearless fighting spirit and excellent combat ability. However, the strength of the Airborne Forces has always been severely limited due to equipment limitations.
With the modernization of the army, ChinaAir ForceThe Airborne Forces have been expanded and upgraded. InMilitary reformChinaAir ForceThe Airborne Forces were able to add more mechanized and integrated airborne units on the basis of the 15th Airborne Forces. This expansion has enabled the combat personnel of the Airborne Forces to be more substantial, the equipment has also been comprehensively updated, and the two core capabilities of the Airborne Forces have been greatly enhanced.
In addition to the expansion and equipment upgrading, the mechanization and integration of the Airborne Forces have also been strengthened. Today, the Airborne Forces have both mechanized composite airborne brigades, equipped with Type 03 tracked paratrooper fighting vehicles and new 4x4 wheeled paratrooper fighting vehicles, as well as air assault brigades, equipped with Z-10Armed ***And the Z-20 General Transport *** These advanced equipment have greatly improved the firepower strike capability and mobility of the Airborne Forces.
It is worth mentioning that the air assault brigade was built with a straight 10Armed ***Mainly, it was equipped with the "Lynx" all-terrain vehicle, which greatly enhanced the mobility of the troops. The air assault brigade can quickly attack, quickly evacuate, and cooperate with the Z-10Armed ***The ability to form a rapid strike under fire cover.
In addition, the main strike firepower of the mechanized composite brigade of the Airborne Forces comes from 30mm machine guns and anti-tanksMissilesand bazookas. The Airborne Forces, equipped with a new type of airborne 120mm mortar, have also effectively increased the accompanying artillery firepower, making it have stronger protection and strike capabilities. The launch of these modern equipment made ChinaAir ForceThe Airborne Forces showed incomparable combat prowess.
To give full play to the combat effectiveness of the airborne troops, it is inseparable from the support of air delivery. In the past period, ChinaAir ForceThe size of the Airborne Forces has always been greatly limited due to the lack of support from strategic transport aircraft and medium tactical transport aircraft. However, with the domesticY-20 large strategic transport aircraftof service, ChinaAir ForceThe long-range delivery capability has been greatly improved.
Currently, ChinaAir ForceMore than 60 have been installedY-20 large strategic transport aircraft, almost 100 were satisfiedLarge transport aircraftand the scale requirements of hundreds of medium tactical transport aircraft. This provides favorable conditions for the expansion of the Airborne Forces.
According to the analysis,Military reformLater, ChinaAir ForceOn the basis of the original airborne divisions and training divisions, the airborne forces have set up at least six airborne brigades and air assault brigades, and have also added artillery brigades attached to military unitsSpecial OperationsBrigades and support brigades have enriched the grassroots units on the front line. The improvement of the equipment and mechanization of the airborne troops has enabled them to have stronger combat capabilities and mobility capabilities, which has greatly enhanced the strength of the PLA airborne troops.