The militia not only has guns, but also cannons and even missiles.
In the past, there was still a "basic militia" in the vast number of militias in our country, all of which were militias composed of retired personnel or personnel with professional military training, which meant "grassroots units" and "backbones."
For example, in 1967, there were 720,000 militia members in the Harbin area, of which 370,000 were basic militia members, organized into eight militia divisions.
On July 7, 1967, the basic militia in Sha Tau Kok Town, Shenzhen, crossed the border to support the anti-British anti-riot movement of the Hong Kong masses.
By 1978, there were 1.25 million militia members in the Harbin area, 730,000 basic militia, organized into 291 regiments, 29 antiaircraft artillery companies, 44 heavy machine gun companies, 55 mortar companies, 3 ground artillery companies, 14 communications companies, 11 engineer companies, 11 reconnaissance companies, 150 60 mortar companies, 120 anti-tank rocket launcher platoons, and 155 tank blasting squads.
In recent years, many of the retired anti-aircraft guns have been incorporated into the militia anti-aircraft artillery battalions in various places, and they are also used as anti-aircraft guns for artificial rain for the Meteorological Bureau.
In addition, the militia contingent in large cities also has some high-level **, such as surface-to-air missiles, and the Shanghai militia is equipped with FN-6 man-portable anti-aircraft missiles and has dozens of ground-to-air missile detachments.