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The People's Liberation Army (Chinese: 中国人民解放军) is the official name of the Chinese armed forces. Founded in 1948 through the merger of several Communist army units serving the National Revolutionary Army after WW2, they participated in the later stages of the Chinese Civil War as the military of the Chinese Communist Party. As the PLA emerged victorious over the Nationalist forces, the Nationalist government was toppled and the Communist Party officially took control in 1949 and established 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[]
In Battlefield 2, the PLA fights the United States Marine Corps and the European Union alongside the Middle Eastern Coalition,
Units[]
Engagements[]
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 United States of America
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Classes and Weapons[]
The People's Liberation Army predominantly uses self-produced gear, with some foreign equipment such as the AK-47 and ERYX.
In terms of appearance, the PLA uses woodland camo. Light armor utilizes a woodland camo vest with a wide variety of headgear: namely berets for Special Forces, boonie hat for Medic, and a cap for the Engineer. Body Armor troops utilize helmets with black body armor.
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Vehicles[]
The PLA uses exclusively indigenous designs for their vehicle selection.
Emplacements[]
Ground Vehicles[]
Air Vehicles[]
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Victory/Defeat Themes[]
| Theme | File Name (File Location) | Description |
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load_CH_music.ogg
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Loading theme | |
CH_win.ogg
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Victory theme | |
CH_loose.ogg [sic]
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Defeat theme |
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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.
Singleplayer[]
Multiplayer[]
In Multiplayer, the People's Liberation Army fights the US Army across China and the European Union on the Russo-Chinese border.
Engagements[]
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 United States Army
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Player Kits[]
Similar to Battlefield 2, the PLA uses mostly indigenous made equipment, with only their shotgun being foreign designed.
Vehicles[]
Heavy Vehicles[]
Light Vehicles[]
Helicopters[]
Emplacements[]
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Battlefield 4[]
Singleplayer[]
In Battlefield 4, the People's Liberation Army forms the main antagonist faction in the singleplayer campaign. The PLA appears in all the levels with the exception of Baku and Tashgar, where the Russian Ground Forces are instead present.
The PLA's first appearance is in Shanghai, where Tombstone Squad is sent to extract Kovic and two other VIPs. The PLA is fought whilst extracting the VIPs. After the VIPs are extracted from Shanghai by helicopter, Tombstone is left behind, forced to escape Shanghai on foot. PLA forces battle Tombstone through alleyways and streets, while the squad is trying to reach a nearby harbor to escape by water. While Tombstone is pulling out of Shanghai in a civilian boat, Chang detonates an EMP blast in Shanghai, causing a mass blackout in the city, and causing a Z-10 to crash near Tombstone's boat, and crippling the electronics of the USS Valkyrie and the rest of the Seventh Fleet.
In the South China Sea, the PLA launches an assault on all nearby US ships in the South China Sea. The USS Titan is among those attacked and is fatally damaged by PLA forces, who board the carrier to find the voyage recorder. Tombstone is sent to find and secure the voyage recorder before the PLA can. Tombstone manages to secure the Voyage recorder and comes across several PLA soldiers. A firefight ensues under the deck before the ship splits in two, beginning to sink. Tombstone fights the PLA on the flight deck before escaping via a DV-15 Interceptor. The PLA then besiege the Valkyrie but are repelled by the Valkyrie's defenders with the help of Tombstone.
Tombstone participates in an amphibious assault on Singapore to blow up an airport housing PLAAF attack jets threatening to wipe out the remnants of the US fleet. The Marines successfully clear the beach and push through to the city, losing most of their forces in the process. Tombstone continues alone, infiltrating the airport. After defeating fierce Chinese resistance, Tombstone launches the signal flare for Garrison to fire the Valkyrie's missiles at the airfield. The airport is destroyed, but Tombstone's vehicle crashes, and Irish and Recker are captured by PLA forces led by an apparently traitorous Hannah. Irish and Recker are sent to a fortified prison in Kunlun Mountains, while Pac is left on the tarmac, assumed dead.
In the Kunlun Mountains prison, the PLA will appear halfway through the level to assist the prison guards in stopping an escape by Dima, Recker and Irish. After reaching the outside, Tombstone then proceeds to fight their way to a cable car and escape. A Z-11W arrives and shoots down the cable car, killing Dima.
After helping USMC forces retake Tashgar from Russian forces, Tombstone receives a C-130 trip to the Valkyrie, which is now in Suez, Egypt, where the PLA has taken over the northern part of the Suez Canal. Tombstone finds the ship again under siege by PLA troops. 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 he, Tombstone, and Garrison are in, ceasing hostilities between Tombstone and the PLA soldiers. The PLA quickly spreads the news to other PLA forces on the ship. Admiral Chang attempts to destroy the USS Valkyrie in order to "bury the truth". Tombstone then proceeds to use C4 and an RHIB boat to destroy Chang's warship. After the detonation fails, either Irish or Hannah can be chosen to manually plant another C4 charge to destroy Chang's ship, putting an end to the war between Russia, China, and the US. If neither is chosen, or in the player does not detonate the charge in time, the Valkyrie will be destroyed, and the war will continue.
Classes[]
The uniforms they wear come in five varieties, in which most of them are in Oceanic Blue Camo:
- Regular Infantry - Have the helmet of Jack Chaffin(without goggles) in BF3 campaign, body of PLA Assault, and legs of PLA Recon. They are armed with the QBZ-95-1.
- Special Forces - Have the body of PLA Recon, legs of PLA Assault and head of PLA Engineer. They use Hawk shotguns or JS2 PDWs.
- Anti-Tank - Have the head of RGF Engineer, body of PLA Engineer and legs of PLA Recon. They use SMAW rocket launchers or grenade launchers.
- Machine gunner - Looking identical to the Chinese Support in Multiplayer with the exception of their helmet is identical to the RGF in SP. They wield Type 88 LMGs and are immune to headshots.
- Sniper - Have the head and body of RGF Recon, legs of PLA Recon. They use the FY-JS.
Weapons[]
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SMAW |
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Type 88 LMG |
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JS2 |
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Hawk 12G |
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FY-JS |
Vehicles[]
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.
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Admiral Chang's Warship |
Notable Personnel[]
Multiplayer[]
Engagements[]
In multiplayer, the People's Liberation Army fights against the United States Marine Corps and Russian Ground Force. The PLA fight the USMC on all maps they are present on by default, with the exception of Golmud Railway, Rogue Transmission and Lancang Dam, where they combat the RGF instead.
Due to the choice of factions on a map being up to the server operator in Battlefield 4, the PLA can appear on any map against any other faction, including the PLA itself, if the server owner wishes so (Official DICE servers always use the default system, however).
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United States Marine Corps
- Versus Russian Ground Forces
Soldier Camouflages[]
By default, PLA soldiers in multiplayer are equipped with Type 07 GI camouflage, but can unlock faction specific camouflages from Battlepacks, such as Urban Airborne or PLA Desert. Camouflages like Splinter and Fire Starter receive a unique scheme for the PLA when equipped.
The following are the camouflages exclusive to the PLA in Battlefield 4:
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Standard issue Chinese urban uniform in dark blue and grey; ideal for blending in with concrete and steel. | Unlocked By Default |
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Urban Airborne
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Large pattern urban ERDL pattern camouflage in use by Chinese airborne troops. | Battlepack Item |
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Oceanic Green
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A blend of oceanic green and blue colors on light background in use by the Chinese marines. | Battlepack Item |
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PLA Desert
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Chinese Type 07 digital pixel pattern developed for desert and arid environments. | Battlepack Item |
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Dense Urban
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A denser bland ERDL pattern for use in urban environments. The more prominent whites in this pattern also function in snowy environments. | Battlepack Item |
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Fire Starter
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Release your inner pyro. | Complete Second Assault assignment Fire Starter |
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Urban Tiger
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Chinese modernized take on the tiger stripe camouflage pattern for urban and naval environments. | Premium Item Only |
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Oceanic Blue
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An update to the Oceanic Green, the blue colors prominent in this ERDL pattern blends in better in sea environments. | Premium Item Only |
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Splinter
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Recolor of the modern Swedish Splinter camouflage pattern customized for elite units. | Veteran Battlepack Item |
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Naval
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Type 07 pixel camouflage pattern developed for Marine troops in coastal and naval environments. | Battlepack Item |
Default kits[]
The following loadouts shown below are the kit defaults for the PLA in Battlefield 4's multiplayer mode. Unlike Battlefield 3, there are no asymmetric starting weapons (and thus no faction-specific weaponry), and the starting gear and weapons are shared across all three factions, similar to Bad Company 2.
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Vehicles[]
The following are vehicles available to PLA units in multiplayer. Other vehicles, like the LD-2000 AA, are also used by the PLA faction, but cannot be directly controlled by the player. Vehicles used by other factions can also be commandeered by the PLA if they are not be operated by an enemy player.
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Gallery[]
Concept[]
Campaign[]
Multiplayer[]
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Trivia[]
PLA Infantry from Multiplayer, as seen in the trailer.
Early concept art of the PLA Assault and Support.
Render of PLA Engineer, Note the full black uniform
Battlefield 4[]
- In Battlefield 4: Official "Siege of Shanghai" Multiplayer Trailer, the patch on the PLA Assault's arm reads "安全员" (Pinyin: ān quán yuán) which means "Safety officer".
- When PLA Assault equips the default Type 07 GI camouflages, players would notice that the digital-grey pattern on the long-sleeved could only be seen through first-person view. In third-person, however, the soldier wears a pure blue top. The third-person camouflages were cut after the Beta version due to the lack of memory storage for consoles.
- In Battlefield 4, the PLA Engineer is the only PLA member that wears a full black uniform as default.
- In Battlefield 4, the PLA Support wears an armored mask, though it is only cosmetic. In an earlier concept, the armored mask covers the face of the soldier.
- In Battlefield 4 single-player campaign, Huang Shuyi, Chang Wei, Jin Jié, and PLA soldiers speak Mandarin in a heavy Asian-American accent with nearly incomprehensible pronunciation.
- On the contrary, the Battlefield 4 multi-player features authentic Chinese voice acting. It is said that DICE sought out local Chinese students to do the dubbing. It's unknown what caused the discrepancy in voice-acting quality.
- The PLA never become attackers in Rush Mode, unless on a custom server where the PLA is engaging the PLA. This is possibly a developer oversight.
- In the campaign, the PLA special forces soldiers uses the same body model as the PLA Recon, same legs model as the PLA Assault and same head model with the PLA Engineer. The soldier model is also seen in Tashgar but used by RGF instead.
- This also happens on other PLA units in the campaign, causing the PLA units in the campaign looks very different (More exactly, looks much more like RGF units) from the units in Multiplayer. This also caused the PLA infantry and anti-tank units in the campaign each carry two pistols.
- This model in particular wears SURPAT camouflage pants, which is likely a holdover from Battlefield 3.
- Like the Russian Forces, the PLA will also call the Type 95 AA and 9K22 Tunguska an "enemy tank", and the LAV-AD an 'enemy AA"
- Type 95 AA and 9K22 Tunguska are not tanks in real life.