The militia units have not been taken into account, so you can assume that they can raise a lot of manpower during crisis.staurofilakes said:That is a lot of people, but i guess that in war time these number could increase a lot more, isn´t it? The number of chinese males in age to join the army must be incredible....
One may also include the Peoples' Armed Police (PAP), which is considered an adjunt to the PLA. They are unlike conventional police forces and can be used as infantry units.
The reduction of the earlier 118 infantry divisions to 90 divisions has taken place and the reducted manpower has been transfered to PAP. The current PAP strenght is approx 800,000.
Cabal said:One may also include the Peoples' Armed Police (PAP), which is considered an adjunt to the PLA. They are unlike conventional police forces and can be used as infantry units.
The reduction of the earlier 118 infantry divisions to 90 divisions has taken place and the reducted manpower has been transfered to PAP. The current PAP strenght is approx 800,000.
The PAP is very different from the Regular Army and somewhat similar to the American SWAT team and ATF (Alcohol Tabacco and Firearm) Agency. So in this case, it's highly unlikely that they will be deployed as Infantry units. I have traveled around Southern China last year over the summer vacation and spotted PAP units serving along the ranks of the conventional police. Therefore, they do serve as regular police units as well, depending on the degree of the situation. But most of the time, they serve as back-up units.
Don't take the internet sources into account, because some of it can be inaccurate. Personally, I've seen the PAP being called in to break into Illegal Businesses, mostly existant along the border next to neighboring countries. Now of course the Army doesn't conduct this kind of activity obviously. So in my opinion, PAP is not accounted for as the total amount of Military Personel.
Of course PAP deploys its "SWAT" like teams, its part of thier job. The rest of the units can be used as armed units, it just a matter of change of role.Cabal said:The PAP is very different from the Regular Army and somewhat similar to the American SWAT team and ATF (Alcohol Tabacco and Firearm) Agency.
I am sure the impression your vist game of the PAP was of standard police, however, it is different from standard police of other countries. They can serve as regular army units.Cabal said:So in this case, it's highly unlikely that they will be deployed as Infantry units. I have traveled around Southern China last year over the summer vacation and spotted PAP units serving along the ranks of the conventional police. Therefore, they do serve as regular police units as well, depending on the degree of the situation. But most of the time, they serve as back-up units.
My info is not based on the internet, but as per info obtained from 'china watchers', and info from military schools of instruction.Cabal said:Don't take the internet sources into account, because some of it can be inaccurate.
You are right about PAP being used as 2nd line troops, and that is what I mean't. They may not be used as classical infantry units, but they are a primary counter-insurgency force of the PLA.Whispering Death said:Sorry Lemon, I'm with Cabal on this one. From my knowledge on the Chinese I've gotten the impression that the PAP's use in warfare would be as back-of-the-line units.
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