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PLA Artillery Forces
PLA may refer to: Organizations Politics and military * People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party * People's Liberation Army (other) ** Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called the People's Liberation Army ** People's Liberation Army (Lebanon) ** People's Liberation Army of Manipur, India * Palestine Liberation Army, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization * ProLife Alliance, a former UK political party Other organizations * Pacific Locomotive Association, operator of the Niles Canyon Railway in California, US * Pakistan Library Association * Pediatric Leadership Alliance, of the American Academy of Pediatrics * Phone Losers of America, a US phone phreaking group * Port of London Authority, England * Pre-school Learning Alliance, England * Public Library Association, a US professional association Science and technology * Principle of least astonishment, a principle in software design * Programm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Strategic Support Force. It is under the leadership of the Central Military Commission (CMC) with its chairman as commander-in-chief. The PLA can trace its origins during the Republican Era to the left-wing units of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT) when they broke away on 1 August 1927 in an uprising against the nationalist government as the Chinese Red Army before being reintegrated into the NRA as units of New Fourth Army and Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The two NRA communist units were reconstituted into the PLA on 10 October 1947. Today, the majority of military units around the country are assigned to one of five theater commands by geographical location. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
