Catalog for Chinese Military Armory and Weapons

Note: While it might seem desirable to purchase weapons for discrete military units (i.e., battalions, companies, brigades, etc.), that option was waived in favor of realistic practices.

The PLA cannot purchase equipment for entire units much of the time
- the cost is too high,
- Chinese firms have limited production levels,
- foreign firms may not be willing or able to produce/sell large quantities in a given year for China.
- some equipment just can't be bought. Russia, for example, has refused to sell any modern bombers to China. The US "leaned hard" on Israel to prevent them from selling US AWACS technology to China.

The catalog and order form recognize that a country does not buy one tank, although it may buy or build one destroyer. "Units" comprise a number of items --40 tanks, 3 helicopters, 10 fighters--that are logical in terms of 2 factors:

actual numbers reported for contracts or deliveries cited in SIPRI or Jane's
sufficiently small units to permit purchase of 1, 4, 10, or more. Weapon units with costs of $2 billion leave students with little choice.