chinese land tactics and training

Oh wait a minute, my memory is coming back to me. Were you the person that got kicked out of military academy due to argueing with an instructor?

yeah sure that was 3 years ago

Does China still use the "human wave" tactic they used in Korea?

The so called "human wave" tactic was never used by the PVA forces. The fighting doctrine involved a strategy of "one against ten" (China vs World) and a tactic of "ten against one" (cutting off the command and killing a platoon by encircling a small group with many PVA troops). Back then bugles and the such were used to send signals, this may have led the UN forces to believe that the PVA used psychological warfare.

BrotherofSnake said:

Does China still use the "human wave" tactic they used in Korea?

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They never used that tactic. All Western belief.

never argue with instructor. teachers are bad enough but instructors...

Well, I'd like to know if this is possible that the PLA use Soviet-era soviet armor tactic. The Soviet main armor tactics was recon in the front, tanks on the flank, mechanized infantry in the middle, when the recon encouter an ennemy force, they retreat to the infantry who establish a "defence" line with artillery deployed behind them, while ennemy main force will attack the infantry's position, the tank only have to outflank the ennemy forces.

Here's my take on PLA land tactics. Standard disclaimer applies, of course. YMMV, IMHO, etc...

They regard the regiment as the smallest unit that can be tasked with an independent mission, and so their tactics tend to follow the old soviet pattern.
For example, most emphasis is placed on attacks of various types, for example with two battalions advancing frontally and a third performing a flanking manoever. I'm unsure if the regimental tank battalion is split up by companies to provide stiffening for the infantry battalions or if it operates as a seperate entity to them, but my information is that an infantry regiment is regarded as having only three tactical entities which would suggest that they are split up.
Experiments have been performed with replacing tube artillery with MRLs, but as far as I am aware this has not occurred in line units.

rommel said:

Well, I'd like to know if this is possible that the PLA use Soviet-era soviet armor tactic. The Soviet main armor tactics was recon in the front, tanks on the flank, mechanized infantry in the middle, when the recon encouter an ennemy force, they retreat to the infantry who establish a "defence" line with artillery deployed behind them, while ennemy main force will attack the infantry's position, the tank only have to outflank the ennemy forces.

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Errm this is Soviet tactic ?...i thought it was standard tactic for last couple
of millenia...cavalry at sides to outflank etc...

it has been an old tactic tic. hannibal used a simmilar one to deafeat the romans. infantry in middle. cavalry on sides. spearman on extreme sides.