China's Secretive Quest for Heavier Artillery

New America Strategist Peter W. Singer and Ma Xiu write on how a now-deleted post revealed details about China's plans for a new large cannon in Defense One.

A now-deleted post on the official Weapons and Equipment Procurement Information Network, a clearinghouse for Chinese military contracts, makes clear that the PLA is interested in testing 203mm (8-inch) artillery. That’s substantially larger than the PLA’s current 155mm (6-inch) guns, which suggests efforts to arm its future force with tubed artillery of longer range and much greater firepower.

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