The arm is introduced as follows:

The arms classified according to major equipment and combat tasks are published and introduced by the editing room of China Military Encyclopedia.

Modern arms are introduced as follows:

Modern arms, the army mainly includes infantry (motorized infantry, mechanized infantry), armored soldiers (tank soldiers), artillery, army air defense, army aviation, electronic countermeasures, engineering, communications, chemical defense (chemical industry), etc. The navy mainly includes submarine force, surface warship force, naval aviation force, naval coastal defense force and marine corps.

The air force is introduced as follows:

The air force mainly includes aviation, antiaircraft artillery, ground-to-air missile troops and radar. Some countries classify anti-aircraft guns and ground-to-air missile units as air defense arms. Airborne troops, some as arms of the army, some as arms of the air force, and some as independent arms. All services and arms generally have leading organs.

There are troops, detachments, colleges and universities, research institutions, different organizations, their own tactics and unique combat capabilities. Some arms have specific clothing and signs. The purpose of the Services Division is to promote combat, training, management and strengthen army building. The division of arms existed as early as in slave society.

Such as soldiers, chariots and so on. The PLA Army mainly includes infantry (motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, mountain infantry), armored tank soldiers, artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, army air defense soldiers and so on. The navy mainly includes submarine force, surface warship force, naval aviation force, naval coastal defense force and marine corps.

The air force mainly includes aviation, ground air defense, radar, airborne and electronic countermeasures. With the wide application of information technology in the military field and the continuous development of equipment, as well as the development and evolution of military theory and combat mode, new arms will appear. At the same time, some of the original arms will lose their functions because they do not meet the needs of combat.