1958 - no idea when they stopped using original soviet ones
Number in Service
5 SAM battalions (each with one SA-75 firing battery) + one training system
Sensors
no change
Mounts
if possible reduce number of reload missiles from 12 to just 6 so the whole battalion would have just 12 missiles total (6 on launchers and six as one reload) --- China imported only 62 missiles plus two training ones
Loadout Options
No response
Other Changes
No response
Sources
Soviet export charts. China was the first export user of SA-2 SAM listed here with year 1958 (Warsaw Pact states got their first SA-2 in 1959). The version is really the original SA-75 Dvina i.e. SA-2A with original V-750 (1D) missiles. China was quite succesful with this system as several U-2 were shot down with these missiles (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_Squadron ).
The chart lists these data for chinese SA-2 [SA-75 Dvina]:
1958 - three combat systems, one training one with 36 live missiles and 2 training ones
1959 - two combat systems and 26 live missiles
No further SA-2 deliveries for China are listed here.
PygmalionOfCyprus
commented
5 months ago
DB Selector
CWDB
DBID to Copy
Facility 708 in CWDB
Hypothetical
No
Name
SAM Bn (SA-2a Guideline [SA-75 Dvina])
Country
China (People's Republic)
Service
Air Force
In Commission
1958 - no idea when they stopped using original soviet ones
Number in Service
5 SAM battalions (each with one SA-75 firing battery) + one training system
Sensors
no change
Mounts
if possible reduce number of reload missiles from 12 to just 6 so the whole battalion would have just 12 missiles total (6 on launchers and six as one reload) --- China imported only 62 missiles plus two training ones
Loadout Options
No response
Other Changes
No response
Sources
Soviet export charts. China was the first export user of SA-2 SAM listed here with year 1958 (Warsaw Pact states got their first SA-2 in 1959). The version is really the original SA-75 Dvina i.e. SA-2A with original V-750 (1D) missiles. China was quite succesful with this system as several U-2 were shot down with these missiles (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_Squadron ).
The chart lists these data for chinese SA-2 [SA-75 Dvina]: 1958 - three combat systems, one training one with 36 live missiles and 2 training ones 1959 - two combat systems and 26 live missiles
No further SA-2 deliveries for China are listed here.