Army Recognition Group
As reported by the X account sugar_wsnbn on May 25, 2025, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has officially inducted the new SWS3 air defense system, also designated as LD35L, into its light combined arms brigades. This system combines a 35mm autocannon and FB-10A short-range surface-to-air missiles mounted on a Dongfeng Mengshi 6×6 wheeled chassis. By equipping these brigades with such mobile air defense systems, the PLA ensures that even its most agile units possess the capabilities for independent detection, tracking, and engagement of low-altitude threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles or cruise missiles.
The deployment of the SWS3 into light combined arms brigades increases the capacity of these units to operate in airspace contested by low-flying threats like drones and cruise missiles.
