Thread about Chinese Marine Corps (PLAMC). More information and map in last tweet.

It is seemingly the fastest expanding arm of PLA since the last 4-5 years. Till 2017, it was a poorly equipped force with 2 Brigades. Now there are 7, 2 each under Eastern, Northern and

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Southern Theatre Navies and one under direct command of Marine Corps HQ. Total number of troops is around 40,000-50,000 right now and is expected to reach 1 lakh in 12-14 brigades. All Brigades have around 6000 troops except 7th Special Ops Brigade.

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The new Marine brigades follow a Combined Arms structure like Army:

-3 Amphibious Combined Arms Battalions, one of them light.
-1 Battalion each of Air Assault, Artillery, Air Defence, Recon, Combat Support and Service Support.

#orbat
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The infantry battalions have
-4 Mech Inf Companies.
-1 Firepower company and
-1 Recon platoon.

Image shows most of weapons in use. Older are being replaced with new.

Army also has 2 Amphibious CABs in 72nd, 73rd and 74th Group Armies, but have different equipment and

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and roles. Marines are expected to lead the assault with initial recon, sabotage, clearing obstacles and screening to the Army's heavier assault, #Taiwan being most obvious target.

Link with more info: jjamwal.in/yayavar/chines…

Google Map: earth.google.com/web/@27.847550…
#osint
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Dec 23
Thread about Chinese Eastern Theatre Command (ETC) ground forces, their major assault force against Taiwan and possibly Japan.
More details with Google Maps link in the last tweet of this thread.

#orbat
1/n Image
ETC has 3 Group Armies (GA), 71st, 72nd and 73rd. Each has 6 Combined Arms Brigades (CAB) with the usual supporting units.

71st CABs: 3 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 1 Unclear (160th)

72nd CABs: 2 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 1 Amphibious, 1 Unclear (124th)

2/n Tanks belonging to Eastern ...
73rd CABs: 2 Heavy, 1 Medium, 1 Light, 2 Unclear (14th, 145th)

The borders are maritime and patrolled by 301st, 302nd, 303rd and 304th BDRs with Boat units.

3/n Type-96 MBT belonging to 72...
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Dec 21
There are some noises about a new Indian Rocket Force (IRF) on the lines of Chinese PLARF. The planners must have made the decision after due thought and process. Yet an IRF doesn't seem like a good idea, amateur's opinion. 

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For one, it adds ambiguity & complexity of chain of command. PLARF is an independent branch, yet some of its traditional assets are with respective Theatre Commands (TC) while the nuclear assets are under direct command of CMC.

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All Indian nukes are under SFC while only conventional missiles are with armed forces. Latter is simple and effective. The Chinese system adds an extra layer of bureaucracy with an overlapping chain of command which can get confusing for own side and needlessly threatening

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Dec 18
Thread about Chinese PLA's Western Theatre Command (WTC) ground forces in Tibet, Indo-Tibet border to be more specific. Covers most of ground troops in the sector which could see action against India.

More details with geographical coordinates in last tweet of this thread.

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Read overview of basic structure and #orbat of Chinese ground forces here:


Not necessary, but will help you understand some data if you are not familiar with Chinese military structure.

#orbat #osint

2/
WTC is the military formation oriented against India. It also covers Tibet's borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
It's the largest among all Army TCs & has following units:
1. 76th Group Army (GA)
2. 77th Group Army

3/
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Dec 17
Long thread about Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces. Not going into all the details, just basics. There are some exceptions to some points here, check link in last tweet for more info.

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#orbat #osint
Chinese military follows a Theatre Command (TC) structure with 5 TCs, Northern, Southern, Central, Eastern and Western. Each TC has 2-3 Group Armies (GAs) which are roughly equivalent to a traditional Corps. Each GA in turn has:

2/ Chinese military follows a Theatre Command (TC) structure wi
1. 5-6 Combined Arms Brigades (CAB)
2. 1 brigade each of Artillery, Air Defence, Army Aviation, Special Operations, Engineer & Service Support.
3. Some extra support battalions/companies

CABs can be Heavy, Medium, Light or Amphibious depending

3/
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Dec 14
Short thread about Pakistani Army's Armoured Corps.

Pakistani tank inventory is a mishmash of Chinese copies of Soviet tanks, export versions of Chinese tanks and semi-Soviet tanks. How good they are in combat conditions, can only be guessed.

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There are 2 armoured divisions and 9 indpendent armoured brigades. Each brigade has 2 regiments 2ith 42-44 tanks each. Each regiment has 3 squadrons of 14 tanks each with 3 squadrons. Each squadron has 4 tanks. Rest are for HQ, reserves, training.

1st & 6th Div badges
#orbat
2/n ImageImage
Each armoured division has following units:
-2 tank brigades
-1 SP artillery brigade (3 regiments)
-1 Light Air Defence brigade (1-2 regiments)
-1 battalion each Engineers & Signals
1 company EME & Ordnance

#osint
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Some stuff you can read on my website:

ORBAT
1. China: jjamwal.in/yayavar/order-…
2. Pakistan: jjamwal.in/yayavar/pakist…

Military Fiction
1. Flames & Arrows: jjamwal.in/yayavar/war-sc…
2. Pinaka: jjamwal.in/yayavar/pinaka…
3. Kaalkut: jjamwal.in/yayavar/kaalku…

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Older pinned tweet thread was a mess. So will be posting the new updates here. Feedback and corrections are always welcome. You can use the data posted for your projects, just give credit via a backlink, tweet or something relevant.


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PINAKA
It's a military thriller story about a cross-border raid to capture a wanted terrorist. Unedited version is free to read on website.
jjamwal.in/yayavar/pinaka…

E-book format with corrections: amzn.to/2YQ8GAY

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