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.
creating beachheads. The other units depend upon civilian and dual use assets to cross the Taiwan strait. That part will be controlled by JLSF and SSF.
Last 2 are hugely important, but useful information about them is hard to find.
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.
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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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:
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
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.
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:
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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
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.
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
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