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Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 2: Composition Of Ground Forces

17/01/202108/01/2023 Jaidev Jamwal

PLA has changed its command structure from Group Army, Division, Regiment to one comprising Group Army, Brigades and Battalions. Each of five Theatre Commands has 2-3 Group Armies (total of 13) under its control which in turn have 5-6 CABs in combat role and 4-7 brigades and independent battalions in supporting roles. Some TCs like Western TC have a few independent divisions and Border Defence Regiments (BDR) under their command. Though it started to change in 2020. More on this later.

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Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 1 :Reorganisation of Chinese Military

12/01/202108/01/2023 Jaidev Jamwal

Updated: Oct 2022 All data plus some more in e-book format: https://amzn.to/3Vil8lQ. Early access & some extras on Patreon. In September 2015, General Logistic Department (GLD), the General Staff Department, General Political Department, and General Armaments Department were reorganised into seven departments, three commissions and five affiliated bodies. Chinese military structure now includes the following […]

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Order of Battle of Chinese Armed Forces

04/01/202120/03/2023 Jaidev Jamwal

July 2022, UPDATE 1: I have decided to compile all this data and some updates in to e-book format which will be hopefully finished later this year. I intend to keep it free, but if you want to support the effort, you can consider checking my Patreon or Amazon Authors page. Thanks. July 2022, UPDATE […]

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Kaalkut. Chapter 26

12/12/202015/11/2024 Jaidev Jamwal

The defensive structures around the airstrip had been bombed using precision guided munitions by Jaguars minutes before the paradrop. The soldiers could see the fire and smoke rising from rubbles of a few checkposts

Kaalkut. Chapter 25

05/12/202015/11/2024 Jaidev Jamwal

29 May 2020 19:10 Hours IST New Delhi, India PM Bisht was about to leave for his home after a long day in the office. His security detail was going over the last minute checks as he waited inside the air-conditioned office avoiding the humid weather. There was a knock on his door and chief […]

Lessons for India about drone warfare in Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

01/12/202013/12/2020 Jaidev Jamwal

Few thoughts over so much “analysis” of Armenia-Azerbaijan war, effect of drones on modern warfare & how it figures in Indian context. First, Armenia which was on receiving end: 1. Armenia had only ancient Soviet era defense systems Strela, Buk & Osa, that too in very small numbers spread over a very large area. Their […]

Kaalkut. Chapter 20

09/11/202009/11/2020 Jaidev Jamwal

9 February 2020 Pokhra, Nepal. Padam Giri took an appreciative bite of Tbetan Balep bread smothered with butter and chased it down with hot butter tea at his cousin’s small guesthouse in the hills. Normally, it’d be full of tourists but Corona virus related restrictions had been bad for business. Only two servants, one cook […]

Pakistani Armed Forces Order of Battle (ORBAT)

17/10/202017/10/2023 Jaidev Jamwal

I first wrote and published this as a single article. But owing to large amount of data collected afterwards, split it in to multiple sections listed below. So ORBAT of Pakistan Armed Forces is now a multi-part series with different articles for Army, Navy and Air Force. You can read Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT here […]

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