Northern Theatre Command
Northern TC is responsible for the security of Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shenyang, Shandong and Inner Mongolia on land. Maritime borders comprise of Bay Of Korea and Yellow Sea . Shared borders are with North Korea, Russia and Mongolia. It was carved out of Shenyang Military Region in Feb 2016. It commands 3 GAs, 78th, 79th and 80th plus a few PLA RF brigades armed with conventionally armed missiles. In terms of protocol order, this region is number 4, behind Eastern, Southern and Western TCs. This implies that the military threat from Russia is not as serious as it was in preceding decades.
- HQ Location : Huanggu, Shenyang 41°50’38.90″N 123°21’57.06″E.
- Army HQ: Jinan, Shandong Province
- Navy HQ: ^Hong Kong West Road, Shinan District, Qingdao 36° 3’24.85″N 120°20’45.34″E
- Air Force HQ: ^Shenyang, Liaoning Province 41°46’36.88″N 123°29’21.56″E
78th Group Army
78th GA was carved out of former 16th GA which had following units:
- 46th Motorised Infantry Division
- 48th Motorised Infantry Brigade (or division^)
- 4th Armoured Division
- AA Brigade and
- Artillery Brigade.
IMAGE: IFV belonging to 78th GA of Northern TC, June 2021
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 78th Group Army | 31669 | Baqiangzitun, Xiangfang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang | Former 16th Group Army | 45°39’29.36″N | 126°44’54.78″E | |
| 8th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB11 | 71375 | Sunjiatun, Xiangfang District, Harbin | White Tiger ArmyFormer 8th Armored Brigade of Jinan Military Region’s 26th Group Army | 45°40’11.88″N | 126°45’3.79″E |
| 48th Light Combined Arms Brigade | LB12 | 65367 | Zhangjia Village, Dongchang District, Tonghua City, Jilin | Pioneer Light CavalryFormer 48th motorised inf brigade, 16th army of Shenyang Military region, | 41°45’54.88″N | 125°59’8.79″E |
| 68th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB13 | 65447 | Qianjin Village, Tiefeng District, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang | Former 68th Brigade of Motorised Infantry of the 16th Army of Shenyang Military Region | 47°19’22.68″N | 124° 1’54.89″E |
| 115th Medium Combined Arms Brigade | LB14 | 65589 | Chenger Village, Ranghu Road District, Daqing City, Heilongjiang | Pioneer BrigadeFormer 115th Mechanised Infantry Brigade | 46°31’49.49″N | 124°53’25.88″E |
| 202nd Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB15 | 31689 | Beishan, Tiedong District, Siping | Blue Star Power BrigadeFromer 202nd brigade, Shenyang Military Region, 39 group army | 43°11’39.84″N | 124°25’28.94″E |
| 204th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB16 | 31690 | Jiaohe | Changbai Power BrigadeFormer 16th army 204th brigade, Shenyang MR, | 43°44’43.48″N | 127°21’43.12″E |
| 78th Army Aviation Brigade | 31691 | Taobei District, Baicheng | Former 115th Mechanised Infantry Division , 39th Army of the Shenyang Military Region | 45°40’23.12″N | 122°50’52.77″E | |
| 78th Artillery Brigade | 65334 | Liye Village, Tiedong District, Siping City, Jilin | 43°11’16.20″N | 124°24’59.34″E | ||
| 78th Special Operations Brigade | 65379 | Yangming District, Mudanjiang City | Blood Wolf. Formerly Special Operations Brigade of 16th GA) | 44°35’3.05″N | 129°40’16.82″E | |
| 78th Air Defence Brigade | 65370 | Heping Street, Lvyuan District, Changchun | 43°53’23.51″N | 125°12’36.84″E | ||
| 78th Engineering & Chemical Defence Brigade | 31692 | Changchun Road, Chuanying District, Jilin City | 43°49’24.54″N | 126°29’44.20″E | ||
| 78th Service Support Brigade^ | 31693 | Liushulin Tun, Xiangfang District, Harbin | 45°40’5.82″N | 126°44’40.33″E | ||
| 78th Group Army Hospital | 32292^ | Tianqing Street, Aimin District, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang | 44°36’7.59″N | 129°35’14.76″E |
79th Group Army
79th GA was carved out of 39th GA which had a major focus on the Sino-Russian border. Before reorganisation into a CAB, it had following units:
- 115th Mechanised Infantry Division
- 116th Mechanised Infantry Division (346th, 347th Mech Inf Regiments, one regiment each of tanks, AA and Artillery.)
- 190th Mechanised Infantry Division
- 3rd Armoured Division
- Artillery,
- Air Defence
- Army Aviation
- One regiment each of EW, NBC, Comms and Engineers.
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 79th Group Army | 31671 | Baita District, Liaoyang | Former 39th Group Army | 41°14’35.59″N | 123° 8’40.80″E | |
| 46th Medium Combined Arms Brigade | LB31 | 65316 | Yongjun Street, Wafangdian | Model Red Fifth RegimentFrom former 46th Motorised Inf Div | 39°37’16.78″N | 122° 1’47.53″E |
| 116th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB32 | 65547 | Beidaying, Haicheng city. Liaoning | First-class main forceFrom 116th of Mechanised Infantry Division | 40°51’56.18″N | 122°45’10.35″E |
| 119th Light Combined Arms Brigade^ | LB33 | 65655 | Jiefang Street, Hongshan District, Chifeng | 42°15’45.80″N | 118°57’49.21″E | |
| 190th Light Combined Army Brigade | LB34 | 65735 | Qiaotou Town, Benxi City, Liaoning | Iron Armor BrigadeFrom 190th Mechanized Infantry Brigade | 41°11’32.72″N | 123°42’40.65″E |
| 191st Light Combined Army Brigade^ | LB35 | Zhen’an District, Dandong City, Liaoning | Former 191st Motr Infantry Brigade | 40° 5’34.66″N | 124°20’17.62″E | |
| 200th Medium Combined Arms Brigade^ | LB36 | 31695 | Yingkou City, Liaoning | Former 200th Mech Infantry Brigade | 40°38’40.29″N | 40°38’40.29″N |
| 79th Army Aviation Brigade | LH962cxx | 65529 | Liaoyang | 40°32’46.21″N | 124°13’52.92″E | |
| 79th Air Defence Brigade^ | 31697 | Kaixuan Road, Jinzhou District, Dalian | 39°13’0.71″N | 121°55’46.91″E | ||
| 79th Artillery Brigade | 31696 | Jintun Village, Linghe District, Jinzhou | 41° 8’0.57″N | 121°10’46.47″E | ||
| 79th Engineering & Chemical Defence Brigade^ | 31699 | Xiaozhuzhuangzi, Chenxiangtun | 41°39’54.30″N | 123°21’29.22″E | ||
| 79th Special Operations Brigade | 31698 | Bailaohutun, Taihe District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning | Siberian Tiger | 41° 9’51.69″N | 121° 8’20.44″E | |
| 79th Service Support Brigade^ | 31700 | Bayi Street, Baita District, Liaoyang City, Liaoning | 41°14’56.21″N | 123° 8’22.43″E |
80th Group Army
80th GA was carved out of the 26th GA. Before reorganisation, it consisted of following units:
- 77th Motorised Infantry Brigade
- 138th Motorised Infantry Brigade
- 199th Motorised Infantry Brigade,
- 200th Motorised Infantry Brigade,
- 8th Armoured Division,
- 8th Artillery Brigade
- Air Defence Brigade
- 7th Army Aviation Regiment.
- ‘Mighty Eagle’ SOF brigade.
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 80th Group Army^ | 31673 | Kuiwen District, Weifang City, Shandong | Former 26th Group Army | 36°41’49.40″N | 119° 9’20.61″E | |
| 47th Light Combined Arms Brigade | LB51 | 32101 | Jianbu Village, Zouping County, Binzhou City | Model Red Army BrigadeFrom 139th Mot Infantry Regiment | 36°50’47.53″N | 117°45’44.44″E |
| 69th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LB52 | 65425 | Gongjian Road, Weicheng District, Weifang City, Shandong Province | Tiger BrigadePart of 16th Group Army of the Shenyang Military RegionThe 69th Division of Motorized Infantry (Unit 65426 Harbin, Heilongjiang) | 36°41’9.64″N | 119° 2’43.90″E |
| 118th Medium Combined Arms Brigade | LB53 | 65651 | Batazi Village, Yixian County, Jinzhou | Storm ForceFormer 118th Brigade of Motorized Infantry (Unit 65651//Yi County, Jinzhou, Liaoning | 41°25’54.33″N | 121°12’51.36″E |
| 138th Medium Combined Arms Brigade | LB54 | 71217 | Junmin Road, Chengxiang Street, Laiyang City | Iron Fist Brigade | 37° 0’1.47″N | 120°40’41.95″E |
| 199th Medium Combined Arms Brigade^ | LB56 | 71345 | Zhangdian District, Zibo | Red First Division of the Founding CeremonyFormer 199th Brigade Motorized Infantry | 36°48’39.80″N | 118° 2’42.53″E |
| 203rd Medium Combined Arms Brigade^ | LB55 | 65535 | Shanxi, Yingkou Cityor Jimo City , Shandong | 36°23’33.18″N | 120°25’18.80″E | |
| 80th Army Aviation Brigade | LH963cxx | 71901 | Zhuzhuang, Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City | 36°27’5.58″N | 116° 5’37.23″E | |
| 80th Air Defence Brigade | 71939 | Renjiazhuang Village, Huaiyin District, Jinan | 36°37’50.18″N | 116°54’6.86″E | ||
| 80th Engineering & Chemical Defence Brigade | 32102 | Houjiatuan Village, Laiyang City, Yantai City, Shandong Province | 36°59’59.25″N | 120°40’34.98″E | ||
| 80th Artillery Brigade | 71602 | Fushan Town, Weicheng District, Weifang | 36°40’54.92″N | 118°58’32.38″E | ||
| 80th Special Operations Brigade | 71770 | Tianping Street, Daiyue District, Tai’an City, Shandong Province | Eagle | 36°11’35.90″N | 117° 1’49.32″E | |
| 80th Service Support Brigade | 32103 | Shanbeitou Village, Fangzi District, Weifang City | 36°33’55.39″N | 119° 7’34.20″E | ||
| 80th Group Army Hospital^ | 32286 | Weifang City, Shandong Province | 36°43’37.95″N | 119° 4’49.32″E |
Other Units Under Northern TC
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 4th Intelligence Brigade^ | 32124 | Junmin Road, Yanji | 42°55’6.30″N | 129°30’6.87″E | ||
| 4th Information Support Brigade | 32125 | Qilihe Road, Licheng | 36°40’39.23″N | 117° 4’34.06″E | ||
| 4th ECM Brigade | 32126 | Yaoqianhutun, Sujiatun | 36°48’56.51″N | 117°52’54.25″E | ||
| Zhurihe Tactical Training Base^ | Zhurihe Town | 42°25’41.36″N | 112°55’0.46″E | |||
| Taonan Tactical Training Base | Heishui Town, Taonan | 45° 7’3.84″N | 122°50’5.23″E | |||
| 7th Comprehensive Training Base^ | 32127 | Longshan Road, Dalian City | 39° 3’18.85″N | 121°39’17.77″E | ||
| 8th Comprehensive Training Base^ | 32128 | Yongjun Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province | 36°37’25.86″N | 116°54’40.42″E |
Northern TC Border Defence Brigades
The border defence units here are Brigades instead of Regiments, like in Western TC above
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 321st Brigade^ | 32104 | Junmin West Street, Ejina Banner, Alxa | 41°55’57.07″N | 101° 2’35.63″E | ||
| 322nd Brigade | 32105 | Saiwusu, Erlianhot | 43°27’42.83″N | 112° 7’30.43″E | ||
| 323rd Brigade^ | 32106 | Eji Naoer Street, East Ujimqin Banner, Xilin | 45°30’52.05″N | 116°57’23.20″E | ||
| 324th Brigade | 32107 | Gongjian Street, Aershan City, Xing’an | 47°10’51.38″N | 119°56’1.94″E | ||
| 325th Brigade^ | 32108 | Honglou Street, Manzhouli | 49°36’35.33″N | 117°24’24.12″E | ||
| 325th Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32109 | Heishantou Town, Ergun | 50°13’3.82″N | 119°34’45.94″E | ||
| 326th Brigade | 32110 | Barnyard Gou Village, Aihui | 50°12’39.48″N | 127°22’53.72″E | ||
| 326th Brigade Patrol Boat | 32111 | Changfa Village, Aihui District, Heihe | 50°12’51.74″N | 127°35’18.86″E | ||
| 327th Brigade | 32112 | Taiping Road, Fengxiang Town, Luobei | 47°35’38.60″N | 130°48’59.78″E | ||
| 327th Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32113 | Hongli Village, Jiamusi | 46°51’37.78″N | 130°29’39.90″E | ||
| 328th Brigade | 32114 | Suiyang Town, Dongning | 44°25’55.55″N | 130°54’22.51″E | ||
| 328th Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32115 | Raohe Town, Raohe | 46°48’7.08″N | 134° 1’11.97″E | ||
| 329th Brigade^ | 32116 | Wenhua Road, Hunchun | 42°52’48.08″N | 130°20’59.02″E | ||
| 330th Brigade | 32117 | Yingjie Road, Linjiang | 41°48’31.28″N | 126°53’40.63″E | ||
| 331st Brigade^ | 32118 | Langtou Town, Zhenxing | 40° 2’25.05″N | 124°20’21.31″E | ||
| 331st Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32119 | Ji’an City | 41° 7’5.16″N | 126°11’18.41″E | ||
| 332nd Brigade | 32120 | Xiaoyanchang Village, Changhai | 39°16’57.40″N | 122°33’54.94″E | ||
| 333rd Brigade^ | 32122 | Airport Road, Zhifu District | 37°26’43.26″N | 121°21’24.46″E | ||
| 302nd Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32121 | Heizuizi, Xigang | 38°56’6.48″N | 121°37’51.50″E | ||
| 303rd Brigade Patrol Boat^ | 32123 | Nanguan Road, Penglai | 37°49’21.70″N | 120°45’14.82″E |
There seem to be 4 more Coastal Defence units
| UNIT | MUCD | LOCATION |
| 332th Coastal Defence Brigade^ | Liaoning | |
| 333th Coastal Defence Brigade ^ | Liaoning | |
| 334th Coastal Defence Brigade^ | Shangdong | |
| 335th Coastal Defence Brigade ^ | Shangdong |
Northern Theatre Command Map: https://earth.google.com/web/@42.18570507,113.12122216,1898.25733778a,4067172.01504827d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=MigKJgokCiAxa3BhalVlMC1jZGN2aHBXVUpTdEZGdkdQTnh3cUFsbyAC
You didn’t seem to get a lot of attention for this but I just wanted to let you know this is some great stuff!
Its so much of hard work
Great
Can you share something on UAV Brigade, EW Brigade and Marine Brigade – organization, capability etc
Thanks. Marines have been covered to some extent in one of the posts. There isn’t much useful information available about the rest right now. Maybe will write something in a few months
It`s something different USA DoD`s report. so ot will be better cross check.
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Nov/03/2002885874/-1/-1/0/2021-CMPR-FINAL.PDF
thanks the valuable information provide by you. is it possible to get .cvs file which you refer in above map view for various theater e.g. China ORBAT Map – East TC.csv, China ORBAT Map – South TC.csv, China ORBAT Map – Central.csv, China ORBAT Map – Airborne.csv, China ORBAT Map – Marine.csv, China ORBAT Map – Border Units.csv, China ORBAT Map – North TC.csv, China ORBAT Map – West TC.csv
Hello, these details will be available at https://www.patreon.com/jjamwal
I find some wrongs, but I’m Chinese. Regrettably I can’t share them.
Why not? There’s no secrets to keep from the US. JJ has done a fantastical job from published sources. Saying “you’re wrong but I cant reveal my sources” is morally wrong.