Southern Theatre Command
Southern TC covers Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau provinces and borders with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam borders. It may also support Eastern TC in the Taiwan sector. Its naval component covers the South China sea and some of its units may be deployed against India in case of a war. It was established in 2015 with units taken from Guangzhou and Nanjing Military Regions.
- HQ Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong 23° 5’44.69″N 113°20’57.22″E ^
- Army HQ: Qingxiu District, Nanning 22°47’31.20″N 108°22’10.68″E
- Navy HQ: Xiashan, Zhanjiang.
- Air Force HQ: Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
74th Group Army
74th GA was created out of units of 42nd GA in 2017. It had following units:
- 124th Amphib Mechanised Infantry Division.
- 163rd Infantry^ Division
- Armoured Brigade
- Artillery Division or Brigade
- Air Defence Brigade
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 74th Group Army^ | 31661 | Huangtang Road, Huicheng, Huizhou | Former 41st Group Army | 23° 4’48.71″N | 114°24’4.18″E | |
| 1st Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade | LN11 | 73022 | Changning Town, Boluo County, Huizhou | Helong BrigadeFrom 124th Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division, 42nd Group Army | 23°10’54.92″N | 114° 3’12.21″E |
| 16th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LN12 | 31626 | Yongjun Road, Huadu District, Guangzhou | Units from former 9th Armoured Brigade, | 23°25’7.75″N | 113° 9’8.23″E |
| 125th Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade | LN13 | 31627 | Longhua District, Shenzhen | Former 124th Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division, 42nd Group Army | 22°53’51.34″N | 114° 1’5.75″E |
| 132nd Light Combined Arms Brigade | LN14 | 75560 | Shuangyong Road, Tunchang County, Hainan Provinceor Jiuzhou Village, Qiongshan District, Haikou | 19°22’29.91″N | 110° 6’43.43″E | |
| 154th Medium Combined Arms Brigade | LN15 | 31628 | Maba Avenue Middle, Qujiang District, Shaoguan | Baitai Mountain Power BrigadeFormer 369th Regiment of the 123rd Division | 24°42’30.41″N | 113°36’52.45″E |
| 163rd Light Combined Arms Brigade?? | LN16 | 75220 | Luofu Avenue, Changning Town, Boluo County, Huizhou | East Guangdong LionFormer 487th Regiment of 163rd Div, 42nd GA of Guangzhou MR | 23°12’49.65″N | 114° 3’10.79″E |
| 74th Artillery Brigade. | 75230 | Maba, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong | 24°42’18.61″N | 113°36’12.59″E | ||
| 74th Air Defence Brigade^ | 75240 | Chaozhou, Guangdong | 23°41’10.59″N | 116°37’20.86″E | ||
| 74th Service Support Brigade^ | 31631 | Bogong Ao, Huiyang District, Huizhou | 22°50’13.83″N | 114°20’40.30″E | ||
| 74th Army Aviation Brigade | LH981cxx | 75752 | Sanhua Road, Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong | 23°19’02 | 112°57’54 | |
| 74th Engineering & Chemical Defence Brigade | 31630 | Louxia, Huiyang, Huizhou, Guangdong | Former 42nd Group Military Engineering Corps &Chemical Defence Regiment of Guangzhou MR | 22°58’8.25″N | 114°19’29.77″E | |
| unknown unit | 32266 | Pinghu Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen | 22°42’46.75″N | 114° 7’12.74″E | ||
| 74th Special Operations Brigade | 75738 | Liantang, Sanjiao, Lianping, Heyuan | Southern Sword | 24°11’19.35″N | 114°46’51.38″E | |
| 74th GA Hospital | 32268^ | Xingang Middle Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou | 23° 5’45.62″N | 113°19’25.83″E |
75th Group Army
75th GA was created out of units of 41st GA in 2017. Before reorganisation, it comprised of following units:
- 121st Mountain Infantry Division
- 123rd Motorised Infantry Divisions (or Brigade)
- 15th Armoured Brigade
- AA Brigade
- Tank Brigade
- One regiment each of Chemical Defense, Engineer, Army Aviation and Boat^
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 75th Group Army | 31663 | Jinbi Road, Xishan District, Kunming | Former 42nd Group Army | 24°59’42.12 | 102°43’50.00 | |
| 31st Heavy Combined Arms Brigade | LN31 | 77228 | Fuxing Road, Dali | Iron Cavalry TigerFrom 31st Mechanized Infantry Brigade | 25°40’39.22″N | 100° 9’37.39″E |
| 32nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade^ | LN32 | 77231 | Century Road, Linxiang District, Lincang | Mountain Subway BoxingFrom 32nd Mountain Infantry Brigade | 23°53’25.60″N | 100° 5’31.44″E |
| 37th Light Combined Arms Brigade | LN33 | 77126 | Dongfeng Road, Kaiyuan City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan | Southern Great Wall37th Motorised Inf Division of 13th GA of Chengdu MR | 23°42’55.03″N | 103°14’30.12″E |
| 42nd Light Combined Arms Brigade^ | LN34 | 31632^ | Qingshuigou Village, Guandu District, Kunming City | Southern Xinjiang HussarsFrom 18th Armoured Bde | 25°32’37.07″N | 103°12’21.10″E |
| 121st Air Assault Brigade^ | LH982cxx | 75120 | Xupu | Tashan Garrison Heroes Regiment | 27°55’58.79″N | 110°39’40.47″E |
| 122nd Medium Combined Arms Brigade^ | 31633 | Shijinglin Road, Chongzuo Cityor Guilin , Guangxi Zhuang | Tashan Pioneer | 22°22’36.42″N | 107°21’12.53″E | |
| 123rd Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade. | 75130 | Gangbei District, Guigang, Guangxi | From 369th Mechanized Infantry Regiment,123rd Heavy Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division of 41st Group Army, Guangzhou Military Region | 23° 6’48.86″N | 109°37’36.09″E | |
| 75th Artillery Brigade | 77146 | Longchuan Mountain, Liubei District, Liuzhou | 24°34’6.18″N | 109°18’11.52″E | ||
| 75th Engineering & Chemical Defence Brigade | 77221 | Zaojiao Village, Hongta, Yuxi | 31637^ | 24°27’32.34″N | 102°33’21.56″E | |
| 75th Air Defence Brigade^ | 31634 | Xiaoshiba, Guandu, Kunming | Approximate location | 24°59’4.84″N | 102°46’22.53″E | |
| 75th Service Support Brigade^ | 31638 | Longquan Road, Panlong District, Kunming | Approximate location | 25° 6’12.38″N | 102°43’10.54″E | |
| 75th Special Operations Brigade^ | 31636 | Kungang Road, Anning | Amphibious?Former 42nd Brigade of 14th GA | 24°56’16.76″N | 102°27’49.13″E | |
| 75th Army Aviation Brigade | 31633 | Laihe, Nongzhangzhen | 24°35’20.96″N | 97°49’46.35″E | ||
| 75th Intelligence & Reconnaissance Brigade^ | 31647 | Xiashan, Gangbei District, Guigang | 23° 7’22.63″N | 109°38’31.94″E |
Other Units Under Southern TC
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 2nd Information Support/Cyber Brigade^ | 31648 | Qinglongling, Fusui County, Chongzuo | Approximate location | 22°36’47.67″N | 107°54’23.12″E | |
| 2nd ECM Brigade^ | 75737 | Yongjun Road, Xinhua | 23°24’8.32″N | 113° 8’55.33″E | ||
| 2nd Rocket Brigade | 32573 | Zhongkai Avenue, Huizhou | Approximate location | 23° 1’48.51″N | 114°22’1.85″E | |
| Comms Brigade^ | 77206 | Yunnan, Kunming | ||||
| Tactical training base | 75750 | Sanpai Village, Luzhai | 24°21’19.64″N | 110° 1’42.42″E | ||
| 3rd Comprehensive Training Base^ | 75735 | Jiutang, Huadu District, Guangzhou | Approximate location | 23°28’0.74″N | 113°12’32.82″E | |
| 4th Comprehensive Training Base^ | 31651 | Shapu, Liucheng County, Liuzhou | Approximate location | 24°34’39.49″N | 109°18’56.17″E | |
| Unidentified^ | Dahu, Luzhaizhen | 24°29’34.13″N | 109°49’23.64″E | |||
| Ammuinition Depo | Wangling, Guigang | 23° 7’4.76″N | 109°39’0.29″E | |||
| Unidentified^ | Gongqiao | 21° 9’8.99″N | 110°16’1.37″E | |||
| Army Aviation | Chongzuo | 22°20’7.60″N | 107°24’1.25″E | |||
| Training^ | Chongzuo | Vehicle yard and/or training | 22°21’40.53″N | 107°19’59.09″E | ||
| Unidentified^ | Xinjiuchang | 21°30’18.53″N | 109°13’46.37″E | |||
| Unidentified^ | Da’ao Islet | 21°36’38.72″N | 112°32’0.39″E | |||
| Unidentified^ | Wulongcun | 25°10’7.81″N | 99°12’21.14″E | |||
| Training^ | Tuguanfen | 26° 4’11.05″N | 100° 7’46.05″E |
Southern TC Border Defence Units
| UNIT | CODE | MUCD | LOCATION | REMARKS | LAT | LONG |
| 311th Brigade^ | 31644 | Zhuhai City, Guangdong | Near Macau, Hong Kong | 22°16’16.01″N | 113°33’17.12″E | |
| 311th Boat Brigade^ | 31645 | Qi’ao Island, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai | 22°24’40.12″N | 113°38’34.21″E | ||
| 312nd Brigade^ | 31646 | East Renmin Road, Danzhou | Former 10th, 11th & Provincial Military Artillery Regiments | 19°42’10.32″N | 109°12’56.53″E | |
| 313th Regiment | 31639 | Pingxiang City, Guangxior Dongxing | Former Guangxi MR Border Defence3rd, 4th & 5th Regiments | 21°33’12.84″N | 107°57’39.31″E | |
| 314th Regiment^ | 31640 | Yuping, Pingbian County | Former Yunnan MR Border Defence, 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Regiments.Vietnam border | 22°58’46.55″N | 103°41’25.18″E | |
| 315th Regiment | 31641 | Shuangyong Road, Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai | Former Yunnan MR Border Defence MR 8th & 9th RegimentsLaos and/or Myanmar Borders | 21°57’2.36 | 100°26’59.83 | |
| 316th Regiment | 31642 | Lincang City, Yunnan | Former Yunnan MR Border Defence MR 10th & 11 RegimentsMyanmar Border | 23°53’23.90 | 100° 4’34.49 | |
| 317th Regiment | 31643 | Mangshi, Dehong Dai and Jingpo | Former Yunnan MR Border Defence MR 12th Regiment+ Independent Battalion of the Nujiang Army DivisionMyanmar Border | 27°44’31.12 | 98°39’55.35 |
Southern Theatre Command Map: https://earth.google.com/web/@25.21418861,105.21602241,1344.35186832a,2708857.28497446d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=MigKJgokCiAxeXhPcXFtdTdFUVpOZy1GYXp6OHNCNF90U1pOOFpFayAC
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.