Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 3: Ground Forces

Chinese PLA ground forces

UPDATE 1: July 2022. During the rewrite, I’ve found a number of mistakes in the geo-location. The units are mostly correct, but a few have errors with the published address and corresponding coordinates. The process of corrections is going on. UPDATE 2: Sep 2022. Updated data of ground forces of all five Theatre Commands is […]

Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 2: Composition Of Ground Forces

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.

Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 1 :Reorganisation of Chinese Military

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 […]

Order of Battle of Chinese Armed Forces

Chinese PLA ground forces

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 […]