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“Most countries have an army, but Pakistan’s army has a country” is a popular saying which to be fair, is also somewhat true for many other unstable countries in Africa and the Middle-east. What makes Pakistan unique is how it’s armed forces have successfully controlled all aspects of the statecraft and internal politics for so […]
China has invested a lot of resources and efforts on scaling up its navy in terms of quality and quantity both. Need for wide scale reforms in PLA was felt after a war with Vietnam in 1979. Gulf War of 1999 and Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1995 made CPC realise the importance of having a […]
PLA AIR FORCE ORBAT & STRUCTURE In December 2011, PLAAF started creation of Air Brigade structure by upgrading 14 existing Air Regiment (AR) HQs and abolished 4 existing Air Division HQs. All the brigades were assigned to one of four Bases New Command Structure for fighter and ground attack aircraft is as following: PLAAF HQ […]
Ebook format with other branches included: https://amzn.to/3RR59Zi. Early access & some extras on Patreon. Formerly 2nd Artillery Corps, PLA Rocket Force is now considered a separate service branch in itself with 90,000 to 1,20,000 personnel. Its HQ is located at the Qinghe Compound in Beijing. This command is led by a full general and theatre […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]