{"id":3752,"date":"2024-11-29T08:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T08:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jjamwal.in\/yayavar\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2025-03-15T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T07:20:55","slug":"pla-army-combined-arms-battalion-structure-text-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jjamwal.in\/yayavar\/pla-army-combined-arms-battalion-structure-text-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"PLA Army Combined Arms Battalion Structure text draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am considering making detailed ORBAT graphics of various military units and trying to get the details right. The details I have shared in past need some updates too. Posting the raw text here before doing all the boring and difficult (for me) drawing work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the data I have for a generic PLA Army&#8217;s Combined Arms Battalion (CABn). Contrary to what some people think, standardisation in Chinese military is not absolute and there are still quite a few differences in composition and load outs. As there are multiple types of Combined Arms Brigades (CABs), there are different CABns too with different load outs too. This is just a general list and there will be some differences across different Group Armies and even within them. Corrections are welcome and appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Combined Arms Battalion HQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Commander: Lt Colonel (Zhong xiao)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Political Commissar. Usually of same rank as Battalion Commander.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputy Commander: Major (Shao xiao)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Battalion HQ Commands the following Companies<\/strong>:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Battalion HQ Company<\/strong>. Each HQ company has Platoon level or smaller units for Medical, Communications, Reconnaissance, Service and Support.Medical platoons have 2-4 ambulances and headed by a Doctor of Major rank.Reconnaissance platoons are equipped with small drones, ELINT capable vehicles, unknown number of snipers or marksmen and 2-3 teams for armed and technical reconnaissance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4 Combat Companies<\/strong>. Each company comprises of 3 platoons each. Each platoon has 3 sections with 9 soldiers in each. Mobility is through tracked or wheeled APCs, 10-14 in number. High Mobility units have lightly armoured wheeled vehicles. Armoured Companies will have 3 Tank Platoons with 10-14 tanks each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 Firepower Company<\/strong>. Each such company is armed with 12-16 81 mm mortars divided in 2 platoons. Most units seem to have 1 ATGM platoon too, though I don&#8217;t know yet if these are all MPATGM or vehicle mounted. A grenade launcher platoon if present, is usually armed with 35 mm Automatic Grenade Launchers. For air defence, 1 platoon armed with 5-6 MANPADs or 23 mm AA guns is present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 Service Support Company.<\/strong> These have 1 platoon each for Communications, Supply &amp; Transport, Maintenance, Recovery and Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am considering making detailed ORBAT graphics of various military units and trying to get the details right. The details I have shared in past need some updates too. Posting the raw text here before doing all the boring and difficult (for me) drawing work. 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