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Chinese military #orbat map: Long range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) sites added again. Includes command HQs as well as deployment sites. Will be updated in some time again https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1j3VGs1VXzDaEjVi18aihl4PRxkBNR-w&ll=27.24680753635722%2C104.26968888888892&z=4

Short thread on Chinese Airborne (former 15th Airborne Corps). All of their bases are in Henan and Hubei, which are part of Central Theatre Command. Under command of PLA Air Force, they're supposed to be tip of the spear troops with focus on mobility & fast deployment. Weapons include 122 mm...

All Chinese PLA Army bases of all 5 Theatre Commands located and marked. There are ~1800 locations in total including air bases & others, so page may load slow. As far any hypothetical war with India is concerned, following is a rough estimate of deployment: 1. WTC >1 Group Army (GA) + 1...

Thread about Chinese PLA's Western Theatre Command (WTC) ground forces in Tibet, Indo-Tibet border to be more specific. Covers most of ground troops in the sector which could see action against India. More details with geographical coordinates in last tweet of this thread. Read overview of...

Order Of Battle (ORBAT) of Chinese Armed Forces for Ground Forces. The posts on websites have details like composition, roles and locations of PLA Army, Rocket Force, PAP, JLSF, SSF, Radars, SAM sites, Badges & some more. Will post more whenever more data becomes available...

JLSF is meant to provide all arms of PLA with logistics support of all kinds including but not limited to transport, medical, inventory, storage, construction and procurement. https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-8-jlsf-ssf-badges-other-military-support-arms/ PLA...

Chinese People's Armed Police is one of largest security forces responsible for internal security, counter-terrorism, coast guard & more. It's now under CCP command with no provincial oversight. Pretty well armed with APCs, choppers & more. Some of known units #orbat

A less glamorous military topic, yet very important nevertheless. List of ~190 Chinese military factories, ~110 geo-located. Few more still unidentified. They manufacture ships, aircraft, engines, ordnance as well as basics such as uniforms...

Large data dump with information about Orbat,, locations and composition of Chinese Army, Airborne and Marine troops: https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-3-ground-forces/ ~500 locations marked on Google Earth

Orbat and locations of PLA Army units belonging to Eastern Theatre Command. Most of them are meant for invasion of Taiwan. Will release more data in next few days, hopefully. https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-3-ground-forces/

Orbat and locations of ground troops of PLA Western Theatre Command. These are nearly all of Army units that China can deploy in Tibet against India. https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-3-ground-forces/

A list of ~490 Radar and ~280 SAM sites and units in China with details about their #ORBAT and locations. Read on website or download in PDF or e-book format. It's not complete, but good enough for now. https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-7-radars-and-sams/

480 Chinese radar sites and units with partial #Orbat

Chinese long ranged SAM and radars

These marks on map should be 80% of all the permanent Chinese radars and quite a few of their EW sites. Doesn't include SAM sites and their radars, that's for later. There are a few I'm missing, but a bit bored of searching for them right now.

Some permanent radar sites in Tibet along border with India. Few not visible on Google Earth yet. Doesn't include SAM and other portable radars.

Chinese Rocket Forces #ORBAT with ~200 unit locations marked on Google Earth. Download the article in PDF format and a separate KMZ file. Both are still work in progress. Feedback, corrections welcome. https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-4-rocket-forces/

Something about Chinese Missiles: They are controlled by PLA Rocket Force. It has 9 bases, 2 of which are support. Rest have 7 missile brigades each and a few support units. Each missile brigade has 4-6 launch battalions with 2 companies. ICBM brigades have 6-12 launchers, 12-24 for MRBM, 18-36...

Chinese troops involved in Galwan clash were not from regular army, but 363rd Border Defence Regiment (BDR). Somewhat like our BSF/ITBP but supposedly better equipped. China has 3 regiments 361, 362 and 363 deployed near Laddakh. Each BDR has 3 Inf Coys + 1 Support Coy. Orange marks are Coys...

PLA Northern Theatre Command has 3 Group Armies, 78, 79 and 80th. These forces used to be among the most well equipped due to Sino-Soviet antagonism. Still plenty of well equipped units. Perhaps against Japan now.