Composition of PLAGF’s 6 Highland Mechanised Infantry Division
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The South Xinjiang Military District’s Kashgar-based 6 Highland Mechanised
Infantry Division comprises the
7 Mechanised Infantry Regiment,
18 Mechanised Infantry Regiment,
an Armoured Regiment,
Field Artillery Regiment,
an Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment and a
Battlefield Recce/Scout Battalion.
The Division HQ comprises
an Engineer Battalion,
an Electronic Warfare Battalion,
a CBRN Defence Battalion,
the Division HQ itself (which is Company-sized), an Air-Defence Platoon, and a Guard Company for proximate HQ protection
The Mechanised Infantry Regiment has
four Mechanised Infantry Battalions,
one MBT Battalion with 35 ZTZ-99A MBTs,
one Fire-Support Battalion with PLZ-07B 122mm self-propelled howitzers,
one Engineer Battalion and
and Communications Battalion.
Each Mechanised Infantry Battalion has three Mechanised Infantry Companies each made up of three Platoons, with each Company having 13 ZBD-04A ICVs; four in each Platoon and one HQ vehicle. This provides the Platoon command with its own vehicle, thereby allowing elements such as a forward observer (operating mini-UAVs) or engineering (demining) teams to be attached to the Platoon.
There are a total of 351 ZBD-04A ICVs in the Mechanised Infantry Division (175 per Regiment), which are supported by an Artillery Regiment comprising 36 PLZ-05 tracked 155mm/45-cal self-propelled howitzers and 36 122mm PHZ-11 MBRLs.