Sunday, February 11, 2018

Army's (not Navy) Amphibious unit of the day: 1st Combined-Arms Brigade (合成第1旅), 74th Group Army, Southern Theater Command

124th Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division, 42nd Group Army -- one of PLA's elites -- was reformed into two Combined-Arms Brigades during last round of re-org 6 months ago.  Half of the 124th became 1st Combined-Arms Brigade and the other became the 125th Combined-Arms Brigade.  Both are organic to the newly minted 74th Group Army.

Here are some PR photos from their combat readiness maneuver training yesterday:


 Type05 (ZBD-05) Command Variant (note the SatCom radome). This ride longs to the Commander of its 8th Battalion
Type05 (ZBD-05) APC variant (note the 12.7mm HMG mount) 








Sunday, August 13, 2017


PLA orbat update, Southern Theater Command (74th and 75th GA)

 

41st Group Army74th Group Army1st Combined-Arms Brigade


16th Combined-Arms Brigade


125th Combined-Arms Brigade


132nd Combined-Arms Brigade


154th Combined-Arms Brigade


163th Combined-Arms Brigade


74th Air-Defense Brigade


74th Artillery Brigade


74th Special Ops Brigade


74th Joint Logistics Support Brigade


74th Engineering Brigade



42nd Group Army75th Group Army31st Combined-Arms Brigade


32nd Combined-Arms Brigade


37th Combined-Arms Brigade


42nd Combined-Arms Brigade


122th Combined-Arms Brigade


123rd Combined-Arms Brigade


121st Air-Assault Brigade


75th Air-Defense Brigade


75th Artillery Brigade


75th Special Ops Brigade


75th Joint Logistics Support Brigade


75th Engineering Brigade

 

 

 Thursday, July 27, 2017


PLA orbat update, ex31st Group Army / 73rd Group Army

Again, credit goes to Andrew KC, both photos and updates.


31st Group Army73rd Group Army3rd Combined-Arms Brigade


14th Combined-Arms Brigade


86th Combined-Arms Brigade


91st Combined-Arms Brigade


92nd Combined-Arms Brigade


73rd Special Ops Brigade


73rd Air-Defense Brigade


73rd Artillery Brigade


The 86th Motorized Division of the former 31st GA has been re-organized into two brigades.  One of the brigades here is the 86th Combined-Arms Brigade (合成第86旅) of the 73rd GA, and most of its assets came from the armored regiment of the former 86th Division.   So far the Armored Infantry Battalion's ZBD04's from the former 91st Motorized Division have been consolidated into this new brigade.

 The new 86th Combined-Arms Brigade on the move

 The former 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade of the former 1st GA is now subordinate to the newly formed 73rd GA.  It is now called the 3rd Combined Arms Brigade (合成第3旅).



The 91st Motorized Infantry Division of the former 31st GA is now the 91st Combined-Arms Brigade (合成第91旅) of the 73rd GA.  The unit is taking on amphibious role with hand-me-down Type 63A amphibious light tanks.  91st's four Combined-Arms Battalions (合成1,2,3,4营) are equipped with  2 companies of Type 63A each.

 91st Combined-Arms Brigade

 91st Combined-Arms Brigade
14th Combined-Arms Brigade 合成第14旅 was the 14th Amphibious Armored Brigade, 31GA, Nanjing MR at Zhangzhou


 14th Amphibious Armored Brigade

Saturday, August 22, 2015


Storming the beach -- 124th Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division

After the much-publicized unveiling of Chinese Zubr offloading a Type96 MBT in July,  the 42nd Group Army, Guangzhou MR conducted another small scale (by Chinese standards) drill two days ago to hone their skills.





 A landing craft air cushion approaches an amphibious dock landing ship during a joint landing training exercise on August 20, 2015. The landing craft air cushion and the amphibious dock landing ship are assigned to a landing ship flotilla under the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy.




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