Painting / ORBAT References for 2017 Chinese

[Noble713]

Just sharing some good resources I've found. China Defense Blog is great for keeping abreast of the VERY rapidly evolving Chinese military.

Recent Army ORBAT changes:
http://china-defense.blogspot.jp/2017/0 ... -2017.html
http://china-defense.blogspot.jp/2017/0 ... -73rd.html

The page below has more ORBAT changes, but more importantly some photos for painting Combined Arms Brigades armor assets.
https://china-defense.blogspot.com/2017 ... -73rd.html

Pics of some of their latest 8x8 wheeled APCs on the move. CDB describes this unit as ** CENSORED ** to a US Army Stryker Brigade:
http://china-defense.blogspot.jp/2017/0 ... mpest.html

Good pictures and description of a modern PLA wheeled IFV infantry squad, which also includes a blog post from 2008 about the then-current TOE of tracked/mechanized squad for comparison:
http://china-defense.blogspot.jp/2017/0 ... zbl09.html


Over at PopSci, they had a good summary from the PLA's parade in August. Pictures are small but decent descriptions of cutting-edge yet in-service Chinese hardware. This is basically a GHQ wishlist in article format LOL:
http://www.popsci.com/chinas-new-weapon ... ary-parade

[jakec]

Cheers, there is still some debate as to what is the makeup of the battalions and companies within a new combined arms brigade.