Editing Brigade (section)

=== People's Republic of China ===
Prior to major restructures of the [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force]] (PLAGF), forces were designed around the [[Division (military)|division]] as the basic operational unit in a similar fashion to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] divisions, from which much of the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) is designed. In 2003, the [[United States Army]] pivoted from division-centric warfare to combined-arms-centric warfare in response to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|U.S. War in Iraq]] creating the [[brigade combat team]] (BCT). The [[Russian Federation]] followed suit reorganizing their forces and [[Military doctrine|doctrine]] to switch from division-centric warfare to the use of [[battalion tactical group]]s (BTGs). Finally, the PLAGF, as part of a larger restructuring, underwent the so-called "brigade-ization" making PLAGF divisions a largely administrative echelon and moving forces into [[combined arms]] brigades (CA-BDE).{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Structured very similarly to U.S. Army BCTs, the PLAGF combined arms brigade places [[Maneuver warfare|maneuver]], [[artillery]], [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defense]], [[reconnaissance]], [[Military engineering|engineer]] and [[Military police|protection]], and [[Military logistics|logistics]] and sustainment under a single brigade-level command. The PLAGF distinguishes three distinct types of combined arms brigades: light (motorized), medium (mechanized), and heavy (armoured). These distinctive types are more indicative of the role of the organization within its parent unit than the composition and equipment which vary and overlap between types. A light combined arms brigade may be designed as an [[Airborne forces|airborne]], [[Mountain warfare|mountain]], or [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious]] combined arms brigade.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

A combined arms brigade typically comprises the following organic units wherein the maneuver battalions vary between [[Motorized infantry|motorized]], [[Mechanized infantry|mechanized]], or [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] depending on the type of CA-BDE.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

* 1 [[headquarters]] unit
* 4 [[Maneuver warfare|maneuver]] battalions (CA-BNs)
* 1 [[reconnaissance]] battalion
* 1 [[artillery]] battalion
* 1 [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defense]] battalion
* 1 [[Military engineering|operational support]] battalion
* 1 service support ([[Sustainment (military)|sustainment]]) battalion<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf |title=Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 7–100.3 Chinese Tactics |publisher=Headquarters, United States Army |year=2021 |edition=9798457607118 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=37–38 |language=en}}</ref>