PLA Orbat Update: 204th Heavy Armored Combined-Arms Brigade (LB 16) 78th Group Army

Withtop of the line equipment, it is easy to see why it is now designated as a "Heavy" brigade.

 ZBD-04A of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion

ZTZ-99A of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion

PGZ09 35mm SPAAA of the 7th AD battalion

PLZ07A of the 6th Artillery Battalion

PPZ10 120mm SPM of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion

 ZBD-04A of the 3rd Combined Arms Battalion

ZTZ-99A of the 3rd Combined Arms Battalion

ZTZ-99A of the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion

Saturday, June 08, 2019

PLA Unit of the day: 204th Combined-Arms Brigade, 78th GA, Northern Theater Command

The 204th evolved from the former 4th Tank/Armored Division of the 16th GA, Shenyang Military Region.

The 4th Tank Division was founded in 1969 amid the Sino-Soviet Border Conflict.  The division was stuck with the vintage T-34/85 tanks until 1980.  During 1980-1982 ZTZ-59/59A's finally replaced T-34/85's.  In around 2015 the 4th Armored Brigade received ZTZ99's, and in 2019 ZTZ99A's arrived


--Andrew KC