A thread about China ’s Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), and how will it change the PLA amphibious warfare tactics

During the Zhuhai air show, an UGV was on display, it didn’t have a designated name

But its inconspicuous nature hides a revolution…🧵

This particular UGV can retract its tracks, allowing it to travel on water like a speedboat

On land, its 4 articulated tracks can climb steep angles and clear obstacles

Very useful when you need to climb seawalls with a 40 degree slant

When operational, UGVs like these can prove revolutionary for the PLA Marine Corps (PLAMC)

On the surface, UGVs simply lowers the casualties, so what's so special about it?

The key, is that it lowers the threshold for greenlighting an amphibious landing

The PLAMC Combined Arms Brigade (CA-BDE) is the most basic combat unit, made up of 6000men

Containing combat modules of Battalions

A Brigade commander during the battle planning process would pick and choose these modules (Battalions) and combine them into “Combat Groups”

One of the first decisions to make at the strategic level, during an amphibious operation

Is to chose whether to starve the island out through a naval+air blockade, if naval supremacy is achieved, then success is guaranteed

But it risks outside powers from intervening