Army Techniques Publication ATP 7-100.3 Chinese Tactics August 2021

by U.S. Army

This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 7-100.3 Chinese Tactics August 2021, describes Chinese tactics for use in Army training, professional education, and leader development. This document is part of the ATP 7-100 series that addresses a nation-state’s military doctrine with a focus on army ground forces and tactical operations in offense, defense, and related mission sets. Other foundational topics include task organization, capabilities, and limitations related to military mission and support functions. ATP 7-100.3 serves as a foundation for understanding how Chinese ground forces think and act in tactical operations. This publication presents multiple examples of functional tactics in dynamic operational environment conditions. The tactics in this ATP are descriptive, and provide an orientation to tactics gathered from Chinese doctrine, translated literature, and observations from recent historical events. The principal audience for ATP 7-100.3 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 16, 2021

Reviews

[J.R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm just happy to read adversarial doctrine on someone other than the Russians.

The tactics discussed are heavily focused at the Division and Brigade levels. Though certain concepts, such as deception operations, are utilized all he way down to PLAA Platoon formations, and are explored down to that level.

Many PLAA concepts are similar to US Army doctrine, with some notable exceptions that will be found in the text.

One thing I believe is often overlooked, is that the PLAA is not a separate institution from the Chinese Communist Party. It is the armed wing, imagine the Democrat/Republican party having its own army. Therefore every operation and action is inherently political in nature and inseparable. This definitely has its advantages in waging war, since the entire government apparatus, as well as the entire national population, will be synchronized in all military objectives.