You're simply wrong.
All Chinese vehicle license plates (both civilian and military) are governed by a unified set of regulations (7th edition) that was finalized in 2012 and promulgated in May of 2013.
In 2016, China's military regions were re-organized into five theater commands, but this did not much affect the license plate system, and existing military vehicles mostly continue to wear the same plates under the 7th edition. New military vehicles, however, appear to wear plates regulated by a limited addendum to the 7th edition that became effective in 2017 or 2018, but that's a topic for another day.
Under the 7th edition, military plates begin with two English letters, followed by five Arabic numerals. The first letter is reserved for the Military Region, the second letter is reserved for the operational type, and the first Arabic numeral is reserved for the provincial or sub-regional military command subordinated to the Military Region.
So, take the license plate
as an example,
L stands for the Langzhou Military Region,
S stands for Communications and Transport vehicle, and the number
6 stands for
, as seen
,
, and
, among other sources.
Furthermore, if a license plate starts with
LS1, it belongs to the Gansu provincial command. If it starts with
LS2, then it belongs to the Shaanxi Provincial Command.
LS3,
LS4, and
LS5 are Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang Provincial Commands, respectively.
In other words, the first Arabic numeral tells us
where the vehicle is registered/to which province it belongs. It has nothing to do with its military unit or to which brigade it belongs.
In fact, on
consideration alone, it's utterly nonsensical to assert that a license plates identifies a specific military brigade. The Chinese are not
that stupid.
You
said, and I quote your exact words, "
It has three brigades on its ORBAT"
You didn't say there are "
three Combined Arms Brigades in Tibet Military Region", you said "
three brigades". Seriously, interacting with you is exacerbating because you don't seem to remember what you said hours ago, or maybe you're pretending to have a faulty memory.
Since you refuse to engage in a substantive discussion or answer my valid questions, let me offer you a word of advice, if you don't know something, say you don't know. If your assertion is a speculation, then don't present it as a fact. Don't fib, don't make stuff up as you go, and don't lie. In other words, don't insult the intelligence of this forum. Our flagship military forums have a higher set of standards for information dissemination, and if you are unwilling to meet them or to defend your positions with logic and cogent arguments, then please Sinodefence isn't the place for you.
