75th Group Army

75th Group Army
第七十五集团军
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type	Group army
Part of	Southern Theater Command
Garrison/HQ	Kunming, Yunnan
Engagements	World War II Chinese Civil War Vietnam War Sino-Vietnamese War
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Gai Limin
Political Commissar	Major General Wei Wenbo
Insignia
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The 75th Group Army (Chinese :第七十五集团军; pinyin :Dì Qīshíwǔ Jítuánjūn), Unit 31663, formerly the 41st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 75th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of two assigned to the nation's Southern Theater Command. ^[1]

Organization

Pre-2017

• 121st Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade (Chinese :山地摩托化步兵第121旅)
• 122nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Chinese :机械化步兵第122旅)
• 123th Mechanzied Infantry Division (Chinese :机械化步兵第123师)
• 15th Armored Brigade (Chinese :装甲第15旅)
• Artillery Brigade (Chinese :炮兵旅)
• Air-Defense Brigade (Chinese :防空旅)
• Army Aviation Regiment (Chinese :陆军航空兵团)
• Boat Regiment (Chinese :舟桥团)
• Chemical-Defense Regiment (Chinese :防化团)
• Engineer Regiment (Chinese :工兵团)

Post-2017

• 31st Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (Chinese :重型合成第31旅) (equipped with Type 96A tanks, ZBD-04 IFVs) ^[2]
• 32nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade (Chinese :山地合成第32旅)
• 37th Light Combined Arms Brigade  [ zh ] (Chinese :轻型合成第37旅)
• 42nd Light Combined Arms Brigade  [ zh ] (Chinese :轻型合成第42旅)
• 122nd Medium Combined Arms Brigade  [ zh ] (Chinese :中型合成第122旅) - Stationed in Guilin, equipped with ZBL-08 and ZTL-11
• 123rd Heavy Combined Arms Brigade  [ zh ] (Chinese :重型合成第123旅) - Stationed in Guigang, equipped with ZTQ-15 and ZBD-86A ^[3]
• 121st Air Assault Brigade (Chinese :空中突击第121旅)
• 75th Special Operation Brigade  [ zh ] (Chinese :特种作战第75旅)
• 75th Artillery Brigade (Chinese :炮兵第75旅)
• 75th Air-Defense Brigade (Chinese :防空第75旅)(equipped with Tor-M1 and type 09 anti air system) ^[4]
• 75th Engineer and Chemical-Defense Brigade (Chinese :工兵防化第75旅)
• 75th Sustainment Brigade (Chinese :勤务支援第75旅)

References

1. Burke, Edmund J. (February 4, 2019). "Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces" (PDF). National Defense University Press .
2. CCTV (August 16, 2023). "[正午国防军事]第75集团军某旅 滇西高原 合成营山岳丛林进攻战斗演练". VTC News. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023.
3. "行进在光荣的战旗下，"塔山传人"书写着不平凡的青春华章 - 中国军网". www.81.cn. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
4. ""野战利器"红旗-17展示快速装填：模块化弹药，一车装八弹_防空". www.sohu.com. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

Further reading

• Dennis J. Blasko. "PLA Ground Forces: Moving Toward a Smaller, More Rapidly Deployable, Modern Combined Arms Force" The People's Liberation Army as Organization: Reference Volume v1.0, James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N. D. Yang eds. (Santa Monico: RAND; 2002)