78th Group Army

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78th Group Army
第七十八集团军
People's Liberation Army Ground Force sleeve badge.svg
Active1949–present
CountryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
AllegianceFlag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg Chinese Communist Party
BranchGround Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type Group army
Part of Northern Theater Command
Garrison/HQ Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Harbin, Heilongjiang
Engagements World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Zhang Fan
Political CommissarMajor General Zhang Xiao
Notable
commanders		 Yang Dezhi
Yang Yong
Su Zhenhua
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol 78th Group Army NATO Map Symbol.svg

The 78th Group Army (Chinese :第七十八集团军; pinyin :Dì Qīshíbā Jítuánjūn), Unit 31669, formerly the 16th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 78th 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 three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command. [1]

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History

The origins of this army go back to Nanchang Uprising. After People's Republic of China was established, it belonged to the 62nd Group Army for a while.

On February 19, 1949, column 1 of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in Henan Shenqiu area became the 16th Army of the People's Liberation Army, was placed under the 5th Corps of the PLA Second Field Army. Yin Xianbing (尹先炳) was appointed army commander.

Organization

It was composed of the 69th, 46th, 48th, [2] and 4th Armored Divisions, the 68th brigade and an artillery brigade.

In 2006 the formation consisted of the:

(Source Blasko 2006, 76)

In 2013, the formation consisted of the:

Note Blasko 2013, lists the 4th Armored Division as a division, not as a brigade.

(Source Blasko, Tradition and Transformation of the PLA, 2013, 89)

In 2017, the formation consisted of the:

Notable members

General Xu Caihou, former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) who was detained as part of a high-profile anti-corruption campaign, was a former member of the 78th Group Army. [10]

Lieutenant General Bi Yi, the incumbent commander of the People's Liberation Army Information Support Force, was a former deputy commander of the unit. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "中国人民解放军陆军集团军简史". www.163.com. March 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ "黑龙江党政领导会见78集团军高层：将全力支持集团军建设". Sohu .
  4. ↑ "军改之后，新调整组建的13个集团军已有7个披露驻地". 澎湃新闻. August 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ "第78集团军某旅：特战比武超越极限强化意志力". 人民网. May 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ "董存瑞生前所在部队已隶属第78集团军". 澎湃新闻. May 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ "永远和英雄在一起". 人民网. September 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "那些年，我们的暖男班长和暖心排长". 搜狐. May 23, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "原16军副军长吴亚男少将升任78军军长". 财新网 (in Chinese). May 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ Zhiyue, Bo. "The Rise and Fall of Xu Caihou, China's Corrupt General". thediplomat.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220630152536/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2126255; Archived from the original on 2022-6-30
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