79th Group Army

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79th Group Army
第七十九集团军
People's Liberation Army Ground Force sleeve badge.svg
Active1948–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 Ground Force
Garrison/HQ Liaoyang, Liaoning
Engagements Long March
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Political CommissarMajor General Zhang Xiao
Notable
commanders
Xu Haidong
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol 79th Group Army NATO Map Symbol.svg

The 79th Group Army (Chinese :第七十九集团军; pinyin :Dì Qīshíjiǔ Jítuánjūn), Unit 31671, formerly the 39th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 79th 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 army was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (People's Volunteer Army (PVA) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War. It comprised the 115th, 116th, and 117th Divisions. [2]

In April 1953, the corps returned from North Korea and redeployed at Liaoyang, Liaoning Province.

In April 1960, the corps was redesignated as the 39th Army Corps(Chinese :陆军第39军). Since then the structure of the corps was:

In 1969, the numbers in designations of the artillery and anti-aircraft artillery regiments were dropped.

In February 1976, the Tank Regiment of 39th Army Corps was activated from the 11th Tank Regiment, 3rd Tank Division.

By 1976 the army corps was composed of:

In 1983, the 3rd Tank Division and the 7th Artillery Division were put under 39th Army Corps' control.

In May 1984, Tank Regiment, 39th Army Corps was attached to the 116th Army Division following the latter's reconstruction into a mechanized army division.

In September 1985, the 39th Army Corps was reconstituted as the 39th Army(Chinese :第39集团军). The army was then composed of:

In May-June 1989, the army participated in the crackdown on protest and riots in urban Beijing area.

In 1996, the 117th Infantry Division detached from the army to become a People's Armed Police unit. Tank Regiment, 114th Infantry Division was put under direct control by the army until 1998, when it was disbanded. In 1998, 190th Infantry Division joined the army as the 190th Mechanized Infantry Brigade.

As of 2010, the army was composed of:

As of 2016, the army was composed of:

Organization

The 79th Group Army is composed of:

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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. Appleman, Roy E. "XXXIX The Big Question". South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 768. CMH Pub 20-2-1.