Group armies or army groups or combined corps,are corps-level military formations of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force of China. Despite what the name suggests,current Group Armies are not army-level formations,but corps-sized formations commanding 12 to 14 brigades,roughly equivalent to United States Army Corps.
The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions,located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949,the Central China Military Region (MR) was formed. In March 1955,it was divided into two,the Guangzhou MR and the Wuhan Military Region. When the Wuhan MR was disbanded in August 1985,its troops stationed around the Hubei province were assigned to the Guangzhou MR.
The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin,Heilongjiang,and Liaoning,which also form Military Districts. This region is now superseded by the Northern Theater Command.
The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang,Qinghai,Gansu,Ningxia,Shaanxi,and Ngari Prefecture in northwest Tibet. It was headquartered in Lanzhou in Gansu Province. It is bordered to the south by the Chengdu Military Region,and to the north by Mongolia,the Altai Republic,which is a political subdivision of the Russian Federation,and Kazakhstan. This region is now part of the Western Theater Command due to the military reforms of 2015.
The Nanjing Military Region was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui,Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Jiangxi,Fujian,and Shanghai. It also covers Taiwan,which is claimed by the People's Republic of China but administered by the Republic of China. The head of the region was Cai Yingting. This region is now part of the Eastern Theater Command.
In the People's Republic of China,theater commands are joint commands responsible for developing strategy,plans,tactics,and policy specific to their assigned area of responsibility. Currently,the PRC subdivides the nation into five theater commands,Eastern,Southern,Western,Northern,and Central to provide the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) extensive,though not exclusive,command authority over the assigned region.
The 75th Group Army,Unit 31663,formerly the 41st Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (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.
The 78th Group Army,Unit 31669,formerly the 16th Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (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.
The 77th Group Army,Unit 31667,formerly the 13th Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 77th 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 Western Theater Command.
The 190th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. It is famous for being the first mechanized PLA division.
The 150th Army Division (3rd Formation) was formed in November 1967 from 1st,5th,10th and 12th Independent Regiments,Independent Infantry Battalion and Independent Antiaircraft Battalion of Chengdu Military Region.
The 53rd Army Division was formed on February 15,1968,from Tibet Unit 843,and 153rd,4th and 3rd Regiment of Tibet Military District. At its formation the division was composed of:
The 11th Corps was a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It was active from 1949 to 1952,with a six month break;and from 1969 to the end of 1985. It is currently inactive. In 1979 the corps took part in the Sino-Vietnamese War. In 1984 it again fought in Vietnam. It was stationed in the Kunming Military Region.
The 63rd Group Army,former 63rd Corps and 63rd Army Corps,was a military formation of China's People's Liberation Army existed from 1949 to 2003.
The 64th Group Army,former 64th Corps and 64th Army Corps,was a military formation of China's People's Liberation Army that existed from 1949 to 1998.
The 49th Infantry Division was a division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It was formed in March 1952 and in August designated as a light division of the national defense force. It was the second PRC infantry division numbered 49;the previous 49th Division had been disestablished in 1950-51.
The 82nd Division was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army,issued by Central Military Commission on November 1,1948,. basing on the 28th Division,10th Column of the Huadong Field Army. Its history can be traced to the 7th Division,Shandong Military Region,formed in August 1946.
The 179th Division was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army,issued by Central Military Commission on November 1,1948,basing on the 23rd Brigade,8th Column of the Huabei Military Region Field Force. Its history could be traced to the 23rd Brigade of Taiyue Military District,activated in December 1945.
The Western Theater Command Ground Force is the ground force under the Western Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Lanzhou,Gansu. The current political commissar is Xu Deqing.
