76th Group Army | |
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第七十六集团军 | |
Active | 1949–present |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party |
Branch | Chinese Communist Party |
Type | Group army |
Part of | Western Theater Command |
Garrison/HQ | Xining, Qinghai |
Engagements | Long March Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | empty |
Political Commissar | Major General Yuan Honggang |
Notable commanders | Peng Xuefeng Wei Guoqing Zhang Zhen |
Insignia | |
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The 76th Group Army (Chinese: 第七十六集团军; pinyin: Dì Qīshíliù Jítuánjūn), Unit 31665, formerly the 21st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 76th 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.[1]