79th Group Army

79th Group Army
第七十九集团军
Active1948–present
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch People's Liberation Army Ground Force
TypeGroup army
Part ofNorthern Theater Command Ground Force
Garrison/HQLiaoyang, Liaoning
EngagementsLong March
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Political CommissarMajor General Zhang Xiao
Notable
commanders
Xu Haidong
Insignia
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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]

  1. ^ Burke, Edmund J. (February 4, 2019). "Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces" (PDF). National Defense University Press.