76th Group Army

76th Group Army
第七十六集团军
Active1949–present
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch Chinese Communist Party
TypeGroup army
Part ofWestern Theater Command
Garrison/HQXining, Qinghai
EngagementsLong March
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Current
commander
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Political CommissarMajor 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]

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