75th Group Army

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| native_name = 第七十五集团军

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| command_structure = Southern Theater Command

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| garrison = Kunming, Yunnan

| battles = World War II
Chinese Civil War
Vietnam War
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| current_commander = Major General Gai Limin

| commander2 = Major General Wei Wenbo

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The 75th Group Army ({{Zh|s=第七十五集团军|p=Dì Qīshíwǔ Jítuánjūn}}), Unit 31663, formerly the 41st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (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.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Edmund J. |date=4 February 2019 |title=Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces |work=National Defense University Press |url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/Books/Chairman-Xi/Chairman-Xi_Chapter-6.pdf?ver=2019-02-08-112005-803}}

Organization

= Pre-2017 =

121st Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade ({{zh|c=山地摩托化步兵第121旅}})
122nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade ({{zh|c=机械化步兵第122旅}})
123th Mechanzied Infantry Division ({{zh|c=机械化步兵第123师}})
15th Armored Brigade ({{zh|c=装甲第15旅}})
Artillery Brigade ({{zh|c=炮兵旅}})
Air-Defense Brigade ({{zh|c=防空旅}})
Army Aviation Regiment ({{zh|c=陆军航空兵团}})
Boat Regiment ({{zh|c=舟桥团}})
Chemical-Defense Regiment ({{zh|c=防化团}})
Engineer Regiment ({{zh|c=工兵团}})

= Post-2017 =

31st Heavy Combined Arms Brigade ({{zh|c=重型合成第31旅}}) (equipped with Type 96A tanks, ZBD-04 IFVs){{#invoke:Cite web||author=CCTV|date=2023-08-16|title=[正午国防军事]第75集团军某旅滇西高原合成营山岳丛林进攻战斗演练|work=VTC News|url=https://tv.cctv.com/2023/08/16/VIDEwoLDbI8qBZG6X4WnpJb2230816.shtml?spm=C52346.PFFUsJDNPMAY.Ecv1YmkHWv7j.17|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008113906/https://tv.cctv.com/2023/08/16/VIDEwoLDbI8qBZG6X4WnpJb2230816.shtml?spm=C52346.PFFUsJDNPMAY.Ecv1YmkHWv7j.17%7Curl-status=live|archive-date=8 October 2023}}
32nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade ({{zh|c=山地合成第32旅}})
{{ill|37th Light Combined Arms Brigade|zh|中国人民解放军陆军合成第三十七旅}} ({{zh|c=轻型合成第37旅}})
{{ill|42nd Light Combined Arms Brigade|zh|中国人民解放军陆军合成第四十二旅}} ({{zh|c=轻型合成第42旅}})
{{ill|122nd Medium Combined Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第一二二旅}} ({{zh|c=中型合成第122旅}}) - Stationed in Guilin, equipped with ZBL-08 and ZTL-11
{{ill|123rd Heavy Combined Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第一二三旅}} ({{zh|c=重型合成第123旅}}) - Stationed in Guigang, equipped with ZTQ-15 and ZBD-86A{{Cite web |title=行进在光荣的战旗下，“塔山传人”书写着不平凡的青春华章 - 中国军网 |url=http://www.81.cn/lj_208555/jdt_208556/10121286.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.81.cn}}
121st Air Assault Brigade ({{zh|c=空中突击第121旅}})
{{ill|75th Special Operation Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军特种作战第七十五旅}} ({{zh|c=特种作战第75旅}})
75th Artillery Brigade ({{zh|c=炮兵第75旅}})
75th Air-Defense Brigade ({{zh|c=防空第75旅}})(equipped with Tor-M1 and type 09 anti air system){{Cite web |title=“野战利器”红旗-17展示快速装填：模块化弹药，一车装八弹_防空 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/447460585_120823584 |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.sohu.com}}
75th Engineer and Chemical-Defense Brigade ({{zh|c=工兵防化第75旅}})
75th Sustainment Brigade ({{zh|c=勤务支援第75旅}})

75th Group Army

Organization

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