76th Group Army
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 76th Group Army
| native_name = 第七十六集团军
| image = People's Liberation Army Ground Force sleeve badge.svg
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| branch = {{CPC flag}}
| type = Group army
| status =
| dates = 1949–present
| country = {{PRC}}
| allegiance = {{CPC flag}}
| command_structure = Western Theater Command
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| battles = Long March
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
| current_commander =
| commander2 = Major General Yuan Honggang
| commander2_label = Political Commissar
| notable_commanders = Peng Xuefeng
Wei Guoqing
Zhang Zhen
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| identification_symbol = 150px
| identification_symbol_label = NATO Map Symbol
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The 76th Group Army ({{Zh|s=第七十六集团军|p=Dì Qīshíliù Jítuánjūn}}), Unit 31665, formerly the 21st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (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.{{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}}
History
The unit served during the Korean War when it comprised the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Divisions.
In 2022, the 12th Combined Arms Brigade was reorganized and entirely transferred to the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.
Organization
- 12th Heavy Combined-Arms brigade - Stationed in Jiuquan, Gansu
- {{ill|17th Heavy Combined-Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第十七旅}}
- {{ill|56th Light Combined-Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第五十六旅}}
- {{ill|62nd Heavy Combined-Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第六十二旅}}
- {{ill|149th Heavy Combined-Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第一四九旅}}
- {{ill|182nd Light Combined-Arms Brigade|zh| 中国人民解放军陆军合成第一八二旅}}
- 76th Special Operations Brigade
- 76th Army Aviation Brigade
- 76th Artillery Brigade
- 76th Air Defense Brigade
- 76th Engineering and Chemical Defense Brigade
- 76th Service Support Brigade
References
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