47th Group Army explained

Unit Name:People's Liberation Army 47th Group Army
Dates:1948 - 2017
Branch:139th Mechanised Infantry Brigade
55th Motorised Infantry Brigade
56th Motorised Infantry Brigade
9th Armoured Brigade
1st Artillery Brigade
Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Command Structure:Lanzhou Military Region
Garrison: Shaanxi Xi'an Lintong District
March:Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army
Battles:Long March
Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Sino-Vietnamese War
Notable Commanders:Peng Dehuai
Xiao Ke
Wang Zhen
Liang Xingchu
Guo Boxiong
Chang Wanquan

The 47th Group Army was a group army (corps-sized formation) of the People's Liberation Army It was stationed at Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi as part of the Lanzhou Military Region.[1] It was disbanded in 2016-17, during the Chinese military reforms which had begun two years earlier.

The 160th Division was created in March 1949 basing on the 1st Training Division of Northeastern Military Region. The division became a part of 47th Corps. In August 1949 the division was disbanded.

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Commanders

Political commissars

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20181027092404/http://www.xblb.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=4319 陆军第47集团军历史沿革