Unit Name: | 76th Group Army |
Native Name: | 第七十六集团军 |
Type: | Group army |
Dates: | 1949–present |
Command Structure: | Western Theater Command |
Garrison: | Xining, Qinghai |
Battles: | Long March Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War |
Current Commander: | empty |
Commander2: | Major General Yuan Honggang |
Commander2 Label: | Political Commissar |
Notable Commanders: | Peng Xuefeng Wei Guoqing Zhang Zhen |
Identification Symbol Label: | NATO Map Symbol |
The 76th Group Army, 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]
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.