78th Group Army

78th Group Army
第七十八集团军
Active1949–present
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch People's Liberation Army Ground Force
TypeGroup army
Part ofNorthern Theater Command
Garrison/HQChina Harbin, Heilongjiang
EngagementsWorld War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Zhang Fan
Political CommissarMajor General Zhang Xiao
Notable
commanders
Yang Dezhi
Yang Yong
Su Zhenhua
Insignia
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The 78th Group Army (Chinese: 第七十八集团军; pinyin: Dì Qīshíbā Jítuánjūn), Unit 31669, formerly the 16th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th 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 three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.[1]

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

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