42nd Army (People's Republic Of China)
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The 75th Group Army (),
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31663, formerly the 41st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese
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(PLAGF). The 75th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the
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, and one of two assigned to the nation's
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Organization


Pre-2017

*121st Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade () *122nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade () *123th Mechanzied Infantry Division () *15th Armored Brigade () *Artillery Brigade () *Air-Defense Brigade () *Army Aviation Regiment () *Boat Regiment () *Chemical-Defense Regiment () *Engineer Regiment ()


Post-2017

* 31st Heavy Combined Arms Brigade () (equipped with Type 96A tanks, ZBD-04 IFVs) * 32nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade () * () * () * () - Stationed in
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, equipped with
ZBL-08 The Type 08 ( zh, c=08式轮式装甲车族 , p=Líng bā Shì lúnshì zhuāngjiǎchē zú, l=Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle family) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese family of modern eight-wheel drive, eight-wheeled, amphibious vehicle, ...
and ZTL-11 * () - Stationed in Guigang, equipped with ZTQ-15 and ZBD-86A *121st Air Assault Brigade () * () *75th Artillery Brigade () *75th Air-Defense Brigade ()(equipped with Tor-M1 and type 09 anti air system) *75th Engineer and Chemical-Defense Brigade () *75th Sustainment Brigade ()


References


Further reading

*Dennis J. Blasko. "PLA Ground Forces: Moving Toward a Smaller, More Rapidly Deployable, Modern Combined Arms Force" The People's Liberation Army as Organization: Reference Volume v1.0, James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N. D. Yang eds. (Santa Monico: RAND; 2002) {{Corps and Armies of the People's Liberation Army Field armies of the People's Liberation Army Military units and formations disestablished in 2017 Military of Liuzhou Guangzhou Military Region