The 83rd Group Army (), formerly the 54th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 83rd Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the

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, and one of three assigned to the nation's

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History

130th Division took part with the army in the

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. In 1959, it participated in Tibet insurgency operations. It participated in the

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. In 1979, it participated in the

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along the Western battle line. At that time the 127th division commander was Zhang Wannian, later the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. The 127th division captured the town of Lang Son, defeating the Vietnamese army main force. In 1985, the 54th Army reorganized into one of the People's Liberation Army's three rapid response (strategic reserve) armies (the other two being the 38th Army and the 39th Army), which belongs to the forces. Troops from the army were deployed into Beijing in June 1989 and participated in the anti-protester clearance operations. In February 2016, the seven military regions were reorganised into five theater commands, as part of the

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, 54th Army belongs to

. In 2017, in an adjustment and establishment of military units, the 83rd Army was reorganized based on the 54th Army.

Organization

In 1985, the 127th Division transferred into the army. The 161st Division was reorganised as an artillery brigade. After 1998, the 127th Infantry Division was converted to a light mechanized infantry division, and the 160th infantry division reorganised as a motorized brigade. In 2009, the 162nd Infantry Division converted to a mechanized wheeled infantry division, using 8x8 wheeled vehicles. The army comprises: *127th Light Mechanized Infantry Division *Light Mechanized Infantry Division *160th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (99G main battle tank, 04A type infantry fighting vehicle) * 11th Armored Brigade *Artillery brigade (PHL03 300 mm long-range rockets, HJ9 self-anti-tank missiles) *Air defense brigade Today it includes the 162nd Motorized Infantry Division, the 127th Lt Mech Infantry Division, the 11th Armored Division (Xinyang, Henan), an artillery brigade, the 1st Air Defense Brigade, and the 1st Army Aviation Regiment.Blasko 2013, 95. The former 160th Infantry Brigade appears to have been deactivated in 2003.

Commanders

Ding Sheng Ding Sheng may refer to: * Ding Sheng (general) (1913–1999), Chinese general and Governor of Guangdong * Ding Sheng (director) (born 1970), Chinese director {{Hndis ...

(1952.10-1955.12) * Ouyang Jiaxiang (1955.12-1957.09) *Ding Sheng (1957.09-1964.09) *

Wei Tongtai Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...

(1964.09-1969.06) *

Han Huaizhi Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese ...

(1969.06-1980.05) * Li Jiulong (1980.05-1985.06) *

Zhu Chao Zhu or ZHU may refer to: *Zhu (surname), common Chinese surnames *Zhu River, or Pearl River, in southern China *Zhu (state), ancient Chinese state, later renamed Zou * House of Zhu, the ruling house of the Ming dynasty in Chinese history *Zhu (str ...

(1985.08-1990.06) *

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(1990.06-1993.12) *

Zhang Xianglin Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ...

(1993.12-1998.12) * Huang Hanbiao (1998.12-2006.08) *

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(2006.08-2009.02) * Rong Guiqing (2009.02-2014.12) * Shi Zhenglu (2014.12-2017.04) *

Xie Zenggang Xie or Hsieh may refer to: Xie People * Xie of Xia (), legendary king of the Xia Dynasty * Xie of Shang (契), legendary nobleman * Xie, Marquis of Jin (; th century BC), ruler of the State of Jin * King Xie of Zhou (; BC) * Alexandra Kitchin (1 ...

References

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