21st Group Army

The 21st Group Army is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, originally formed in 1949.

It served during the Korean War when it comprised the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Divisions.

Today it is based in the Lanzhou Military Region and comprises, according to Dennis Blasko:

• 21st Group Army, Baoji, Shaanxi^[1]
  • 61st Motorised Infantry Division (“Red Army Division”), Tianshui, Gansu
  • 12th Armoured Brigade, Jiuquan, Gansu
  • Artillery Brigade (Blasko 2013 now lists Yinchuan, Ningxia)
  • Air Defence Brigade (Blasko lists only Gansu; other sources say Linxia, Gansu)
  • 'Tiger' Special Operations Dadui (Blasko 2013 lists a location)

References

1. ↑ Blasko, Tradition and Transformation in the People's Liberation Army, 2013, 93

People's Liberation Army Corps and Armies
Field Armies - Chinese: 野战军(1949-50)	Northwestern First Zhongyuan - Second Huazhong - Huadong - Third Northeastern Fourth
"Army Groups" - "bingtuan" Chinese: 兵团(1948-55)	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 13th 14th 15th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd
Corps - Chinese: 军(1948-60) Army Corps - Chinese: 陆军军(1960-85)	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 58th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th
Armies - Chinese: 陆军集团军(1985-2017)	1st 12th 13th 14th 16th 20th 21st 23rd 24th 26th 27th 28th 31st 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 47th 54th 63rd 64th 65th 67th
Armies - Chinese: 陆军集团军(2017-)	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd
Air Force Corps - Chinese: 空军军(1957-)	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 15th Airborne
Air Defense Force Corps - Chinese: 防空军军(1956-57)	1st