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|current_commander=Xu Linping
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The '''65th Group Army''' is a military formation of China's [[People's Liberation Army]] and one of three active group armies belonging to the [[Beijing Military Region]]. It is based in [[Zhangjiakou]], [[Hebei]] and is composed of the 193rd Division, an artillery division, an armored brigade, two motorized infantry brigades, and an anti-aircraft artillery brigade. Its unit ID number is 66455.
== History ==
The 65th Group Army traces its lineage to its original incarnation, the 5th Column of the North China Field Army established sometime around 1946. It was initially composed of three brigades, the 13th, 14th, and 15th. In 1949 the unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 65th Corps under the command of Hsiao Ying-t'ang. In 1949 the 65th Corps was composed of the [[193rd Division (People's Republic of China|193rd]], [[194th Division (People's Republic of China)|194th]] and [[195th Division (People's Republic of China)|195th
The 65th was deployed to Korea in 1951. Following the Korean War the 65th Corps was redeployed to [[Hebei]] in 1953.
In 2002, the
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