Talk:Group army (military unit)

The Group Army or Army Group is a Terrible Translation Mistake
The word "" in Simplified Chinese refers to Combined Arms Armies of the Soviet Army like 6th Army (Soviet Union), or Armies of the US Army or other nations like 6th Army (Wehrmacht). So the ' of PLA should also be translated as Armies' instead of Group Armies or Army Groups''.

During its formation in 1985, PLA "s" might be composed of 5 or even 6 divisions, as big as a Soviet Army combined arms army. Then they get smaller and smaller with the downsizing of PLA ground forces.

The word "集团军" in Chinese means "a group("集团") of Corps("军")", as Armies that day were composed of several Corps.

The word "" in Simplified Chinese refers to Corps, like V Corps (United States). The "s" before 1985 are actually Army Corps stead of Armies. In 1985 all remaining Army Corps are converted and renamed as Armies, so the Relationship between Army Corps and Armies in PLA is as same as that in Soviet Army after 1957.

There were real Army Groups in the history of PLA ground force, as. It is a military formation composing of three or more corps, and under the command of Field Army.

So MY SUGGESTION is just forget about all those silly translations, and:


 * Use Field Army for "";
 * Use Army Group for "";
 * Use Army for "";
 * Use Army Corps for "";
 * Use Corps for "";

regards, Nikolai Ezhov 13:21, 19 August 2016 (UTC)~

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Restructuring of Corps in 2017
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