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179th Light Combined Arms Brigade

military unit, now in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
Organization pla_unit Q11600324
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Summary

179th Light Combined Arms Brigade is a PLA unit[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nanjing[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Military branch: People's Liberation Army Ground Force[5]
  • Location: People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command[6]
  • Inception: February 1949[7], 1937[8]
  • Parent organization or unit: 71st Group Army[9], 72nd Group Army[10]
  • Military size designation: Q141580696[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · S41pdrc4od · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Nanjing
    Wikidata description → military unit, now in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
    Openstreetmap way id → 538864343
    Inception → +1949-02-00T00:00:00Z, +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Inception: February 1949"
  2. 12d ago · S41pdrc4od · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'ja', 'zh']
    Wikipedia title → 179th Motorized Infantry Brigade
    Sitelink count → 3
    Location → People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing Military Region
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Location: People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command"
  3. 25d ago · S41pdrc4od · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 14321882
    Instance of → PLA unit
    Parent organization or unit → 71st Group Army, 72nd Group Army
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120w8df2
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: PLA unit"
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