Military unit
34th Corps or officially the Army Corps 34 (Vietnamese : Quân đoàn 34 ) is one of the two regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). It was formed in December 2024 as a merger of the 3rd and 4th Corps . The corps is stationed in Pleiku , Gia Lai .
History
On 13 September 2024, the plan to merge the 3rd and 4th Corps to form the 34th Corps was announced in the 3rd Corps Emulation Congress.[ 1] 3rd and 4th Corps was disbanded on 7 December 2024 to form the 34th Corps.[ 2]
Organisation
Units of the 3rd Corps and the 4th Corps was merged to form the 34th Corps:
Headquarters
Department of Staff
Department of Politics
Department of Logistics - Technicals
827th Transportation Regiment
789th Logistics - Technicals Warehouse
Combat forces
9th Division [ 3]
1st Infantry Regiment
2nd Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment
14th Artillery Battalion
16th Air Defense Battalion
17th Engineer Battalion
24th Medical Battalion[ 4]
10th Division[ 5] [ 6]
24th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
4th Artillery Regiment (2S1 SPHs, BM-14MM MLRS)[ 7]
16th Air Defense Battalion
17th Engineer Battalion
18th Signals Battalion
31st Division[ 8]
866th Infantry Regiment
922nd Infantry Regiment
977th Infantry Regiment
320th Division [ 9]
48th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (T-54/T-55 , BMP-1 )[ 10] [ 11]
52nd Infantry Regiment
64th Infantry Regiment
20th Reconnaissance Company
71st Air Defense Brigade[ 12]
234th Air Defense Brigade[ 14]
1st Air Defense Battalion (Type 65 )
3rd Air Defense Battalion (Type 65 )
19D32 Observation Post
273rd Tank Brigade (T-54/T-55 tanks)[ 15]
40th Artillery Brigade[ 16]
1st Artillery Battalion (M-46 field guns)
2nd Artillery Battalion (M101 howitzers)
3rd Artillery Battalion (BM-21 MLRS)[ 17]
434th Artillery Brigade[ 18]
198th Commando Brigade
29th Signals Regiment[ 19]
7th Engineer Brigade
Commanders
Time
Commander
Notes
2023–present
Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Bá Lực
References
General Services & Arms Military regions
Army corps
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