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may be known by its TUD, '22nd Air
Regiment', or by its MUCD, 'Unit 95183'. The unit's TUD is used by members of the regiment, in common discourse, and among defense analysts, while the MUCD is used on stationery letterheads, newspapers, banners, magazine articles, and signs at the entrance to
127:, MUCDs were originally four-digit numbers until 1975 when, as part of Deng Xiaoping's counter-Maoist military reforms, the five-digit system presently used was introduced. Changing under further military reforms in 1987, the PLA saw the reconsolidation of eleven
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Some units, namely those conducting sensitive and secretive operations like those of the Third
Department (Operations) of the Joint Staff Department, may only be known by their MUCD as their TUD has not been discovered. Popular examples include
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While blocks of MUCDs are apportioned to commands, those commands decide how MUCDs are internally assigned without regulation from the
Central Military Commission leading to variance in numbering patterns below the command.
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Information Warfare and Cyber Operations
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that included the transition from military regions to
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288:People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
91:An example, a bomber aircraft regiment in the
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54:) is a unique five-digit number used by the
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147:(PLARF), and the establishment of the
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145:People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
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133:massive reorganization of the PLA
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574:"The PLA as an Organization 2.0"
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524:Unit Identification Code
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357:Southern Theater Command
194:General staff Department
56:People's Liberation Army
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467:Central Theater Command
454:Beijing Military Region
419:Lanzhou Military Region
412:Chengdu Military Region
404:Kunming Military Region
395:Western Theater Command
379:Chengdu Military Region
334:Nanjing Military Region
327:Fuzhou Military Region
319:Eastern Theater Command
303:Nanjing Military Region
149:Strategic Support Force
547:Imperial Japanese Army
365:Wuhan Military Region
274:Second Artillery Corps
190:Joint staff Department
153:Joint Staff Department
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100:military facilities.
530:Military Unit Number
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64:true unit designator
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553:References
181:2000–2016
178:1985–2000
175:1975–1985
137:Xi Jinping
110:Unit 61486
106:Unit 61398
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237:Disbanded
219:Disbanded
701:24 April
543:Tsūshōgō
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116:History
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