196th

196th may refer to:


 * 196th (2/1st Highland Light Infantry) Brigade, Territorial Force division of the British Army during the First World War
 * 196th Battalion (Western Universities), CEF, unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War
 * 196th Division (People's Republic of China), military formation of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army
 * 196th Infantry Brigade (United States) ("Chargers"), part of the United States Army Reserve's 98th Division
 * 196th Infantry Regiment (United States), infantry regiment of the United States Army National Guard
 * 196th Ohio Infantry (or 196th OVI), infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War
 * 196th Reconnaissance Squadron (196 RS), unit of the 163d Reconnaissance Wing of the California Air National Guard
 * 196th Street (Manhattan)
 * Pennsylvania's 196th Representative District