List of divisions of the People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China has had many divisions since it was officially established in 1949.

Infantry divisions

Armored divisions

The IISS Military Balance 2012 listed nine armoured divisions as part of the People's Liberation Army.[22]

Artillery divisions
  • 1st Artillery Division[23]
  • 2nd Artillery Division[23]
  • 3rd Artillery Division[23]
  • 7th Artillery Division[23]
  • 8th Artillery Division[23]
  • 9th Artillery Division (1st Group Army)
  • 21st Rocket Artillery Division[23]
  • 22nd Rocket Artillery Division[23]
  • 31st Anti-Tank Artillery Division[24]
  • 33rd Anti-Tank Artillery Division[23]
  • 61st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[23]
  • 62nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[25]
  • 63rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[25]
  • 64th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[25]
  • 65th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[25]
  • 70th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
  • 102nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division[25]

Aviation divisions
  • 1st Fighter Division - stationed at Anshan, Liaoning
  • 2nd Fighter Division - stationed at Suixi, Guangdong[26]
  • 3rd Fighter Division - stationed at Wuhu, Anhui[26]
  • 4th Aviation Division - division disbanded as a fighter formation in 2003, with 10th Regiment going to 30th Division as 89th Regiment. It was re-established as a transport division at Qionglai Air Base in 2004.[27]
  • 5th Aviation Division[26] Seemingly disbanded between 2014 and 2017.
  • 6th Fighter Division - stationed at Yinchuan, Ningxia[26]
  • 7th Fighter Division - established December 1950 flying fighters, at Dongfeng, Jilin.[28] - stationed at Datong, Shanxi[26]
  • 8th Aviation Division[26] - established in December 1950 flying bombers at Siping, Jilin.[29] Originally had 22nd and 24th Regiments. Scramble.nl, accessed mid 2015, indicates there are at least six regiments of H-6 bombers. All three regiments of the division fly the aircraft - the 22nd, 23rd (former 143rd Regt/48th Div), and 24th. On November 11, 1965, Li Xianbin (T:李顯斌, S:李显斌), a PLAAF Ilyushin Il-28 captain of the division flew his bomber numbered 0195 from Jianqiao (T:筧橋, S:笕桥) air base in Hangzhou to Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Taoyuan City), and this became the first fully operational Il-28 in western hands. The radio operator / tail gunner Lian Baosheng (廉保生) was found dead at the scene and the navigator Li Caiwang (李才旺) was captured alive after a suicide attempt. Both survivors were honored and rewarded with positions in the Republic of China Air Force.
  • 9th Aviation Division - established in December 1950 as a fighter division at Jilin, Jilin.[29] Transferred to PLA Naval Aviation as 5th Naval Aviation Division in September 1955; reestablished at Ganzhou in March 1956. Stationed at Foshan, Guangdong[26]
  • 10th Aviation Division - established at Nanjing, Jiangsu in January 1951 as a bomber-flying division.[29] In the Eastern Theatre Command.
  • 11th Aviation Division - established in February 1951 as a ground-attack formation in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.[29] Long part of the Shenyang Military Region. Stationed at Siping, Jilin[26]
  • 12th Fighter Division - established in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang in December 1950 as a fighter unit.[29] Stationed at Yantai, Shandong[26]
  • 13th Aviation Division - stationed at Wuhan, Hubei[26]
  • 14th Fighter Division - formed February 1951 at Beijing Nanyuan Airport[29] from elements of the disbanding 95th Division. Stationed at Nanchang, Jiangxi.[26] The division fought in Korea, as a mixed MiG-9/MiG-15 fighter unit.[26] Started its second combat tour in April 1953 and ceased combat in July 1953.[30] It appears that in September 1992 the 146th Regiment of the disbanding 49th Air Division may have become the 42nd Regiment.
  • 15th Fighter Division[26] absorbed the 41st Division in 1985.[31]
  • 16th Aviation Division[32] Originally established as 19th Inf Div. In August 1988, the division became the Shenyang Military Region Air Force Aviation Training Base, and the regiments were successively changed to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of that Base.[33]
  • 17th Aviation Division;[32] on 26 October 1988 the division was reorganized into the Beijing MR Training Base.
  • 18th Aviation Division (People's Republic of China) - stationed at Nanning, Guangxi[32]
  • 19th Aviation Division (People's Republic of China) - stationed at Zhengzhou, Henan[32] The 57th Regiment, 19th Air Division, at Lianyungang, was re-established from 2nd Regiment, Jinan MR Training Base, in 2010 with J11 after it had been previously disbanded in 1988.[27] However it became a regiment of the reformed 32nd Division in 2012.
  • 20th Aviation Division (People's Republic of China)
  • 21st Aviation Division (People's Republic of China) - stationed at Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang;[32] absorbed 39th Aviation Division in 1998.
  • 22nd Aviation Division - transferred to Shenyang MRAF 1985; disbanded in September 1992. Merged into the 11th Aviation Division; 33rd Aviation Regiment disbanded; 65th and 66th Regiments became "Kong 32 and 33" regiments of the 11th Aviation Division.[34]
  • 23rd Aviation Division (People's Republic of China) - division disbanded on August 27, 1985, along with its 67th and 69th Regiments.[35]
  • 24th Fighter Division - stationed at Tianjin.
  • 28th Aviation Division - stationed at Hangzhou, Zhejiang[36]
  • 29th Fighter Division - stationed at Hangzhou, Zhejiang
  • 30th Fighter Division - stationed at Dandong, Liaoning
  • 31st Aviation Division - formed May 1960 in the Jinan Military Region.[37]
  • 32nd Aviation Division In 2012 the 57th Regiment, 19th Division got subordinated to the re-formed 32nd Division as 95th Regiment.[27]
  • 33rd Fighter Division - stationed at Chongqing
  • 34th Transport Division - stationed in Beijing
  • 36th Fighter Division - stationed at Xi'an, Shaanxi
  • 37th Fighter Division - established August 1966,[38] stationed at Ürümqi, Xinjiang
  • 38th Aviation Division - established June 1967.[38]
  • 39th Aviation Division - established June 1967;[38] absorbed into 21st Aviation Division and disbanded 1998.[39]
  • 40th Aviation Division - established July 1969.[38]
  • 41st Aviation Division - established in July-August 1969 in Inner Mongolia, seemingly from training units. Disbanded on November 17, 1985, with the 121st Regiment becoming the 44th Regiment in another division, and the 122nd and 123rd Regiments disbanding.[40]
  • 47th Aviation Division - merged with 6th Aviation Division, no longer active.[41]
  • 48th Aviation Division - established April 1971[38]
  • 49th Aviation Division - established April 1971[38]
  • 50th Aviation Division - established April 1971;[38] merged with 8th Aviation Division in 1985.[42] in August 1985, the 149th Regiment of this division was reassigned to the 8th Aviation Division.[27]

Engineering divisions

See also

References

Citations
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