The 127th Combined Arms Brigade is the primary maneuver element of the 82nd Group Army in the
Central Theater Command
The Central Theater Command () is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region.
The International I ...
of the
Chinese People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...
and is its sole infantry division as of present.
The 127th Combined Arms Brigade is one of the most famous and best-equipped PLA formations. Its three main regiments, the 371st, 379th, and 380th, are all Red Army Infantry Regiments. The 379th regiment is the famed Ye Ting independent regiment, a nationalist armored train unit that was once commanded by Dr Sun Yat-Sen, with Zhou Enlai as its political commissar during the 1911
Xinhai Revolution
The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The revolution was the culmination of a ...
. The "Iron Army" title was an honor for its Armored Train roots. The 379th is also the regiment who formed the basis of the forces that fought KMT allies in the victory in the 1935
Battle of Luding Bridge
The Battle of Luding Bridge () of 1935 was a controversial crossing of the Luding Bridge by the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Army during the Long March. The bridge, situated over the Dadu River in Luding ...
.
See also
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Republic of China Marine Corps
The Republic of China Marine Corps (ROCMC; ), also known colloquially as the Taiwan Marine Corps, is the amphibious arm of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) responsible for amphibious combat, counter-landing and reinforcement of the areas under th ...
, where the 77th Marine Brigade and the 99th Marine Brigade also claims legacy to the NRA Fourth Army with the nicknames "Iron Vanguard" () and "Iron Army/Iron Force" () respectively.
References
External links
* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/127mid.htm
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Infantry divisions of the People's Volunteer Army
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Red Army Divisions of the People's Liberation Army