The 52nd Army Division () was activated in May 1965 from the Tibet Unit 419 ().
The division was composed of:
*154th Infantry Regiment;
*155th Infantry Regiment;
*156th Infantry Regiment;
*309th Artillery Regiment.
In August 1969, the division swapped its designations and positions with the
149th Army Division from the
50th Army Corps, and became the 149th Army Division ()(2nd Formation). All its regiments were re-designated as the 445th, 446th and 447th Infantry Regiments. Its 309th Artillery Regiment was renamed as Artillery Regiment, 149th Army Division.
The division then stationed in
Leshan,
Sichuan province and attached to the
50th Army Corps.
From February to March 1979 the division took part in the
Sino-Vietnamese War. During the war the division inflicted heavy losses to the confronting
PAVN 316A Division, eliminating a total of 2338 Vietnamese combatants.
In 1985 the division was renamed as the 149th Motorized Infantry Division () as a ''southern motorized infantry division''. The division attached to
13th Army Thirteenth Army or 13th Army may refer to:
*Thirteenth Army (Japan)
*Japanese Thirteenth Area Army
*13th Army (Russian Empire), unit in World War I
*13th Army (RSFSR), a unit in the Russian Civil War
*13th Army (Soviet Union)
*13th Air Army
The 76 ...
following 50th Army Corps' disbandment.
By then the division was composed of:
*445th Infantry Regiment;
*446th Infantry Regiment;
*447th Infantry Regiment;
*Artillery Regiment;
*Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (former AAA Regiment, 50th Army Corps).
In 1989 the division took part in the
forced martial law in Lhasa.
In 1998 the 447th Infantry Regiment merged with the Mechanized Infantry Regiment,
3rd Tank Division as the Armored Regiment, 149th Motorized Infantry Division. Since then the division was composed of:
*445th Infantry Regiment;
*446th Infantry Regiment;
*Armored Regiment;
*Artillery Regiment;
*Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
In April 2017 the division was split into two brigades: the 149th Medium Combined Arms Brigade () and the 150th Light Combined Arms Brigade ().
References
*中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
{{Structure of People's Liberation Army Ground Force since 2017
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Military units and formations established in 1965