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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

Aviation divisions

Engineering divisions

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "People's Liberation Army". fas.org. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Dennis J. Blasko. "PLA Ground Forces: Moving Toward a Smaller, More Rapidly Deployable, Modern Combined Arms Force" The People's Liberation Army as Organization: Reference Volume v1.0, James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N. D. Yang eds. (Santa Monico: RAND; 2002)
  3. ^ a b c Jane's Sentinel, p. 91
  4. ^ a b c Hu & Ma 1987, p. 36.
  5. ^ Zhang 1995, p. 152.
  6. ^ PLA Order of Battle, Disbanded Divisions Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b Blasko, 2006, 76
  8. ^ a b Guang 2007, p. 93.
  9. ^ Zhang 1995, p. 94.
  10. ^ Ryan, Finkelstein & McDevitt 2003, p. 101
  11. ^ "People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army Air Force".
  12. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 7.
  13. ^ Appleman 1989, p. 45.
  14. ^ Blasko 2006, 76
  15. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 39.
  16. ^ Chinese Military Science Academy 2000a, p. 318
  17. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 8.
  18. ^ a b Zhang 1995, p. 270.
  19. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 26.
  20. ^ Xinhui, I was asked to write something on the 2nd Armored Division Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 2012
  21. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 131.
  22. ^ IISS Military Balance 2012, 234.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hu & Ma 1987, pp. 187–190, 196–197.
  24. ^ Hu & Ma 1987, p. 130.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Hu & Ma 1987, p. 185.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Zhang 2004, p. 215.
  27. ^ RAND 2002, 449.
  28. ^ a b c d e f RAND 2002, 450.
  29. ^ Zhang 2004, p. 225.
  30. ^ 空军航空兵第14师. "空军航空兵第14师_互动百科". www.baike.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) [user-generated source]
  31. ^ a b c d e Zhang 2004, p. 216.
  32. ^ a b "Orbats - Scramble". www.scramble.nl. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  33. ^ 张积慧 (Zhang Jihui) (in Chinese), Rongcheng, China: Rongcheng People's Government, archived from the original on July 7, 2011, retrieved July 12, 2010

Sources

  • Appleman, Roy (1989), Disaster in Korea: The Chinese Confront MacArthur, vol. 11, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 978-1-60344-128-5
  • Blasko, Dennis J. (2006). The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-77003-3. xvii, 228 pp.
  • Chinese Military Science Academy (2000a), 《抗美援朝战争史》 [History of War to Resist America and Aid Korea] (in Chinese (China)), vol. Volume II, Beijing: Chinese Military Science Academy Publishing House, ISBN 7-80137-392-8 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Guang, Ting (光亭) (2007), Dong, Min Jie (董旻杰) (ed.), 《冰血长津湖》 [Ice and Blood, Changjin Lake], Der Strum (突击) Magazine Korean War Special Issue (in Chinese (China)) (1st ed.), Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: Inner Mongolian People's Publishing House (内蒙古人民出版社), ISBN 7-204-081668
  • Hu, Guang Zheng (胡光正); Ma, Shan Ying (马善营) (1987), 《中国人民志愿军序列》 [Chinese People's Volunteer Army Order of Battle] (in Chinese (China)), Beijing: Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House, OCLC 298945765
  • Ryan, Mark A.; Finkelstein, David M.; McDevitt, Michael A. (2003), Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, ISBN 0-7656-1087-6
  • Zhang, Shu Guang (1995), Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950–1953, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-0723-4
  • Zhang, Xiao Ming (2004), Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 1-58544-201-1
  • Jane's Sentinel, China/North East Asia, June–Dec 2000.

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