112th Division (People's Republic of China)

112th Division (1948-53) 112th Infantry Division (1953-60) 112th Army Division (1960-85) 112th Mechanized Infantry Division (1985-)
Active	1948.11 –
Country	China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type	Mechanized infantry
Part of	38th Army
Garrison/HQ	Gaobeidian, Hebei
Nickname(s)	"Fuck'in-A" division(牛逼师)
Equipment	ZTZ-99A Main Battle Tank, ZBD-04 Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Engagements	Chinese Civil War, Korean War
Battle honours	Red army division

The 112th Mechanized Infantry Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China.

The 112th Division (Chinese: 第112师) was created on November 1948 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, basing on the 1st Division, 1st Column of the Northeastern Field Army. Its history can be traced to 5th Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army taking part in the Pingjiang uprising in 1928.

Under the command of 38th Corps it took part in the Chinese civil war.

Since 1950 it became a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the 38th Corps, consisting of the 334th, 335th, and 336th Regiments.

The 334th Regiment was the first Chinese unit across the Yalu, on October 14, 1950.

In July 1953 it pulled back from Korea and stationed in Shenyang Military Region.

By then the division was composed of:

In 1960 it renamed as 112th Army Division (Chinese: 陆军第112师).

In January 1961 it became one of the first ten combat alert divisions of the army, which made it a "big" division under PLA glossaries, as a fully manned and equipped division.

In 1962 the division was designated as a "Northern" unit, Catalogue A.

In 1966 it moved to Gaobeidian, Hebei province with the Corps HQ.

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