1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division (People's Republic of China)
| 1st Division (1949–55) 1st Infantry Division (1955–60) 1st Army Division (1960–85) 1st Infantry Division (1985–2000) 1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division (from 2000) |
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| Active | 1949.2 - Present |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Branch | People's Liberation Army, People's Volunteer Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Amphibious Mechanized Infantry |
| Part of | 1st Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Hangzhou, Zhejiang province |
| Engagements | Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Sino-Vietnamese War |
| Decorations | Red Army Division |
The 1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. It is now one of two amphibious divisions of the PLA ground forces facing Taiwan.
The 1st Division (Chinese: 第1师) was created on February 1949 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 386th Brigade, 1st Column of the PLA Northwest Field Army. Its history can be traced to the 2nd Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, formed in July 1930.
The division is part of 1st Corps (now 1st Army). Under the flag of 1st division it took part in the Chinese Civil War. In 1952 it absorbed the 3rd Division from the same Corps.
By then the division was composed of:
In February 1953 the division entered Korea to took part in Korean War under the command of the Corps. Since then it became a part of the People's Volunteer Army until 1958.
In 1955 it renamed as 1st Infantry Division (Chinese: 步兵第1师).
In 1958 it moved to Kaifeng, Henan province with the Corps HQ.
In 1960 it renamed as 1st Army Division (Chinese: 陆军第1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. the division was shortly moved to Fujian province for an emergency alert deployment with the Corps HQ.
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