56th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China)
| 29th Division (1949–54) 29th Infantry Division (1954–60) 29th Army Division (1960–69) 49th Army Division (1969–76) 56th Army Division (1976–85) 56th Infantry Division (1985–1998) 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade (1998-) |
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| Active | 1949.2 - Present |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Branch | People's Liberation Army, People's Volunteer Army |
| Type | Brigade |
| Role | Motorized Infantry |
| Part of | 47th Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Wuwei, Gansu province |
| Engagements | Chinese Civil War, Korean War |
The 29th Division, now as 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. It is now one of four mobile brigades of PLA 47th Army. It is the unit that experienced the most times of unit transferring in PLA ground force.
The 29th Division(Chinese: 第29师) was created In 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 6th Brigade, 2nd Column of PLA Zhongyuan Field Army. Its history could be traced to 1st Regiment of Eastern Forward Column, 129th Division of Eighth Route Army, formed in December 1937.
The division is part of 10th Corps. Under the flag of 29th division it took part in several major battles in the Chinese civil war.
In January 1951 the division was transferred to 15th Corps and entered Korea as a part of People's Volunteer Army. The division took part in the Fifth Phase Offensive in 1951 and the Battle of Triangle Hill in 1952 during its deployment in Korea and allegedly inflicted 17714 casualties to UN Forces. A soldier from 29th Division, Qiu Shaoyun, was posthumously honored as a "First-Class Hero of the Chinese People's Volunteers Army" as he adhered to ambush discipline in order to veil the position of the platoon and burned to death by napalm bombs.
In May 1954 the division returned from Korea with the Corps HQ and renamed as 29th Infantry Division(Chinese: 步兵第29师) of the National Defense Force. The division stationed at Huayuan, Hubei province.
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