Unit Name: | Reserve Division of Fuxin (1983-85) Reserve Garrison Division of Fuxin (1985-88) Reserve Infantry Division of Fuxin (1988-98) |
Dates: | 1983.12 - 1998.12 |
Country: | People's Republic of China |
Branch: | People's Liberation Army |
Role: | Infantry |
Size: | Division |
Command Structure: | Liaoning Provincial Military District |
Garrison: | Fuxin, Liaoning |
The Reserve Division of Fuxin was activated in December 1983 in Fuxin, Liaoning.[1] The division was then composed of:
In November 1985 it was redesignated as the Reserve Garrison Division of Fuxin.
The division was composed of 9,026 personnel. Apart from small arms, the division possessed 4 85 mm guns, 4 100 mm mortars, 4 122 mm howitzers, 4 107 mm MRLs, 4 twin-37 mm AAA guns, 4 14.5 mm AAMGs, and 11 tractor vehicles. While organized with a tank regiment, the division virtually had no tanks. [4]
In late 1986, the 2nd Garrison Regiment was reconfigured as the Engineer Battalion, Reserve Garrison Division of Fuxin.[5]
On March 18, 1988, the division was further redesignated as the Reserve Infantry Division of Fuxin. The division was then composed of:
On December 1, 1998, the division was merged into the 192nd Infantry Division as the 192nd Reserve Infantry Division of Liaoning Provincial Military District.[6]