149th Motorized Infantry Division (People's Republic of China)


The 52nd Army Division was activated in May 1965 from the Tibet Unit 419.
The division was composed of:
In August 1969, the division swapped its designations and positions with the 149th Army Division from the 50th Army Corps, and became the 149th Army Division. All its regiments were re-designated as the 445th, 446th and 447th Infantry Regiments. Its 309th Artillery Regiment was renamed as Artillery Regiment, 149th Army Division.
The division then stationed in Leshan, Sichuan province and attached to the 50th Army Corps.
From February to March 1979 the division took part in the Sino-Vietnamese War. During the war the division inflicted heavy losses to the confronting PAVN 316A Division, eliminating a total of 2338 Vietnamese combatants.
In 1985 the division was renamed as the 149th Motorized Infantry Division as a southern motorized infantry division. The division attached to 13th Army following 50th Army Corps' disbandment.
By then the division was composed of:
In 1989 the division took part in the forced martial law in Lhasa.
In 1998 the 447th Infantry Regiment merged with the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, 3rd Tank Division as the Armored Regiment, 149th Motorized Infantry Division. Since then the division was composed of:
In April 2017 the division was split into two brigades: the 149th Medium Combined Arms Brigade and the 150th Light Combined Arms Brigade.