114th Armed Police Mobile Division
| 114th Division (1948-53) 114th Infantry Division (1953-60) 114th Army Division (1960-85) 114th Infantry Division (1985-96) 114th Armed Police Division (1996-2017) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1945-2017 |
| Country |  China |
| Branch | People's Armed Police |
| Type | Gendarmerie |
| Role | Mechanized infantry, Rapid reaction force |
| Part of | 1st Mobile Contingent |
| Garrison/HQ | Dingzhou, Baoding, Hebei |
The People's Republic of China's 114th Division was a division of the People's Armed Police.
History
[edit]Originally the unit was the 111th Division of the North-East Army which fought against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, it was later transferred to the Eighth Route Army's Shandong Military Region, and then again to the North East People's Volunteer Army; the unit was redesignated the 114th on transfer to the 38th Army.
As the 114th, under the 38th Army, the division fought as part 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. At that time it consisted of the 340th, 341st, and 342nd Regiments.[1]
It fought the Turkish Brigade at the Battle of Wawon, November 27–29, 1950, and the ROK 9th Infantry Division (South Korea) at the Battle of White Horse Hill in October 1952.
The formation remained for many years with the 38th Group Army in the Shenyang Military Region, as the 114th Mechanized Infantry Division.[2] In 1996, as part of the reform of the People's Liberation Army in the 1990s the 114th (together with 13 other divisions, and some 500,000 personnel) was transferred to the People's Armed Police (PAP), becoming the 114th Armed Police Division, unit number 8640, stationed in Dingzhou, Baoding.[3][4][5][6]
The 114th was chosen to represent the PAP during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade.
After the 2017 reform, the division was divided into two detachments (regiment-sized): the 5th Mobile Detachment (garrison Dingzhou, Hebei) and the 6th Mobile Detachment (garrison Baoding, Hebei) under the PAP 1st Mobile Contingent.
Units(1996)
[edit]- 340th Armed Police Regiment (People's Armed Police Unit 8641), garrison Mancheng District, Baoding
- 341th Armed Police Regiment (People's Armed Police Unit 8642), garrison Tang County, Baoding
- 342nd Armed Police Regiment (People's Armed Police Unit 8643), garrison Dingzhou, Baoding
- 703rd Armed Police Regiment (People's Armed Police Unit 8644), garrison Wangdu County, Baoding
- 704th Armed Police Regiment (People's Armed Police Unit 8645), garrison Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Appleman, Roy E. "Chapter 39 The Big Question". South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 768. CMH Pub 202-21. Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ PLA Ground Forces Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "组图：武警8640部队参加武警部队国庆安保誓师大会". 人民网. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ^ "北京武警部队奇招硬功应对各种突发事件". 新华网. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ^ "组图：武警8640部队参加武警部队国庆安保誓师大会（2）". 人民网. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ^ "武警8640部队百余名训练标兵受表彰". 人民网. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-08-24.