45th Airborne Division

Chinese military unit

45th Division (1949–54)
45th Infantry Division (1954–60)
45th Army Division (1960–61)
45th Airborne Division (1961–85)
45th Airborne Brigade (1985–1992)
45th Airborne Division (1992–present)

Founded| February 1949
Country|  People's Republic of China
Allegiance|  Chinese Communist Party
Branch| People's Liberation Army Air Force, People's Volunteer Army
Type| Division
Role| Airborne Mechanized Infantry
Part of| 15th Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ| Huangpi, Wuhan, Hubei province
Engagements| Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Sino-Vietnamese War

Military unit

The 45th Division (45 div) (Chinese: 第45师), latterly known as 45th Airborne Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is now one of two mobile divisions of PLA 15th Airborne Corps, and a Rapid Reaction, First Level unit.

The 45 Div 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 1 November 1948, as part of the 27th Brigade, 9th Column of PLA Zhongyuan Field Army, formed in August 1947.

The division was a part of 15th Airborne Corps (15 corps). Under the flag of 45 Div it took part in the Chinese civil war.

In March 1951 the division invaded Korea as a part of the People's Volunteer Army; the division took part in the Fifth Phase Offensive in 1951 and the Battle of Triangle Hill against UN forces.

On 19 October 1952, a soldier from 45 Div, Huang Jiguang, hurled himself against a machine gun slit on the blockhouse after running out of ammunition, blocking enemy fire while sacrificing his life. He was posthumously honoured as a "First-Class Hero of the Chinese People's Volunteers Army".

In May 1954 45 Div returned from Korea with 15 Corps HQ and renamed as 45th Infantry Division'(Chinese: 步兵第45师) of the National Defense Force, stationed at Huangpi, Hubei province.

By mid 1954 the division comprised

45th Infantry Division, 1955 to 1958

* 133rd Infantry Regiment;
* 134th Infantry Regiment;
* 135th Infantry Regiment;
* 45th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment;
* 325th Artillery Regiment.

In May 1958 45th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment was transferred to 29th Infantry Division.

In April 1960 the division was renamed as 45th Army Division(Chinese: 陆军第45师).

On June 1, 1961, the division was converted to an Airborne Division, renaming itself as 45th Airborne Division(Chinese: 空降兵第45师). The division was then transferred to the Air Force along with the now 15th Airborne Corps.By then the division was composed of:

* 133rd Airborne Regiment;
* 134th Airborne Regiment;
* 135th Airborne Regiment;
* 325th Artillery Regiment.

In July 1967, during the Wuhan Incident, 133rd Airborne Regiment, 45th Airborne Division relieved and disarmed the mutinous Independent Division of Hubei Provincial Military District.

In December 1969 its 325th Artillery Regiment was renamed as Artillery Regiment, 45th Airborne Division.

In 1975 and 1983 all airborne divisions were reduced. In 1983 the division's 133rd Regiment was re-organized as a catalogue B training unit.

In May 1985 the division was reduced to 45th Airborne Brigade(Chinese: 空降兵第45旅), which consisted of 3 airborne battalions, 1 artillery battalion, 1 anti-tank battalion and 1 anti-aircraft battalion. The brigade was a training unit from 1985 to 1992.

From May 1985 to June 1986 Reconnaissance Company, 45th Airborne Brigade took part in the Battle of Laoshan as a part of 7th Reconnaissance Group.

In 1992 the brigade was expanded to 45th Airborne Division again. Since then the division was composed of:

* 132nd Airborne Regiment (Artillery, from 44th Brigade);
* 133rd Airborne Regiment;
* 134th Airborne Regiment.

From 2003 the division was converted to an Airborne Mechanized Division, equipping with ZBD-03 AIFVs.

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People's Liberation Army divisions

Air Force Divisions|

| Airborne Divisions|

* 1st
* 43rd
* 44th
* 45th

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Aviation Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th (I)
* 4th (II)
* 4th (III)
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
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* 15th
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* 34th
* 35th
* 36th
* 37th
* 38th
* 39th
* 40th
* 41st
* 42nd
* 43rd
* 44th
* 45th
* 46th
* 47th
* 48th
* 49th
* 50th

Antiaircraft Artillery|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th
* 17th
* 18th
* 19th

Antiaircraft Missile|

* 4th (I/II)
* 5th (I)
* 5th (II/III)
* 6th
* 7th

Artillery Divisions|

| Artillery Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th

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Rocket Artillery|

* 21st
* 22nd

Antitank Artillery|

* 31st
* 32nd
* 33rd
* 34th

Antiaircraft Artillery|

* 61st
* 62nd
* 63rd
* 64th
* 65th
* 66th
* 67th
* 68th
* 69th
* 70th
* 71st
* 72nd
* 73rd
* 74th
* 75th

Cavalry Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd (I)
* 2nd (II)
* 2nd (III)
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th (I)
* 5th (II/III)
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 1st Inner Mongolian
* 2nd Inner Mongolian
* 3rd Inner Mongolian
* 4th Inner Mongolian
* 5th Inner Mongolian

Divisions
/Army Divisions
/Infantry Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd (I)
* 3rd (II)
* 3rd (III)
* 4th
* 5th (I)
* 5th (II)
* 6th (I)
* 6th (II)
* 7th (I)
* 7th (II)
* 8th (I)
* 8th (II)
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th
* 17th
* 18th
* 19th
* 20th (I)
* 20th (II)
* 21st
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* 23rd
* 25th
* 26th
* 27th
* 28th
* 29th
* 30th (I)
* 30th (II)
* 30th (III)
* 31st (I)
* 31st (II)
* 32nd (I)
* 32nd (II)
* 33rd (I)
* 33rd (II)
* 34th
* 35th
* 36th (I)
* 36th (II)
* 37th
* 38th
* 39th
* 40th
* 41st
* 42nd
* 43rd
* 44th
* 45th
* 46th
* 47th
* 48th (I)
* 48th (II)
* 49th (I)
* 49th (II)
* 49th (III)
* 50th (I)
* 50th (II)
* 51st (I)
* 51st (II)
* 52nd (I)
* 52nd (II)
* 52nd (III)
* 53rd (I)
* 53rd (II)
* 54th
* 55th
* 56th
* 57th (I)
* 57th (II)
* 58th
* 59th
* 60th
* 61st
* 62nd
* 63rd
* 64th
* 65th
* 66th (I)
* 66th (II)
* 67th
* 68th (I)
* 68th (II)
* 69th
* 70th (I)
* 70th (II)
* 71st (I)
* 71st (II)
* 72nd
* 73rd (I)
* 73rd (II)
* 74th (I)
* 74th (II)
* 75th
* 76th (I)
* 76th (II)
* 77th
* 78th (I)
* 78th (II)
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* 83rd
* 84th
* 85th (I)
* 85th (II)
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* 86th (II)
* 86th (III)
* 87th (I)
* 87th (II)
* 88th (I)
* 88th (II)
* 89th (I)
* 89th (II)
* 89th (III)
* 90th (I)
* 90th (II)
* 91st
* 92nd
* 93rd
* 94th
* 95th
* 96th
* 97th (I)
* 97th (II)
* 98th (I)
* 98th (II)
* 99th (I)
* 99th (II)
* 100th (I)
* 100th (II)
* 101st (I)
* 101st (II)
* 102nd (I)
* 102nd (II)
* 103rd (I)
* 103rd (II)
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* 123rd
* 124th
* 125th (I)
* 125th (II)
* 126th
* 127th
* 128th
* 129th (I)
* 129th (II)
* 130th
* 131st (I)
* 131st (II)
* 132nd
* 133rd (I)
* 133rd (II)
* 134th
* 135th
* 136th
* 137th
* 138th (I)
* 138th (II)
* 139th
* 140th
* 141st
* 142nd (I)
* 142nd (II)
* 142nd (III)
* 143rd (I)
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* 143rd (III)
* 144th
* 145th (I)
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* 164th (II)
* 164th (III)
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* 165th (II)
* 165th (III)
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* 166th (II)
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* 167th (II)
* 168th
* 169th
* 170th
* 171st
* 172nd
* 173rd
* 174th
* 178th (I)
* 178th (II)
* 179th
* 180th (I)
* 180th (II)
* 181st
* 182nd
* 183rd
* 184th
* 185th
* 186th (I)
* 186th (II)
* 187th
* 188th
* 189th (I/III)
* 189th (II)
* 190th (I/III)
* 190th (II)
* 191st
* 192nd
* 193rd
* 194th
* 195th (I)
* 195th (II)
* 196th
* 197th
* 198th (I)
* 198th (II)
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* 204th
* 205th (I)
* 205th (II)
* 206th (I)
* 206th (II)
* 207th (I)
* 207th (II)
* 207th (III)
* 207th (IV)
* 208th
* 209th (I)
* 209th (II)
* 210th (I)
* 210th (II)
* 211th
* 212th
* 213th
* 214th
* 215th
* 216th
* 217th
* 218th
* 219th
* 220th
* 250th

Tank Divisions
(1949-1998)|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 26th

Armored Divisions
(1998-2017)|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 6th
* 8th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th

Guard Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th

Interior Guard Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd

Public Security Divisions|

* Security Guard
* 1st
* 2nd
* 4th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th (I)
* 11th (II)
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th
* 17th (I)
* 17th (II)
* 18th
* 19th
* 20th
* 21st

Naval Divisions|

| Naval Aviation Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th

|

Marine Divisions|

* 85th

Security Divisions|

* 2nd
* Tianjin

Garrison Divisions
(1956-1969)|

* 1st (I)
* 1st (II)
* 2nd
* 3rd (I)
* 3rd (II)
* 3rd (III)
* 7th
* 8th
* 10th
* 11th
* 13th
* 15th
* 16th
* 17th
* 18th
* 19th
* 20th
* 21st
* 22nd
* 23rd
* 24th
* 25th
* 26th
* 27th
* 32nd
* 33rd
* 34th

Garrison Divisions
(1969-1992)|

| Shenyang MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* Outer Changshan

|

Beijing MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th

Lanzhou MR|

* 1st (I)
* 1st (II)
* 1st (III)
* 2nd
* 3rd

Jinan MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* Inner Changshan

Nanjing MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th

Fuzhou MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Guangzhou MR|

* 1st
* 3rd
* 5th
* 11th
* 12th

Chengdu MR|

* 1st
* 2nd

Urumchi MR|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd

Railway Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th

Engineer Divisions|

* 51st
* 52nd
* 53rd
* 54th
* 201st
* 203rd
* 205th

XPCC Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* Construction Engineer
* 12th
* 13th

Machine-gun
Artillery Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Independent Divisions
of the Provincial
Military Districts|

* 1st Liaoning
* 2nd Liaoning (I)
* 2nd Liaoning (II)
* 1st Jilin
* 2nd Jilin
* 1st Heilongjiang
* 2nd Heilongjiang (I)
* 2nd Heilongjiang (II)
* 1st Hebei
* 2nd Hebei
* Shanxi (I)
* Shanxi (II)
* Inner Mongolia (I)
* Inner Mongolia (II)
* Shaanxi (I)
* Shaanxi (II)
* Gansu (I)
* Gansu (II)
* Ningxia
* Qinghai (I)
* Qinghai (II)
* Xinjiang (I)
* Xinjiang (II)
* 1st Jiangsu (I)
* 1st Jiangsu (II)
* 2nd Jiangsu
* 1st Anhui (I)
* 1st Anhui (II)
* 2nd Anhui
* 1st Zhejiang (I)
* 1st Zhejiang (II)
* 2nd Zhejiang
* 1st Fujian
* 2nd Fujian
* Jiangxi (I)
* Jiangxi (II)
* 1st Henan/Henan (I/III)
* 2nd Henan/Henan (II)
* Hubei
* Hunan (I)
* Hunan (II)
* 1st Guangdong
* 2nd Guangdong
* 1st Guangxi(I)/Guangdong
* Nanning/1st Guangxi (II)
* 2nd Guangxi/Guangxi(I)
* Guangxi (II)
* 1st Sichuan
* 2nd Sichuan
* Guizhou (I)
* Guizhou (II)
* Yunnan (I)
* Yunnan (II)
* 1st Shandong
* 2nd Shandong

PAP Mobile Divisions|

* 2nd
* 7th
* 38th
* 41st
* 63rd
* 81st
* 93rd
* 114th
* 117th
* 120th
* 126th
* 128th
* 181st
* 187th

Air Defense Force
divisions (1955-57)|

| Antiaircraft Artillery|

* 101st
* 102nd
* 103rd
* 104th
* 105th
* 106th
* 107th
* 108th
* 109th
* 110th
* 111th

|

Air Defense|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd

Coastal Defense
Divisions (1992-2017)|

* 2nd
* 12th
* 13th

Reserve Divisions
(1955-1958)|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th

Reserve Divisions
(1983-1999)|

| Antiaircraft
Artillery|

* Daqing
* Shenyang
* Dalian (Navy)
* Xi'an (Air Force)
* Lanzhou

|

Artillery|

* Changchun
* Jining
* Tangshan

Infantry|

* 1st of Beijing
* 2nd of Beijing
* 1st of Tianjin
* 2nd of Tianjin
* Chengde
* Langfang
* Hohhot
* Yanbei
* Xinzhou
* Fuxin
* Benxi
* Baicheng
* Chaoyang
* Kaifeng
* Jinzhou
* Siping
* Yanbian
* Qiqihar
* Nenjiang
* Guyuan
* Daqing
* Dezhou
* Yantai
* Chu County
* Yangzhou
* 1st of Zhejiang
* Shanghai
* 1st of Fujian
* Zhuzhou
* Hainan
* 1st of Guangdong
* Xiangfan
* Liuzhou
* Nanchang
* Da County
* Xingyi
* Duyun
* Xianyang
* Tianshui
* Wuwei
* Pingliang
* Yan'an
* Yulin
* Baoji
* Weinan
* Shihezi

Reserve Divisions
(1999-2021)|

| Antiaircraft
Artillery|

* 1st Liaoning
* 2nd Liaoning
* Heilongjiang
* Beijing
* 1st Tianjin
* Shaanxi
* Gansu
* Shandong
* Henan
* Shanghai
* 1st Jiangsu
* 2nd Jiangsu
* Fujian
* Hubei
* Guangdong
* Chongqing
* Sichuan

|

Artillery|

* Jilin
* Shandong
* 72nd of Hebei

Infantry|

* 192nd of Liaoning
* 47th of Jilin
* Heilongjiang
* 30th of Inner Mongolia
* Hebei
* 83rd of Shanxi
* 76th of Shandong
* 136th of Henan
* Zhejiang
* Jiangxi
* Anhui
* Hubei
* Hunan
* Guangdong
* Guangxi
* Hainan
* 141st of Shaanxi
* Sichuan
* Guizhou
* Yunnan
* Xinjiang

Construction Divisions
(1952-55)|

| Railway Engineer|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 8th

|

Water Conservancy|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd

Building Construction|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th (I)
* 4th (II)
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th

Forestry Engineering|

* 1st
* 2nd

Fossil Oil Engineering|

* 1st

Agricultural Construction|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th

Road Construction|

* 1st

Others:|

* Guard Division of Northeastern Military Region
* Sailor Infantry Division
* 1st Mechanized Division
* Guangxi Border Defense Division
* 1st Anti-Air Artillery