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1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (1950-1951)
Active 1950.3.12 - 1951.3.25
Country People's Republic of China
Branch People's Liberation Army
Type Division
Role Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Garrison/HQ Wuchang

The 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division(Chinese: 高射炮第1师) was created on March 12, 1950 from 2nd Garrison Brigade of Henan Military District. The division HQ was set in Wuchang, Hubei province. The division was then composed of:

  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationing in Leizhou Peninsula, equipped with Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
  • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationing in Peking, equipped with Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
  • 3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationing in Changsha and Guangzhou, equipped with Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
  • 9th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationing in Shenyang, equipped with Soviet 85-mm and 37-mm AA guns;
  • Radar Battalion.

From March 15 to 25, 1951, the division was used to organized Air Defense Department, Middle-South Military Region. The division was then disbanded.

References[]

  • 防空军回忆史料·大事记, 中国人民解放军历史资料编审委员会, ISBN 7-5065-2217-9/K·186, p.46-48.



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