152nd Division (People's Republic of China)

152nd Division (1948–52)
1st Forestry Engineering Division (1952)
152nd Division (1948–52); 1st Forestry Engineering Division (1952)
Active	1948.11 - 1952.8
Country	People's Republic of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Part of	39th Corps
Engagements	Chinese civil war

The 152nd Division(Chinese: 第152师) was created on November 1948 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,^[1] basing on the 7th Independent Division of the Northeastern Field Army, formed in January 1948.

The division was a part of PLA 39th Corps, under which command it took part in the Chinese civil war.

In August 1952 the division was re-organized as 1st Forestry Engineering Division((Chinese: 林业工程第1师), moving to Hainan for rubber plantation. In October the division was demobilized and became , now one of the biggest rubber production enterprise in the world.

As of its re-organization the division was composed of:

454th Regiment;
455th Regiment;
456th Regiment.

References[]

中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
海南农垦总局，https://web.archive.org/web/20160920082132/http://www.hifarms.gov.cn/page_xz.php?xuh=71373

^ 《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html

[1] 《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html

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