116th Mechanized Infantry Division

the Chinese division other divisions 116th Division (disambiguation) May 2020 116th Division (1948-52)116th Infantry Division (1952-60)116th Army Division (1960-85)116th Mechanized Infantry Division (1985-) 1948–present China 23px China 23px Mechanized Infantry 10,000+ 39th Army Shenyang Military Region Chinese Civil War Korean War Battle of Unsan Battle of Outpost Kelly 116th Division 39th Army 346th Regiment347th Regiment348th Regiment The 116th Division was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) during the Korean War, with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. History The 116th Division was part of the 39th Army, consisting of the 346th, 347th, and 348th Regiments.http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/sn39.htm XXXIX The Big Question Appleman Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu 768 1 January 2010 1992 http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm United States Army Center of Military History CMH Pub 20-2-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223082902/http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/sn39.htm 23 December 2009 Korean War The 116th Division was one of the first Chinese divisions to attack the UN forces at Unsan, where it inflicted heavy casualties on the 8th Cavalry Regiment. Stephen Gammons from the United States Army Center of Military History said this: The enemy [Chinese] force that brought tragedy to the 8th Cavalry at Unsan was the CCF’s 116th Division. Elements of the 116th’s 347th Regiment were responsible for the roadblock south of Unsan. Also engaged in the Unsan action was the 115th Division. http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/kw-unoff/unoff.htm The Korean War: The UN Offensive, pg 28 1 January 2010 United States Army Center of Military History Stephen L.Y. Gammons https://web.archive.org/web/20100115120025/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/kw-unoff/unoff.htm 15 January 2010 Current thumb|Military training performed by the 116th Mechanized Infantry during Joseph Dunford's visit to China, August 2017 The formation remains active with the 39th Group Army in the Northern Theater Command, as the 116th Mechanised Infantry Division.Anthony H. Cordesman Martin Kleiber Chinese Military Modernization: Force Development and Strategic Capabilities https://books.google.com/books?id=JKCBmuTlmfMC&pg=PA76 2007 CSIS 978-0-89206-496-0 76 The division was involved with the rest of the 39th Army in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. On the evening of 3 June, Xu Feng, the division commander, switched to plain clothes and carried out his reconnaissance of the city. When he returned, he told subordinates "not to look for him" and entered the division's communications vehicle. Thereafter, the division maintained radio silence and did not advance on Beijing, except for the 347th Regiment under Ai Husheng, which complied with orders and went to Tiananmen Square on 4 June. On 5 June, the rest of the division was escorted by other units to the square. Xu Feng was later disciplined for passive resistance.(Chinese) Fang Bing, "参与六四镇压军官公开事件真相" Voice of America 2002-05-30 See also People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 References 30em Category:Infantry divisions of the People's Volunteer Army 116 Category:Red Army Divisions of the People's Liberation Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1948