160th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China)

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160th Division (1949)
Active 1949.3 - 1949.8
Country People's Republic of China
Branch People's Liberation Army
Type Division
Role Infantry
Part of 47th Corps

The 160th Division(Chinese :第160师)(2nd Formation) was created in March 1949 basing on[ clarification needed ] the 1st Training Division of Northeastern Military Region.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Shenyang Military Region Former military region of China

The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, which also form Military Districts. This region is now superseded by the Northern Theater Command.

The division was a part of 47th Corps.

In August 1949 the division was disbanded.

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