The badge of the 200th Division

The 200th Division (Traditional Chinese: 第200師; Simplified Chinese: 第200师; pinyin: Dì 200 Shī) was the first mechanised division in the National Revolutionary Army. It was created in 1938 by General Du Yuming, who was also its first commander. The division secured a devastating victory against the Japanese in the Battle at Kunlun Pass, wiping out an entire Japanese brigade. Later in the war however, it suffered a disastrous defeat in the Burma campaign, under General Joseph Stilwell. Its commanding officer, Dai Anlan was killed in battle. Image File history File linksMetadata 200th_division_badge. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 200th_division_badge. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... Motorized forces or military units are those that have trucks, or other wheeled, un-armoured transport as an integral part of their organization. ... The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Chinese: 國民革命軍; pinyin: guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1) was the national army of the Republic of China. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Du Yuming (py) or Tu Yü-ming (wg) (杜聿明) (November 28, 1903-May 7, 1981) was a Kuomintang field commander active in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) theatre of World War II and in the Chinese civil war from 1945 to 1949. ... Stilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. ...

Order of Battle (Kunlun Pass)

• 200th Division

• 1 armour regiment
• 1 armoured car regiment
• 1 motorised infantry regiment
• 1 artillery regiment

Equipment

The armoured regiment had 70 T-26, 4 BT-5, 18 or 20 CV-33 tanks. The armoured car regiment had around 50 BA armoured cars. The motorised infantry regiment used Soviet trucks and rifles, and the artillery regiment had 12 122mm howitzers, also 45mm anti-aircraft artillery and 75mm field guns. General characteristics Length: 4. ... The Bystrokhodniy Tank (Fast Tank), was a series of Soviet light tanks which were produced between 1932 and 1941. ... The BA-20 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1936 and used in the early stages of World War II. It was derived from the civilian GAZ-M1 car, which was itself a modified version of a Ford design, produced by the Nizhny Novgorod-based vehicle... Loading a WW1 British 15 in (381 mm) howitzer A howitzer or hauwitzer is a type of field artillery. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... A field gun is an artillery piece. ...