The brigade now serves as the armored element under the 65th Army in the Beijing Military Region.

[1] The Tank Division, 4th Field Army(Chinese: 四野战车师) was activated in February 1949 in Tianjin, from Special Troops Tank Command, 4th Field Army.

During Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979, 130mm Self-Propelled Rocket Artillery Battalion (equipped with Type 70 130mm) from Artillery Regiment, 1st Tank Division was put under command of 124th Army Division, 42nd Army Corps for the infiltration in Cao Bằng region.

In January 1983 the division was put under command of 66th Army Corps.

In July 1985 the division was attached to Tianjin Security District following 66th Army Corps' disbandment.

In 1989 the division actively took part in the enforced martial law and the crackdown on protests in Beijing.