Capital Mechanized Infantry Division

Capital Mechanized Infantry Division
수도기계화보병사단
Capital Mechanized Infantry Division insignia
Active20 June 1948 – present
Country South Korea
Branch Republic of Korea Army
TypeMechanized infantry
RoleDefensive
Counter-offensive
SizeDivision
Part ofVII Maneuver Corps
Garrison/HQGapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province
Nickname(s)맹호 (Maeng-Ho / Fierce Tiger)
MarchCapital Division Hymn
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander
Maj. Gen. Yang Tae-bong
Notable
commanders
Lt. Gen. Chae Myung-shin
Capital Mechanized Infantry Division
Hangul
수도기계화보병사단
Hanja
首都機械化步兵師團
Revised RomanizationSudo Gigyehwa Bobyeong Sadan
McCune–ReischauerSudo Kigyehwa Pobyŏng Sadan

The Capital Mechanized Infantry Division (Korean: 수도기계화보병사단, hanja: 首都機械化步兵師團), also known as Fierce Tiger Division (Korean: 맹호부대, hanja: 猛虎部隊), is currently one of the six mechanized infantry divisions in the Republic of Korea Army. It is part of the VII Maneuver Corps, tasked with covering approaches to Seoul from North Korea and counterattack operations.

This division saw extensive combat both during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, where it was dispatched in September 1965, as a part of the Republic of Korea's contribution to the South Vietnamese war effort. The 1965 deployment became possible when in August of that year the Republic of Korea's National Assembly passed a bill authorizing the action. Recently, elements of this division were sent as Republic of Korea's contribution to the "coalition of the willing" in Iraq.