Capital Mechanized Infantry Division | |
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수도기계화보병사단 | |
Active | 20 June 1948 – present |
Country | South Korea |
Branch | Republic of Korea Army |
Type | Mechanized infantry |
Role | Defensive Counter-offensive |
Size | Division |
Part of | VII Maneuver Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province |
Nickname(s) | 맹호 (Maeng-Ho / Fierce Tiger) |
March | Capital Division Hymn |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Maj. Gen. Yang Tae-bong |
Notable commanders | Lt. Gen. Chae Myung-shin |
Capital Mechanized Infantry Division | |
Hangul | 수도기계화보병사단 |
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Hanja | 首都機械化步兵師團 |
Revised Romanization | Sudo Gigyehwa Bobyeong Sadan |
McCune–Reischauer | Sudo 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.