30th Armored Brigade (South Korea)

30th Armored Brigade
30th Armored Brigade
제30기갑여단
Active	February 1955 – September 1991 (as 30th Infantry Division); October 1991 – November 2020 (as 30th Mechanized Infantry Division); December 2020 – present
Country	South Korea
Branch	Republic of Korea Army
Type	Armored
Size	Brigade
Part of	I Corps
Garrison/HQ	Goyang, Gyeonggi Province
Nickname(s)	필승 (Pilsung / Certain Victory)
Commanders
Current; commander	Brig. Gen. Shin Chang-dae

The 30th Armored Brigade (Korean: 제30기갑여단) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army. The brigade is subordinated to the I Corps.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Following the defense reform, the 30th Mechanized Infantry Division was disbanded on 30 November 2020, and reorganized to the 30th Armored Brigade.

Subordinate units of 30th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 90th Brigade merged into the 30th Armored Brigade. The former 90th brigade headquarters was also selected as the site for the brigade headquarters.^[4]

Organization

A cold season tactical level field exercise performed by the troops with K200 APC of the 30th Mechanized Infantry Division (the brigade's former name) at Paju

Headquarters:^[5]
- Headquarters Company
- Air Defense Artillery Battery
- Armored Engineer Company
- Chemical Company
- Armored Reconnaissance Company
- Signal Company
- Support Company
- Intelligence Company
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315th Artillery Battalion (K55A1)