47TH INFANTRY DIVISION FIRST ARMY GROUP NORTH KOREA

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• Publication Date: December 1, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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47TH INFANTRY DIVISION
FIRST ARMY GROUP
NORTH KOREA
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47TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FIRST ARMY GROUP
NORTH KOREA
1. This report locates the major North Korean army units subordinate to the 47th infantry
Division as listed on the Defense Intelligence Agency's North Korean Army "Combined Order of
Battle." This report is based on both GIANT SCALE and KEYHOLE photography of North Korea
and contains a location map, a table, and four photographs.
2. The 47th infantry Division is one of four infantry divisions subordinate to the North Korean
First Army Group whose mission is to protect the security of the eastern sector of the DMZ. This
report locates and delineates that portion of the First Army Group area assigned to the 47th infantry
Division.
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3. The 47th infantry Division (Figure 1, Table 1), a subordinate of the First Army Group,
is reported to occupy the easternmost sector of the North Korean defenses along the DMZ, from
approximately 38-20N 128-07E to 38-37N 128-17E. The defense sector immediately to the west
is reportedly occupied by the 13th Infantry Division. Those units reportedly subordinate to the 47th
Infantry Division are as follows:
a. A barracks area (reportedly the 47th Infantry Division Headquarters) contains a
headquarters-type building, three administration-type buildings, ten barracks, and numerous
support-type buildings (Figure 2).
b. A tank company area (reported as an unidentified tank unit) contains one
administration building, two barracks, and four tunnel-served firing positions with a reverse-slope
tunnel entrance (Figure 2).
C. A probable infantry regiment area (reportedly the 113th Infantry Regiment) is a
well-dispersed area containing 23 barracks, numerous support-type buildings, and numerous
interconnecting trench systems (Figure 3).
d. A probable infantry regiment area (reportedly the 123rd Infantry Regiment) contains
one headquarters-type building, 40 small barracks or quarters, and numerous support buildings
(Figure 4).
e. A probable infantry regiment area (reportedly the 124th Infantry Regiment) contains
a headquarters-type building, 37 barracks, and numerous support buildings. This area is 17 nautical
miles north of the DMZ and is probably a reserve regiment (Figure 5).
f. A probable artillery regiment (reportedly the 35th Artillery Regiment) contains a
headquarters-type building, 12 barracks, numerous support buildings, nine 4-gun tunnel-served
artillery batteries which comprise two probable howitzer battalions and one low-trajectory gun
battalion (Figure 4).
g. A probable mortar regiment (reportedly the 42nd Mortar Regiment) consists of ten
barracks and six 6-position 120mm mortar batteries (Figure 4).
TABLE 1. MAJOR UNITS OF THE 47TH INFANTRY DIVISION,
FIRSTARMY GROUP, NORTH KOREA
Reported Unit
47th Inf Div Hq
(Figure 2)
Unid Tank Company
(Figure 2)
113th Inf Regiment
(Figure 3)
123rd Inf Regiment
(Figure 4)
35th Artillery Regiment
(Figure 4)
42nd Mortar Regiment
(Figure 4)
124th Infantry
Regiment (Figure 5)
Geographic Coordinates
(Co-located with
38-33-07N 128-13-20E
38-23-32N 128-08-27E
(Co-located with
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FIGURE 3. PROBABLE INFANTRY REGIMENT AREA (REPORTEDLY THE 113TH INFANTRY REGIMENT)
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FIGURE 5. PROBABLE INFANTRY REGIMENTAREA (REPORTEDLY THE 124TH INFANTRY REGIMENT)
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MAPS AND CHARTS
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheets 0380-9HL & 14HL, scale 1:200,000
DOCUMENTS
DIA. IR 2 221 0320 69, 124th Infantry Regiment, 7 May 1969 (CONFIDENTIAL)
DIA. SSO/AP-220-1-5-70-INT, North Korean Army Combined Order of Battle, 1 June 1970 (TOP SECRET)
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