NORTH KOREAN ARMY SCHOOLS

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 22, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT North Korean Army' Schools
913 Automobile Technical Schooll
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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t. On 1.0 May 1952, the North Korean Army 913 Automobile Technicians Training
Institute of the Transportation Bureau, North Korean Army General Head-
quarters, was renamed the North Korean Army 913 Automobile Technical School
and placed under the control pf the Munitions Bureau, North Korean Army
General Headquarters. The school was at the foot of a hill at approximately
12E.-32, 4o-12 (XE-3o4511), 1, 000 meters north of Uiju City.
-2. The school had 1,450 students and 50 staff members and gave instruction on the
operation and maintenance of tanks, armored vehicles, and other vehicles.
Prior to 31 March 1952 the soIool's course of instruction lasted 3 months, but
on 10 May 1952, when the school was renamed, the course of instruction covered
6 months. The school included the following two sections, each of which was
composed of an operational class and a technical class: the Tank Section,
with 500 students in the operational class and 400 students in the technical
claaaj and the automobile section, with 300 students in the operation class
and, 900 students in the technical class. Other subjects in the curriculum
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Some of the school's student body was selected from enlisted personnel of the
disbanded North Korean Army instruction units who passed examinations in
mathematics, geography, and ger ral intelligence and who passed physical and
oral. examinations. Other students were selected from men with the rank of
agrgeant or above who were recommended by the commanders of their respective
units or by the chief of the Munitions Bureau,
-Graduates-ref the school were given an operatiobal.-arid teebsieal' license -f'0r
tanks and automobiles and were given the rank of warrant officer or junior
lieutenant in the North Korean Army Technical Force. They were then assigned
to transportation or mechanized units of the army, OA 3 January,].952, 120
graduates of the seventh class were assigned to the following un .tss the
battalions of the 536 Transportation Unit, the Munitions $urea%t,,tbe North
Korean Army General Headquarters; and the Central Automobile Repair Factory at
the Ochung Mine in Tongam-myon. On 4 April 1952, 10O of-'the 300 graduates
of the eighth class were assigned to units of the Rear ervice'Seeetionj, North
Korean Army General Headquarters, The other 200 graduate8 re-entered the
school in the tank section with the ninth class, whia began oaa 10 .Day 1952.
There was a training ground for the school on the slope of a hill northeast
of Ui ju 'at approximately 124-32,, 1 O?l2 -W-3115-11).. -There were .ny `pill-
boxes and-trenches for training around the?"training gra d,., Weapons and equip-
ment for training included the following: 1+0 tanks, including 25 in. need of
repair; 15 armored vehicles,, including 11 in need of repair; 30 trucks; and
one crane,. This equipment had been supplied during the period from December
1951 to May 1952, and the school expected to receive more training weapons.
The school principal was Colonel HWANG Chang-in, aged 38, a former member of
the Staff Section of the Munitions Bureau, North Korean Army General Head-
quarters., who became principal on 10 May 1952. The deputy principal was
Lieutenant Colonel CH SNG (fnu), aged 28, a former member.of the Transportation
Bureau, North Korean Army General Headquarters,. The school staff included
an educational section of 38 persons and an administrative section of 12
personso Some of the instructors were the following: Major AN Stang-pu, aged
29'a former staff leader in the Munitions Bureau; Senior Lieutenant KIM
Myong-scan, aged 27, aformer staff leader in the Munitions Bureau; 8eniot
Lieutenant Yl Tong hyon, aged 25,.tank technician; Senior Lieutenant UK,
Man-pyok, aged 27, tank technician; and Major CRI In-s, ft kage4 ~Qs a4
experienced tank; operator. ?,., ... E,
The students' diet consisted of 600 grams of rice and 306-grams of grain per
nan each day.. Other food included mackerel, vegetables; and bean oil. Every
student had a blue technician's uniform and a pair of cloth shoes made in
Shanghai.
Driver Training Center2
In May 1952 the Driver Training Center of the T`ransportation Department,
North Korean Army General Headquarters, numbering 25 officers and 382 enlisted
men commanded by a lieutenant colonel and using field postal number 913, was
in 13 houses approximately 1,500 meters southwest of Yongsan-si`(approximately
124-49, 40-09) (KE-5443). The school, which has been in existence since
before the beginning of the Korean War, was charged with training drivers for
the units under the Transportation Department,.
Most of the trainees in the training center were formerly drivers' helpers in
units of the Transportation Bureau. The driver training lasted for 6 months
and after completing the course the trainees were given driver's ;icenses and
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assigned to units under the Transportation Department. Vehicles assigned to
the training center included one jeep, one 3/u-ton truck, and about 60 other
trucks. The training center included a military branch and an administrative
branch, The military'branch included three companies, each of which was
composed of three 37-man platoons, The administrative branch included the
following. a chief, with a liaison officer, a courier, and a clerk; an
assistant battalion commander for technical affairs, with a technical platoon
of 20 men; an assistant battalion commander for supply; and a chief of staff,
who headed the personnel staff, the trainers, a guard platoon, and a military
security office of three men.
Officers Training School
10 On 17 July 1952, a North Korean officers training school, with about 100
students who have been receiving training since 1 June, was in approximately
15 former mining company houses in Uiin-ni (approximately"125_31+, 39-00)
(YD-2220), a village of about 120 grey or white houses with galvanized iron
roofs. The 100 students had previously received about 6 months training in
the Sini%iju area, Two squads of North Korean troops guarded the school and
four trucks brought supplies from Tangsan-don, (125-1+9, 39-03) (YD-4426).
Comment. Until the beginning of the Korean War this school was at
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Training Institute, and was under the control of the North Korean Trans-
portation Ministry. In August 1950 the school came under the control of
the Transportation Bureau, North Korean Army General Headquarters, and was
renamed the North Korean Army 913 Automobile Training Institute, In
October 1950 the school retreated to Antung, Manchuria, and in January 1951
it was reestablished in j urea in its present quarters.
2.. = Comment. This training center was at Anju (125-1+o, 39-37) (YD-2988)
in August 1950, In November 1950 it withdrew to Antung, Manchuria, and in
January 1951 it was reestablished in Korea at its present quarters.
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