Unit Name: | 1st Artillery Brigade |
Native Name: | 제1포병여단 |
Dates: | February 1953 (as 1st Corps Artillery Group) August 1982 – present |
Type: | Artillery |
Size: | Brigade |
Command Structure: | I Corps |
Garrison: | Goyang, Gyeonggi Province |
Nickname: | Flying Tiger |
Current Commander: | Brig. Gen. Lee Sang-ryeol[1] |
The 1st Artillery Brigade (Korean: 제1포병여단) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army. The brigade is subordinated to the I Corps.[2]
The brigade founded as the 1st Corps Artillery Group on 16 February 1953 and changed its name to 1st Corps Artillery Command on 20 November of the same year. The brigade received its current name in 1982.
The size of the 1st Artillery Brigade is comparable to a division. The brigade is in charge of 17 battalions. It can be regarded to be enormous when compared to other artillery brigades, which have no more than 10 battalions. The ROKA 5th Artillery Brigade is the only unit with the same size.[3]