Estimates - Chinese/North Korean Forces
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Eighth Army Estimate of Enemy Forces - 1 July 1951*
[KWE Note: The source of the following information is Eighth Army G-2 Estimate of Enemy Strength and
Locations, 1 July 1961; Eighth Army G-2 OB Br., CCF Army Histories, 1 December 1961.]
| Chinese Communist Forces |
Total Strength - 248,100 |
| 12th Army - 31st, 34th, 35th Divisions |
16,100 |
| 15th Army - 29th, 44th, 45th Divisions |
14,400 |
| 20th Army - 58th, 59th, 60th Divisions |
16,400 |
| 26th Army - 76th, 77th, 78th Divisions |
19,700 |
| 27th Army - 79th, 80th, 81st Divisions |
26,000 |
| 38th Army - 112th, 113th, 114th Divisions |
13,900 |
| 39th Army - 115th, 116th, 117th Divisions |
24,000 |
| 40th Army - 118th, 119th, 120th Divisions |
18,500 |
| 42d Army - 124th, 125th, 126th Divisions |
29,000 |
| 47th Army - 140th Division |
8,500 |
| 60th Army - 179th, 180th, 181st Divisions |
13,900 |
| 63d Army - 187th, 188th, 189th Divisions |
17,700 |
| 64th Army - 190th, 191st, 195th Divisions |
16,100 |
| Korean People's Army |
Total Strength - 211,100 |
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I Corps - 7th, 19th, 47th Divisions |
15,800 |
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II Corps - 2d, 13th, 27th Divisions |
18,700 |
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III Corps - 1st, 15th, 45th Divisions |
30,400 |
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IV Corps - 4th, 5th, 105th Armored Divisions,
26th Brigade |
29,200 |
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V Corps - 6th, 12th, 32d Divisions |
14,300 |
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VI Corps - 9th, 17th Mechanized, 18th,
23d Divisions |
35,500 |
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VII Corps - 3d, 24th, 37th, 46th Divisions,
63d Brigade |
35,500 |
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Other Forces |
31,700 |
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| *Besides these units, Eighth Army Intelligence officers suspected, but had not as yet confirmed, the
presence of six other Chinese armies and two-thirds of a seventh. |
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