7th Infantry Division (Thailand) (original) (raw)

The 7th Infantry Division (Thai: กองพลทหารราบที่ 7) (พล.ร.๗.) is an Alpine infantry division of the Royal Thai Army, it is currently a part of the Third Army Area. The unit is composed of the 7th Infantry Regiment and 17th Infantry Regiment. Normally, Thai infantry can fight the mountain terrain to a certain extent, but with the threat along the border that is a struggle between the ethnic minority and the Burmese government, including drug problems. So, the Royal Thai Army has established a mountain infantry unit specializing in fighting in forest, steep, and hard-to-reach areas to respond to the threats of the border with steep mountain forest terrain.