도솔산전투가 끝난뒤 해병제1연대장 김대식대열과 공정식대대장, 고문관 해리슨중령은 전차등 제지원병과의 필요성에 의견을 일치했고 연이은 전승으로 해병대의 전력을 인정받게 되자 해병대의 증강과 제지원병과의 자체운영을 고려하게되었고 이에 따라 야포,전차, 공병, 중장비, 위무,수송등이 증강된 해병대는 서부전선을 이동할 당시에는 1전투단으로 격상되어 독립작전이 가능한 부대로 변모하는 기반이 되었다.
육군과 해병대는 1952년말에 중고등학생을 모집하여 소년전차병들로 구성된 전차부대를 창설하였는데 이는 잘 알려지지 않은 사실이다. 1951년 6월 해군본부가 낸 자동차운전병 모집공고을 보고 이에 전형을 거져 뽑힌 189명이 해군신병훈련을 받고 해군자동차학교\에 입교하여 교육을 받은 뒤 그 가운데 20명을 차출하여 1951년 8월 25일 전차가 한대도 없는 상태에서 창설된 전차중대에로 보낸졌다.
당시 전차중대의 창성요원중에는 중대장은 오상규대위 선임장교는 박효렬중위, 육성환소위 지장우소위등이었다.
그 후 해군자동차학교를 해병대가 인수하여 해병기갑학교로 개창했고 차출된 20명이 비공식적으로 기갑학교 1기로 불리워졌으며 그 후 12월초 신병 12명을 지원받아 전차중대로서의 면모를 갖추게 되었다. 전차중대는 12월 중순 부산의 부전 역에서 미군으로부터 70미리 포를 가진 M4A3 전차 5대를 넘겨받은바 동시에 50여명의 해병대 전차중대원들은 강원도 양구 해안면에 있는 미해병 1사단 전차대대근처에 배치되어 전투상황을 지켜보면서 1952년 1월 28일부터 실제 전차교육을 받았으며 50명의 전차중대원들중 탑승요원 30명, 전차정비 10명 , 전차통신 10명으로 나뉘어져 교육을 받았고 그해 3월에 경기 파주로 이동 5월 3일 수료함과 동시에 영어로 된 수료증을 받게 되었다. 당시 해병대의 전차에는 한족에는 한글로 해병이라고 쓰고 한쪽은 KMC라고 써 놓았다. 1953년에는 후레임탱크라 불리는 화염방사 전차 1대와 복구용전차 2대를 미군으로 부터 인수받앗다. 해병대의 소년전차병제도는 1기만 배출되고 중단되었으며 후전후 각부대에 배치되어 있던 전차병 1기 출신들을 모아 전차중대는 해병대 전차대대로 확장되어 창설된 것이다. ▶ 공정식 前 해병대사령관의 "귀신도모르게 창설된 해병 전차부대" 참조, 배나온슈퍼맨 요약 Birth of the Marine Corps tank unit
The brush buys after the battle ends, the marine first regimental commander Kim main meal rank and General and the advisor Harrison lieutenant colonel process food expenses in necessity of the tank etc. restraint circle branch of service opinion agreed and the war potential of the Marine Corps with the victory which continues and recognition was received and to make the reinforcement of the Marine Corps and oneself operation of the restraint circle branch of service consider the Marine Corps which the field gun and the tank, engineer and the heavy equipment, up nothing, transportation etc. is reinforced consequently to become when moving to, was raised status a western front line as 1 battle group and became the base which transfigures as the unit where the independent operation is possible. The army division Marine Corps recruits the middle high student on end 1952 and is composed of the boy tank bottles the tank unit which constitutes, this is a fact which does not become known well. Saw the automobile driver recruitment notification which 1951 June Naval Operations Headquarters puts out and model, the thing came and 189 people which are pulled out got a naval recruit train and mouth [kyo] they did after being educated, the middle 20 people and they sent on loan the tank company eroticism which is constituted from the condition where 1951 August 25th tank is not also a arctic regions they sent and they fell in naval automobile school and \. To in Ch'angsong staff of at that time tank company the company commander [kyu] captain senior officers at five the Pak [hyo] line first lieutenant, were vocal annular second lieutenant hindrance right second lieutenant etc.
The Marine Corps undertook the naval automobile school after that and the dog window did at the marine armor school and 20 people which send on loan disadvantage [we] came informally with armor school 1 and 12 people early in December recruits after that they were made to equip the countenance from as in the support receiving tank. The tank company from label reverse of mid-December Pusan passes over 5 M4A3 tanks which have 70 in advance guns from the U.S. army and in the American marine 1 division tank battalion vicinity which is and if in the same time which receives about 50 the Marine Corps tank company circles of people the Kangwon-Do Yanggu coast a combatant situation and is arranged watches from 1952 January 28th with 10 people and tank communication 10 people an educate and 30 people on-board staff in middle of tank company circles of 50 people to receive an actual tank educate and tank maintenance divides receives that at condition Pa Ju in March to do mobile May 3rd completes and the simultaneously in English to make thick certificate receive, became. To the tank of at that time Marine Corps to the Chinese as marine one side as KMC put bitterly bitterly with Hangul (Korean alphabet). The tank being after [ley] to 1953 with fire radiation tank 1 soaks rehabilitation brave fighting difference 2 undertaking from the U.S. army, Oh! is. The boy tank bottle system of the Marine Corps is discharged and 1 deception after being discontinued, are arranged in the front and rear section unit the tank bottle 1 natives which collects and the tank company to be expanded as the Marine Corps tank battalion and to constituted.