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North Korea: North Korean copy of the AK-47 produced under licence. [3] [5] Standard issue of militia and KPA secondary troops. [10] Type 68 Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the AKM. [2]: A-77 Standard issue among North Korean infantry and being slowly supplanted by the Type 88 or 98. [3] Type 88 North Korea: North Korean copy of ...
North Korea: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: Used for "aggressor" training and secret agent training Precision rifles K14: SNT Motiv South Korea: Sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: Standard-issue sniper rifle SSG 69: Steyr Arms Austria: Sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: Used by special forces Being replaced by K14 AWSM: Accuracy International United ...
The Korean People's Army (KPA; Korean: 조선인민군; MR: Chosŏn inmin'gun) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force , the Naval Force , the Air Force , Strategic Force , and the Special Operation Force .
The annual report of North Korea's military capabilities by the U.S. Department of Defense, released in early 2014, identified the North Korean Army's strength at 950,000 personnel, 4,200 tanks, 2,200 armored vehicles, 8,600 artillery guns, and over 4,800 multiple rocket launchers. [14]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and pledged to ...
The Type 73 is based on a 1960s-era Soviet design, most likely the PK machine gun (PKM), although the date of its first production in North Korea is currently unknown. The weapon was reportedly seen in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 2002, when a United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission team told media outlets that North Korean soldiers had set up numerous Type 73s in positions ...
North Korea's defence industry predates the Korean War, but has emerged as a major supplier to the North Korean armed forces beginning in the 1970s, [1] but increasingly so after the fall of the Soviet Union and to supplement those purchased from China. [1] Most equipment produced are copies of Soviet and Chinese built military hardware.
North American AT-6 Texan (USAF) North American AT-6G Texan (USAF) North American LT-6G Texan (USAF) North American RB-45C Tornado (USAF) North American RF-51 Mustang (USAF) North American RF-86A Sabre (USAF) North American T-6C, F and G Texan (USAF) North American-Ryan L-17 Navion (USAF, US Army) Piper L-4 (USAF) Stinson L-5G Sentinel (USMC ...