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North Korea: Produced locally as the Type 62. [3] Type 64 [21] Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the RPK machine gun, produced under license. [5] RPK-74 Soviet Union [2]: A-82 Type 73 North Korea: Indigenous design based on the ZB vz. 26 and the Kalashnikov PK machine gun design. Replaced by the Type 82 in service. [3] Gun-2 Minigun
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]
Cold War military equipment of North Korea (1 C) C. Combat vehicles of North Korea (2 C, 1 P) G. Guided missiles of North Korea (5 C, 8 P) N. Naval ships of North ...
North Korea also received and built T62M tanks [26] (Ob'yekt 166M) which is an extensive modernization of the T-62 with protection and mobility improvements and the "Volna" fire control system. It is fitted with a BDD appliqué armour package, an additional belly armour plate for anti-mine protection, 10 mm thick reinforced rubber side skirts ...
North Korea operates a wide variety of air defense equipment, from short-range MANPADS such as 9K34 Strela-3, 9K38 Igla and ZPU-4 heavy machine guns, high-altitude upgraded S-75 Dvina, [21] to long-range SA-5 Gammon and Pon'gae-5 SAM systems and large-calibre AA artillery guns. [20] [22] North Korea has one of the densest air defence networks ...
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.
In April 2009, the United Nations named the Korea Mining and Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) as North Korea's primary arms dealer and main exporter of equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. It also named Korea Ryonbong as a supporter of North Korea's military related sales. [35]
Military equipment of North Korea (5 C, 4 P) F. Military installations of North Korea (1 C, 12 P) H. Military history of North Korea (8 C, 15 P) K.