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Republic of Korea National Military), also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed forces of South Korea. The ROK Armed Forces is one of the largest and most powerful standing armed forces in the world with a reported personnel strength of 3,600,000 in 2022 (500,000 active and 3,100,000 reserve). [1] [4]
It commemorates the day during the Korean War when 3rd Infantry Division of the ROK Army first crossed the 38th Parallel, thus leading the UN coalition into North Korean territory for the first time. The National Security Guard of South Korea, also called the Korean Constabulary, was the nucleus of the ROK Army.
The ROK Army has selected Hyundai Rotem over the Samsung Techwin and Doosan DST consortium as the preferred bidder for 600 wheeled armored vehicles. To enter service between 2017 and 2023. [29] 8×8 command post vehicles (CPVs) 27 (As of 2023) [30] Hyundai Rotem/2023 ~ 600 ordered in 2023, to be delivered between 2023 until 2029. [30]
The vehicle weight is approximately 25.6 tonnes which, combined with the total output of the engine, gives it a power/weight ratio of approximately 29 hp/t. The K21 PIP will feature an improved version of the engine that will give the vehicle an increased power of 840 hp.
Troop density was included in the doctrine of the First World War belligerents, based on the battalion per forward zone front calculation. [12] The density of troops also affects the planning of close air support operations because of the higher rate of missions required to deliver adequate munitions to their targets. [ 13 ]
During the Korean War, ROK Marine Corps earned the nickname of the '귀신 잡는 해병대' which means 'Marine Corps the Ghost Killers'. [3]: 24 Following the start of the Korean War on 25 June 1950, the Ko Kil-hun [] Unit (Marine Rifle Battalion) landed Gunsan on 16 July and Kim Sung-un [] Unit (Marine Rifle Battalion) landed Tongyong peninsula on 17 August where they delayed the advance of ...
During the First World War Frederick W. Lanchester formulated Lanchester's laws that calculated that the combat power of a military force is the square of the number of members of that unit so that the advantage a larger force has is the difference of the squares of the two forces, [2] [3] i.e.
Leaving parts of their force in Wonsan, the I Corps also went west. The U.S. Army X Corps under the command of General MacArthur had planned a second amphibious landing at Wonsan but after the ROK I Corps victory there, no assault was needed. The X Corps walked ashore. U.S General Almond then added the ROK I Corps to his command. [3]