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South Korea: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Standard-issue assault rifle; being partially replaced by the K2C1 K2C1: SNT Motiv South Korea: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Standard-issue assault rifle K13: SNT Motiv South Korea: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Designation for STC16 carbine; to partially replace the K1A FN SCAR-L: FN Herstal ...
Daewoo K2 Assault Rifle; Daewoo K7 Silencer-Mounted SMG; Daewoo K11 Advanced Assault Rifle and Air-Burst Smart Grenade Launcher; Heckler & Koch MP5; Heckler & Koch HK416; Colt M4A1; Colt M16A1 (in use with reserve forces) MAC-11
Assault rifles Type 58 Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the AK-47 produced under licence. [3] [4] Standard issue of militia and KPA secondary troops. [23] Type 68: 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] Sniper rifles Mosin–Nagant ...
After a series of field tests, the XK8 was rejected by the South Korean military and was never mass-produced. [26] In 2014, an upgraded K2 rifle, the K2C1 was introduced, and the South Korean Army performed field tests which were successful. K2C1 mass production began in 2015 to replace the K2 as the standard-issue rifle for the ROK armed forces.
S&T Daewoo XK8, also known as DAR-21 (Daewoo Assault Rifle-21st Century), [1] is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle developed and manufactured by S&T Daewoo intended to replace Daewoo Precision Industries K2 assault rifle for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
The K1 uses the direct impingement gas system, while the K2 uses AK-47 style gas piston system. [6] The K1 has 1-in-12 rifling twist for .223 Remington, while the K2 has 1-in-7.3 rifling twist for 5.56×45mm NATO. [6] The carbine version of K2 named K2C was developed and shown to the public in 2012 by SNT Motiv.
Secondly, the M48A3K and the M48A5K operated by the South Korean military were older designs and needed to be replaced with newer, better designs. [17] [18] Thirdly, the Republic of Korea Army was adapting new tactics called three-dimensional high-speed maneuver warfare with network-centric warfare.
The defense industry of South Korea is the main supplier of armaments to the Republic of Korea's Armed Forces.Originally heavily reliant on the United States to supply weapons to its armed forces, South Korea began manufacturing its own weapons through the country's industrialization and military modernization efforts. [1]