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South Korea: 8x30 military binocular: EO system (formerly Korea Optech) 1995 [57] Standard-issue PVS-98K [57] South Korea: Day and night sight: EO system (formerly Korea Optech) 1998 [57] Standard-issue PVS-01K [57] South Korea: Thermal weapon sight: EO system (formerly Korea Optech) 2001 [57] Standard-issue PVS-02K [57] South Korea: Night ...
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. [3] Gun-2 Minigun North Korea
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, [22] to long-range SA-5 Gammon and Pon'gae-5 SAM systems and large-calibre AA artillery guns. [20] [23] North Korea has one of the densest air defence networks ...
The PT-76 (Not to be confused with Ob'yekt 906 or PT-85) is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. Ordered in 1965, North Korea is believed to have around 500 in reserve.
Contents. Defense industry of North Korea. 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 ...
Engine. Diesel 1200 hp. The Cheonma-2 (Korean: 천마-2호, [ 3 ]) (previously classified as M2020 or M2024 by foreign intelligence) is a prototype North Korean Third Generation main battle tank unveiled during the October 2020 military parade that commemorated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Worker's Party. [ 4 ]
The Korean People's Army Ground Force was formed on August 20, 1947. It outnumbered and outgunned the South Korean army on the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 before being pushed back by a combined United Nations-Republic of Korea counteroffensive. North Korean ground forces formations which fought in the Korean War included the I Corps ...
North Korea sells missiles and military equipment to many countries worldwide. [34] 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.