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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: Indigenous electric-powered Gatling-type gun, chambered to fire 7.62×54mmR. [3] Type 82 Soviet Union North Korea
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) 76 mm regimental gun M1943. 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) ISU-152. Katyusha rocket launcher. SU-100. SU-76.
2-inch snub-nosed versions are given to high-ranking officers. Also used by the Army Military Police Special Duty Team. M1911A1. Colt Manufacturing Company. United States. Pistol. .45 ACP. Mostly replaced by K5, limited usage. Submachine guns.
The United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). USFK was initially established in 1957, and encompasses U.S. combat-ready fighting forces and components under the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) – a supreme command for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground, air, sea and special operations component commands.
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]
Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) is a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the United States. It is directly south of Walker Lake. The depot covers 147,000 acres (59,000 ha) or 226 sq. mi. and has 600,000 square feet (56,000 m 2) storage space in 2,427 bunkers.
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, KMAG became the United States Military Advisory Group, Korea, 8668th Army Unit, under the command of the United States Eighth Army. Brigadier General Francis W. Farrell (USMA 1920) took command of the unit on July 25 and had to face high rejection rate within South Korean draftees ...
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). [ 2][ 5]