Talk:Korean People's Army Ground Force

List of Equipment

I have created the list of equipment of the North Korean Ground Forces. Updates, comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Mathieu121 10:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest an introduction. Hut 8.5 17:06, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Three different types of assault rifles are currently in service with the North Korean military. First one is the Type 58 rifle which is a licensed copy of AK-47, second is the Type 68 which is a copy of AKM and third is the Type 88 which is a copy of AK-74 rifle. The North Korean military does not use SVD Dragunov sniper rifle. They use a rifle called JeoGyeokBoChong (or 저격보총 in Korean) which is based on Yugoslavian Zastava M76 sniper rifle. There are two other known light machine guns that are in service with the North Korean military. One is the Type 73 LMG and not much is known about this weapon except that it looks like a combination of Russian PK and British Bren or Czech Vz52 machine guns (it somewhat looks like a PK, then it's a magazine-fed only and the magazine is top-mounted). The other is the Type 82 rifle. Although the existence of the Type 82 has been confirmed in 2002, very little is known about this weapon except the fact that it is a belt-fed-only weapon. The North Korean military does not have T-72. All the info was found in this website: http://bemil.chosun.com/ (a South Korean military info portal)

what does 4.25 on the flag stand for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.3.76.86 (talk) 08:21, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The AA section is misleadingly incomplete at a time when it may matter a lot. Can we find an expert to work on this? The S-300P is missing, the NK-06 is missing, probably more, and this gives appearance that NK does not have extremely capable AA weaponry. Please help add!

Good day!Russia has never supplied the t-72, T-80 and BTR-80 and BTR-80A armored personnel carriers. the t-80 Has never been in Afghanistan and could not be supplied by Afghanistan.In Afghanistan, there was an occasional t-64A tank and its rhinestones were brought out of Afghanistan so the engine is not adapted to the mountain mouths.

Ground Forces

I was always under the impression that the ground forces were the KPA and that the Navy and Air Force were simply specialized corps of the KPA. All this due to the dominance of the Army (sic), like the United States Army Air Corps and the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service.--71.185.193.98 02:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

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Exceeding in economics?

What exactly is meant by "From the 1970's on, South Korea started exceeding North Korea in terms of economics"? What does "exceeding in economics" mean? Had a larger economy, was wealthier, had more people employed? It is a vague, colloquial and meaningless phrase. By any meaningful measure, the South was wealthier than the North well before the 1970's.Royalcourtier (talk) 02:28, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Type 88?

I have found several images of a AK-74/AK-74U variant that seems to only exist in North Korea. It uses a helical magazine and has a overfolding stock (that reminds me of the stock from a Spaz-12). Ive been looking all over the net for its name and some people over on reddit speculated that its what they call a Type 88-2. Does anyone have any more information on this? TheNuclearMedic (talk) 23:33, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Update: I found this image http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8534358255_b36b7cf1d2_o.png So the overfolding stocks are called the Type 88-2s TheNuclearMedic (talk) 23:43, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Update 2: Just found this: http://armamentresearch.com/north-korean-helical-ak-magazines/ which says they are indeed 88-2s. Unknown if they had to be modified to accept the helical magazines or if the magazines were fitted to them. (I suspect the latter). TheNuclearMedic (talk) 23:48, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

I guess the last questions I have are: Did they change the designation for the AK-74U versions? and Can someone help me clear up the descrepency between the Type 88 and Type 98 designations? Best I have gathered is that the Type 98 is just the name for those the NK has exported, but some state that its called the Type 98 in the asias while its called the Type 88 in the west. Also atleast 1 commenter said they have different barrel linings. TheNuclearMedic (talk) 23:56, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

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New Military Parade

North Korea has recently held a new military parade. A new type of MBT was unveiled, which looks similar to an Abrams from the U.S. After some comparisons, I believe that it may be a Chinese Type 96 MBT. Would anybody be able to confirm? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikhailOfNY (talk • contribs) 02:44, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Meaning of Flag?

Add a section explaining the meaning of the flag, especially the 4.25 on it. 1.126.110.102 (talk) 20:02, 18 March 2023 (UTC)