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The Korean People's Army ( KPA; Korean : 조선인민군; MR : Chosŏn inmin'gun) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force, the Naval Force, the Air Force, Strategic Force, and the Special Operation Force.
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 Korean rank. North Korean insignia[ 2] Grand Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. ( Korean: 대원수, romanized : Tae wonsu) [ a] Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. ( Korean: 공화국원수, romanized : Konghwaguk Wonsu) [ b]
Konghwaguk Yŏng'ung. 1950-06-30. The "Hero of the Republic" was the highest award of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea until the Order of Kim Il Sung was established in 1972. Awarded for extreme heroic exploits during the Korean War and thereafter. The recipient is also awarded with the Order of the National Flag 1st Class which was ...
North Korean special operations forces existed by late-1968 when maritime commandos made the unsuccessful Uljin–Samcheok Landings against South Korea. [11] According to Kim Il Sung, the Special Operation Force (then known as the VIII Special Purposes Corps) was "the strongest elite force of the entire Korean People's Army and is the unique vanguard force of the Armed Forces of the Democratic ...
Type 63 – North Korean copy of the SKS, used by the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. [3] Type 58 – North Korean copy of the AK-47, used by second-line troops and militia. [3] [10] DP-28 – Soviet supplied machine guns and Chinese Type 53 copies replaced in frontline service by the Type 62. [3] Type 73 – Replaced in frontline service by the ...
Korean People's Military Navy; or the Korean People's Navy (KPN), is the naval component of the Korean People's Army, the North Korean armed forces. There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-class submarine and Sang-O-class submarine ), 20 Romeo-class submarines , and about 140 air cushioned landing craft.
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]