High-quality photos of the military equipment of the Korean People's Army

Our blog yesterday gave a link to high-quality photos of North Korean 170-mm M1989 self-propelled guns taken during the passage of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) military equipment on the streets of Pyongyang after the military parade 15 of April 2012 of the year in honor of the 100 anniversary of the birth of comrade Kim Il Sung .

A colleague imp_navigator gave a link to the original source of these photographs - the blog of an American tourist who visited Pyongyang to celebrate this anniversary: ​​http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/drewbert/photos-from-north-korea/30-93223/ In this blog There are a number of high-quality photos of the KPA military equipment in close proximity, taken at the same time during the post-parade passage of troops.

Tank "Cheonmakho" one of the latest versions. In essence, this is a deep modernization of the licensed Soviet tank T-62, equipped, including, with a welded tower. Pyongyang, 15.04.2012/XNUMX/XNUMX

The most modern North Korean tank "Pokphunho"

Details of the design of the tank "Pokphunho"

Tank "Pokphunho". Despite the low quality of the image of the tank itself, the distinctive feature of the “Pokphunho” is clearly visible - the driver’s location in the center of the tank

Tank "Cheonmaho-1" - the first upgraded version of the licensed T-62

T-55. Just T-55

Light tank М1985 (all symbols on the "M" - conditional American)

BTR-80A Russian delivery. It draws attention that the standard 30-mm gun 2А72 is replaced by another gun (apparently, made by the DPRK). Behind are the new North Korean armored personnel carriers with a wheel formula 8х8

107-mm 18-barrel RSZO M1992 on the tracked chassis of the BTR VTT-323 (M1973)

Major North Korean 122-mm 30-barrel MLRS VM-11

122-mm 40-charging MLRS M1985 with additional transported ammunition

107-mm 24-charging MLRS with additional launchers MANPADS

Old Soviet 200-mm chetyrehazaryny MLRS BMD-20

PTS-M floating conveyor

23-mm paired anti-aircraft self-propelled unit M1992

Transport-charging machines PR-11B ADMS С-75

Transport-loading machine 5Т53 ЗРК С-200ВЭ

Self-propelled coastal missile anti-ship missile launcher (with a missile, presumably AG-1, aka KN-01)

Nodong 1 Self-Propelled Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Launcher

Comments

[Brother Sarych]

Poor, but clean - almost like in an old joke!
He drew attention to helmets, the presence of women and immediately noticeable love and deep respect for his army ...

[Chicot 1]

But the kag-kagas, if you look closely, are very reminiscent of American counterparts ...

[vostok]

North Korea is nostalgia for the Soviet Union.

[Fibrizio]

I'm afraid they won't fight with their neighbors like that. Only if you suppress internal conflicts. We didn't have this even 20 years ago. You can't look at the ZSU without tears. Now "Shilka" is considered obsolete, and maybe already "Tunguska"
And their technique is three heads lower than ours.

[igor67]

Fibrizio,
and ZIL157, without power steering, a lot of off-road trains

[Spartak]

You will laugh, but we still have such. When I quit in 2007, he was still dusty with us on the hills oh-oh-oh-oh. And the fact that there is no power steering is not a problem, but the carrier drove hands like an arm wrestler. Cleaver, just a cleaver.

[Redpartyzan]

Hmm. Old, clean but soundly.

[DavidLinch2012]

Look at the face of this simple North Korean man.
I think he will fight the "enemy" to the limit.
Even with such a backward technology, strong-willed people will take with them not a little enemy.

[Chicot 1]

He will fight, where will he go. I have no doubt that the fight will be fierce and fanatical. But how much will he fight when the enemy has complete air superiority? .. And it will certainly be ... The North Korean army will not last long against the enemy equipped with modern equipment and weapons ... Alas and ah ...
So the only thing that remains true to the cause of the three Kims to the North Koreans is a large-scale guerrilla war - attacks, sabotage. Here they will have a clear and undoubted advantage over any probable adversary who will invade the DPRK ... And besides, they have quite a long and glorious traditions of guerrilla warfare ...

[Brother Sarych]

There was air superiority back in that war - so they still gnawed all over Korea with underground tunnels, they still reckon that the enemy will have air superiority, so they have been digging the harder all these years ...

[Chicot 1]

In that war, North Korea was not weakly helped by the Soviet military machine. Including the most modern at that time aircraft and pilots who had experience of air battles of the Second World War. So, I would not say that the Allies had complete superiority in the skies of Korea ... By the way, the site has excellent material about this, dedicated to one of the darkest days of American aviation ...

And I will allow myself to put on air art of the famous Polish artist, master of military art Vrubel, who was dedicated to the 1953 Korean War ...

[Brother Sarych]

Ours had strict restrictions on areas of activity, so that the enemy was mainly superior to the battlefield ...

[Volkhov]

They represent the infantry of a system that has superiority in both air and space. It is enough for them to walk on the ground.
Why are so many drawn to war? By God, there are many other problems.

[Insurgent]

Well, the DPRK has nuclear weapons, and they’ll have nothing to lose 20 km until Seoul, and simple artillery is aimed at Seoul for a couple of minutes of volley and no Seoul

[Marat]

An attack by international aggressors on the DPRK is an unlikely adventure - it will dramatically change the entire existing geopolitical situation.

In the event of such aggression - the DPRK will be helped not only by China - but also Russia - and the outcome of the aggression is unpredictable

[Freeze]

You can immediately see how the Koreans respect their army.

[Kostyan]

poor, poor people ... the country of animals and cannibals ..... the damned red-bellied ones will not rest in any way ... it is necessary to save these poor people and immediately to hell kill this pack of murderers ... God save the people of Korea ... let at least they will quickly unite and live at least a little bit in a civilized and not hungry world ....

[Chicot 1]

The main and main question here is - do the North Koreans themselves want anyone to save them there? ..
In my extremely subjective opinion, they do not think so at all. And I’m even ready to bet that you, dear Kostyan, you can’t convince them of this ...

[gor]

No, they are masochists with sadistic inclinations and take pleasure in the fact that their children will be tormented only for the sake of another new year. Yes, these people are intimidated and intimidated including propaganda about the cruelty of external enemies. Forgotten people. And this bastard who they wanted to spit in power that their people were tormented. the main thing is that their priest be warm. true nits and bloodsuckers for their people are sun-faced.
if you are such an adept in building sowing Korea, then answer the question why is this society so isolated? What are the leaders of this country afraid of? Now, if you would give them access to information and freedom of choice, then you can ask what they want

[neri73-r]

Are you so cunning as a Jew or Anglo-Saxon, give him media freedom in Korea, don’t, we have already gone through !!! There is NO FREE MEDIA ANYWHERE !!! They belong either to the state (and pursue its policy or ideology) or to private financial groups, usually very large (and pursue their policy, that is, Western)! These financial groups rule most of the world !!! And this will be a one-goal game, obviously in Korean !!! Since the Korean people without violent state restraining methods will not be able to resist the united media of the West playing it is NOT fair! And the fact that they play is NOT HONEST for a long time has been proved - Georgia, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, etc. ... !!!

[Alexander Petrovich]

But we are not given freedom of choice, they forcefully rub in on us the ideas that we are Romanians, that Russians are bad. do not give us freedom of choice. Where is democracy? Kill your head against the wall accursed Romaninoid, with your "correct" ideas.

[gor]

especially for imbitsil petrovich. who rubs you that you are Romanian? what fright are you all with ... didn’t we dump here about Korea, or just to say something.
I’m so smart as you really would restrict it in choosing. What is wrong with the people of the DPRK having the right to make their choice? that is, you can and they aren’t. I am for those woodheads who are talking about democracy and that kind of stuff. - no one keeps in a free country, and if you have such views, go and live where the dictatorship is.

[Alexander Petrovich]

That is, you consider yourself smarter than me ?? Right. I am not saying that you are a fool, but you give out gorgeous pearls. Free country? Tell me, what does the word freedom mean to you? Surely, when you sit in a store and think about which sausage to buy, Moscow or Doctor's, this is your so-called freedom of choice. Doesn't this word "free country" make you laugh? The country is completely and completely dependent, is mired in debt to the IMF, depends on Russian gas supplies, its income depends on how its citizens work abroad. So what kind of free country are we talking about? Once again, I repeat to you, kill your head against the wall.

[gor]

are you a complete fuck-up or what? we are talking about Korea and you have suffered again. and about what kind of free country I live in, I judge how much I feel free. here, for example, if we were under the flags of North Korea and I said, I would about Korea as about Moldova, so I would have an order, and you would have been shot))))))))))))))) if you have not been shot yet, then you live in a free country, and your opinion is determined by the fact that you are also a whiner by nature

[PARROT]

They are very scared, they just don’t know that they can live better, they inspire them with any untruth, therefore, to talk about whether he wants something strange, anyone in their place would behave like them.

[snek]

Quote: PARROT

they just don’t know that you can live better

No, they know. Therefore, they are massively fleeing to the south (usually bypassing through China, because you will not pass through the DMZ). And this despite the fact that such an escape is a risk and huge expenses.

[neri73-r]

They also tell you a lie, only on the other hand! An example and a question - weapons of mass destruction in Iraq found ???????

[neri73-r]

This civilized world, most likely, will soon also be very hungry, since the financial elite has no reason to maintain a high social level of the population, it is very expensive! The USSR collapsed with its high social level, there is no one else to line up and make a showcase! Now they need biomass mired in minor wars, feuds, etc., but always controlled and controlled! And here is independent, and indeed, and not like, for example, Europe and Ukraine, an independent country! You cannot stand such gentlemen !!! In this case, I would also choose to be hungry, but not with you along the way!

[smile]

Kostyan
I believe that your prayers for slaughtering the Red-bellied ones are addressed to the main hope of the world community, which is not used to laying corpses on the path to their ideals - the sweet moment when it will be possible to plunder a country taken under control?
I wonder why you are so hungry for Korea to be bombarded again with some kind of poison? What did the Koreans do wrong to you?
By the way, the democrats were already there. Unfortunately, they managed to kill just a couple of millions of Koreans. They were not given more.
So that your deity will not answer you. You try to sacrifice something for him, it may help. Yes, yes, yes, I understand. what you have already carried to the altar and sanity and conscience. but something more is needed ... find oil in Korea, or something. Then everything will be OK, and the leg of the most democratic American soldier and marauder in the world will set foot on the bombed and bloody Korean soil.

[Kostyan new]

oops .. yo-may ..... you are directly pursuing me ...... I answer .. I'm not a fan of the Yankees ... you just need to relate to everything truthfully and reliably ... that's all I want and ask from members of the site .. and not howl in vain .. especially bearing different hooray ... and as for the poor Koreans, I will answer you ..... I am not against the people of Korea .. I am for him .. I am for his deliverance from a bunch of abominations and cannibals .. packs of a family who usurped power .. people are dying of hunger .. labor camps and armies ... labor fronts ..... 50% of the country's population is the army .... tin ... look to the south .. the same people .. not hu ie not better .. one people, and how to live ..... what is this ??? How to understand it??? but like that ..... it’s clear that you just need to stupidly cut out this gang of jackals that ordinary people torment and give them just the opportunity to reunite with the south .. and that's it ... they will be accepted as relatives .... brainwash people .. juche eb ... something .... it's just tough .. in short, another experiment on people from these rubbish garbage .. it was already in different countries ... and the monstrous experiment failed .. and everywhere .. ... you just need to help the poor people and exterminate this lair of the red-bellied monsters .. but don’t believe so read the stories of tourists .. and you will understand everything .. I hope....

[smile]

Kostyan new
Damn, I do not pursue, I generally do not pay attention to nicknames ..... I answer the text ..
I’m not saying that everything is good there ..... but, firstly, all the information we operate on has the same reliability as the media reports from South Ossetia, and secondly. you can change anything there only peacefully. You know, at least one example of a change of leadership of any country by the Americans, which did not lead to looting and, if there were disagreements, to the destruction of them all physically .... I also think. that in order to survive, they need to change the system ..... but not according to the recipes that the democracy has in its hands ....

[nekromonger]

there, these Kimas of their people starved to death more than all the wars that they had.

[Kostyan new]

truly .. scum .....

[awg75]

all the equipment shown except the anti-ship complex is just a stone age

[kostiknet]

Against the Papuans in feathers and with bows - the technique will go, and so - the museum for a walk Damage to the enemy and from a flintlock can be inflicted, but how much of that damage, and what is the use of it? Based on the "show-off" of North Korea, they are no less than Lucas's starships! And to threaten with THIS, someone else - suicide and contempt for the fate of their people !!! IMHO

[Rus_87]

Interesting photographs ... I noticed that they even had a Soviet-style uniform ... moreover, an ancient Soviet model in which our grandfathers and great-grandfathers took Berlin ...

[Volkhov]

Smart people.

[8 company]

The sight is more sad than solemn. The whole nation was stuck somewhere at the level of the 60s of the last century. The most interesting thing is that all this brave equipment in case of war will be torn to pieces in a couple of weeks, and the North Koreans will be able to provide real resistance to the aggressor only in a guerrilla war. Through holes and caves ...

[Kostyan new]

quite right .. I support .. only there they will bomb everyone from the air .. and the ground operation will come down to cleaning up the corpses of the South Korean military .... this is so if you look pessimistically ... but according to normal .. it's so simple there I’ll overwhelm the top .. and everyone else will just happily reunite with the young .... after all, in the end, they need something to eat ..... one lope rocket gobbled up resources ....

[Insurgent]

If the amers wanted, they would have done it. Yes, the trouble is that the DPRK has nuclear weapons and the Amers will have to declare war and great China

[Lexx]

The terrain in North Korea is mountainous, North Koreans have entire underground cities, factories, fortified areas, warehouses, they have been digging from Kim Il Sung since the early days, so that the benefits of aviation, even the most modern, are reduced. Sooner or later, this technique will be carried out anyway, but ...

The number of special forces of the Korean People’s Army is estimated at between 88 and 000 troops. The mission of the KPA special forces includes conducting reconnaissance and sabotage operations, conducting operations in conjunction with the regular armed forces of the KPA, organizing a "second front" in the rear of the South Korean army, counteracting special operations of military intelligence of the United States and South Korea, combating anti-government forces within the country and ensuring internal security.

Structurally, KPA special forces are divided into three categories: light infantry, reconnaissance and sniper units. Organizational forces of the special forces are represented by 22 (possibly 23) brigades (including two naval landing sniper brigades, one located on the east, the other on the west coast). The special forces also include 18 separate battalions (17 reconnaissance, including naval and air force reconnaissance battalions, and 1 airborne assault).

The leadership of the special forces is carried out by two main structures of the DPRK Ministry of People's Armed Forces: the Directorate of the Command of Special Units and the Intelligence Directorate.

[Vadim555]

Quote: Lexx

The number of special forces of the Korean People’s Army is estimated to range from

Special troops of the world "North Korea" (part of 3)

http://topwar.ru/5196-spec-voyska-mira-severnaya-koreyachast-3.html

[gor]

this is the most interesting thought)))))))))) In taekwondo training, special forces work exclusively in full contact. And right away the question is what taekwondo and North Korea have in common. Only such a phrase casts a shadow on the reliability of the article and as far as the author’s fantasies

[Amgalan]

Taekwondo - korean martial arts

[_Smirnov_]

outdated versions of technology ... during hostilities they will lose in a technical confrontation ....

[Centaurus]

Something somehow not impressive ...

[n-kama]

curious article, respect to the author

[Volga Cossack]

interesting. a little veil was opened.