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[Chart 1-3] Key Assets of the North Korean Ground Force









                                  Tanks        Armored Vehicles   Cannons           MRLs
                               Approx. 4,300    Approx. 2,600   Approx. 8,800    Approx. 5,500

                            [Chart 1-4]  New Key Assets Identified at the Military Parade Marking the 75th
                                    Anniversary of Its Ruling Party (October 10, 2020)








                                            Anti-Tank Missile-Mounted  Armored Vehicle-Type
                                  Tanks                                       Self-Propelled Artillery
                                               Armored Vehicles  Mobile Artillery


                            Special Operation Force   The KPA classified Special Operation Force  as
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                                                      a separate military unit to strengthen the status of

                            special warfare units. Special warfare units are organized in various ways by unit and
                            echelon, such as 11th Corps , special operation battalions, light infantry divisions
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                            and brigades, sniper brigades of the front corps, sniper brigades of the Naval Force
                            and the Air and Anti-Air Force, and light infantry brigades of the front divisions. The
                            troop level is estimated to be around 200,000. Special warfare units are expected to
                            use wartime tunnels or various infiltration means such as submarines, air-cushion
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        11th Corps, marine and   vehicles (ACVs), AN-2 aircrafts, and helicopters to infiltrate the forward and rear
        air sniper brigades, and   areas and conduct hybrid operations in the form of striking major units and facilities,
        special operation battalions
        are classified as Special   assassinating key figures, and disturbing the rear area. They are also carrying out
        Operation Force; separate
        command is not organized   strike training by establishing mockups of our strategic facilities as well as air, sea,
        / Commander unidentified
                            and ground infiltration training while continually reinforcing its forces as seen
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        Strategic special warfare   through the modernization of armaments. Major activities of the North Korean
        units, also known as
        Storm Corps         Special Operation Force are as shown in [Chart 1-5].
















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