North Korea’s military power

The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has a People's Armed Forces Province, and the permanent armed force is the People's Army, which is divided into three branches: land, sea and air force, with 1.055 million active troops. The permanent leading organs are the General Staff Headquarters and the General Political Bureau.

Paramilitary forces: Security and Border Guards (Ministry of Social Security) 189,000 people.

The Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Guards have about 3.5 million people, with the maximum age being 60 years old. They are established in roads, cities, villages and towns. Their command sequence is brigade-battalion-company-platoon. They are equipped with light weapons, mortars and anti-aircraft artillery. .

Troops stationed abroad: Military advisers are dispatched to about 12 African countries.

The North Korean Army has 923,000 troops. There are 20 corps (including 1 armored corps, 4 mechanized corps, 12 infantry corps, 2 artillery corps, and 1 capital defense corps), 26 infantry/motorized infantry divisions, 15 armored brigades, 24 Motorized infantry brigade, 3 independent infantry brigades; 1 special operations corps with 88,000 people, 10 blocker brigades, 14 light infantry brigades; 6 directly affiliated heavy artillery brigades, 1 "Scud" surface-to-surface missile brigade , 1 "Frog" surface-to-surface missile brigade.

Main battle tanks: about 3,000, including T-54/-55, T-62, T-34 and 59.

Light tanks: about 500, the main models are PT-76 and M-1985.

Armored personnel carriers: 2,500, including БTP-40/-50/-60/-152, M-1973, etc.

Towed guns: 122 mm, 130 mm, 152 mm, 3500 guns.

Self-propelled guns: 122 mm, 152 mm, 180 mm ***4500.

Mortars: 82mm, 120mm, 160mm ***8100.

Rocket launchers: 107 mm, 122 mm, 240 mm ***2600.

Recoilless rifles: 1,700 82 mm guns.

Anti-aircraft guns: 4,800 14.5 mm, 23 mm, 37 mm, 57 mm, 85 mm, 100 mm guns, and 3,000 fixed position guns.

Surface-to-surface missiles: 54 Frog-3/-5/-7 types and about 30 Scud C-type missiles.

Anti-tank missiles: several "turtle", "fire-resistant box" and "spandrel".

Surface-to-air missiles: more than 10,000 SA-7/-16 types.

The North Korean Navy has approximately 47,000 personnel. There are 2 fleet headquarters.

Submarines: *** 26, including 22 Soviet-made R-class ships, 4 Soviet-made W-class ships, about 45 small submarines, and 13 coastal submarines.

Frigates: 2 "Rajin" class and 1 "Suhu" class.

Light frigates: 3 "Sariwon" class ships.

Missile speedboats: 47 Soviet-made "Wasp" class, "Mosquito" class, etc.

Torpedo boats: ***198, including 158 Soviet-made "Vespa" class and 40 "Pioneer" class.

Patrol boats: 174, including 19 coastal patrol boats and 155 offshore patrol boats.

Minesweepers: about 25.

Landing craft: 130, and about 130 momentum ships.

Support and chore ships: 7.

Coastal defense force: 2 surface-to-ship missile regiments, 6 "Silkworm" missile bases; several 122mm, 130mm, and 152mm shore guns.

The North Korean Air Force has 85,000 personnel. Organized into 6 aviation divisions. 607 combat aircraft.

Bombers: 82 H-5s.

Ground attack/fighter aircraft: 525, including 107 MiG-17s, 159 MiG-19s, 130 MiG-21s, and 46 MiG-23s. There are 30 G-29s, 18 Su-7s, and 35 Su-25s.

Transport aircraft: ***300, including 282 An-2/Ya-5, 6 An-24, 2 Il-18, 4 Il-62M, 2 Tu-134s and 4 Tu-154s.

Helicopters: ***282, including 80 "Hughes" 500D, 139 Mi-2, 15 Mi-8/-17, and 48 Zo-5.

Trainer aircraft: ***228 aircraft, including 6 MiG-21 type, 170 Yak-18 type, 35 FT-2 (MiG-15) type, and 17 other types.

Air-to-air missiles: several "Atoll" and "Apex" missiles.

Surface-to-air missiles: 240 SA-2 types, 36 SA-3 types, and 24 SA-5 types.