Military


Republic of Korea Army Equipment

  Type 1990 1995 2000 2002 2005 2008 2010 2015 2020
Troops ,000 560 560 560 560 560 370
Army HQ 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
Corps 11 11 11 11 10 10 8 6
Mech ID 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
Infantry Div 19 19 19 19 19 17 17 8
Army HQ Reserve 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Infantry Div Reserve 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 15
MBT 1550 2050 2330 2340 2480 2580 2424 2350 2244
K-2 - - - - - - 10 300 680
K-1A1 - - - 10 150 250 484 484 484
K-1 250 800 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
T-80U - - 80 80 80 80 80 80 80
M-48A5 950 850 850 850 850 850 850 150 0
M-47 350 400 400 400 400 400 [400] [400] [400]
AIFV 1066 2,466
WAV - - - - - - - 600 2,000
tracked K-21 NIFV - - - - - - +* 466 466
KAFV - - - - - 0 0 0 0
tracked BMP-3 40 40 40 40 40 0 0
APC ~2080 2480 2480 2480 2480 2480 2780 1700 300
tracked K-200 KIFV ~530 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1400 0
tracked M-113 450 420 420 420 420 420 420 0 0
tracked M-577 140 140 140 140 140 140 0 0
tracked Bv 206 -- -- -- -- + 300 300 300
wheeled KM-900 / Fiat 6614 400 200 200 200 200 200 200 0 0
wheeled BTR-80 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
TOWED ARTY ~4000 ~3500 ~3500 ~3500 ~3500 ~3500 ~3500
105mm M-101 + 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700
KH-178 + + + + + + +
155mm M-53 + + + + + + +
M-114 + + + + + + +
KH-179 + + + + + + +
203mm M-115 + + + + + + +
SP ARTY 1000 1050 ~1089 ~1089 ~1089 ~1089
155mm K-55 / M-109A2 100 + 1040 1040 1040 1040 1040
K-9 Thunder + ~36 ~36 ~36 ~36 500
175mm M-107 + + + + + + +
203mm M-110 + + 13 13 13 13 13
MRL 152 168 197 197 197 226 226
70mm 70mm MRL - - - - - - ? ? ?
130mm K-136 Kooryong 140 156 156 156 156 156 156 146 83
???mm K-X New MLRS - - - - - - - 10 73
227mm M270A1 (w/ ATACMS) 29 29 29 58 58 58 58
NHK-1/-2 Hyunmoo I / II 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Hyunmoo III - - - - - - - + 500
ATGW
TOW + + + + + + +
Panzerfaust + + + + + +
AT-7 Saxhorn + + + + +
Javelin 100 350 350 350 350 350 350
RCL
57mm + + + + + + +
75mm + + + + + + +
90mm M67 + + + + + + +
106mm M40A2 + + + + + + +
ATK GUNS
76mm M-18 Hellcat 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
90mm M-36 SP 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
Robots
SGR-A1 - - - - - - - - -
AD - SAM + ~1138
Towed ~210
MIM-23B I-Hawk - - - - - + 158 + +
Patriot - - - - - + 48** + +
Static 200
MIM-14 Nike Hercules - - - - - + 200 + +
MANPADS + ~780
FIM-43 Redeye + 60 - - - - - - -
FIM-92A Stinger 130 170 130 200 200 ~200 200
Mistral 170 170 170 170 170 170
SA-16 Gimlet + + + + + + +
KP-SAM Shingung - - - - - - + + +
AD - GUNS + ~330
20mm M-167 KIFV Vulcan - - - - - + ~150 + +
35mm BIHO Flying Tiger - - - - - + 20 + +
40mm L/60/L/70 - - - - - + 80 + +
40mm M1 - - - - - + + + +

*The ROK took delivery of the K-21 in 2010 from Doosan, and as of November 2010, plans on fielding ~466 units by 2015

**The ROK will take delivery of 48 Patriot Missiles systems in late 2010




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