TABLE 1. COMPARISON OF NORTH KOREAN AND ROK COMBAT POWER ON THE EVE OF THE KOREAN WAR

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TABLE 1. COMPARISON OF NORTH KOREAN AND ROK
COMBAT POWER ON THE EVE OF THE KOREAN WAR
Infantry divisions 10 divisions (30 reg- 8 divisions (22 reg-
iments) invents)
5 divisions were from 1 artillery battalion per
Communist China division (91 pieces)
Most high-ranking of-
ficers were from the
USSR and China
Tank Units 1 tank brigade done
242 tanks (T-34) (27 armored cars)
self-propelled artillery
Mechanized Infantry
Regiment (560 side
cars)
Air Force 1 air division 8 liaison planes
211 airplanes 1-1 training craft
4 AK-9 and IL-10
avv
30 vessels 28 vessels
3 bases 5 bases
Total strength ground: 182,860 ground: 95,000
nava1:13,700 naval: 8,800
air: 2,000 air: 1,800
Table compiled by Lee Suk Bok in The Impact of US Forces in Korea
(National Defense University Press: Washington, D.C., 1987), p.40.
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Table 2 Active and Reserve Military Personnel and Equipment, South and
North Korea, 1975
Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The ~Nil(tmy Ba(enct, 1973-/976 (London: IISS
197, p. 56.
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