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

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9 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. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9 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. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9 Q Next 5 Page(s) In Document Denied STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/15 :CIA-RDP05T02051 8000200340003-9