North Korean Tanks
Like the South, North Korea has been maintaining a large stable of armored vehicles for decades which, until recently, was mainly Soviet in origin.
There are a total of 14 North Korean Tanks in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below by initial year of service. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1992
Despite a design origin that possibly dates back to the late 1980s, the Pokpung-ho ("Storm Tiger") Main Battle Tank remains s...
1985
The PT-85 is a light amphibious tank system (may also be known as the "Type 82" or "Type 85") in service with the North Korea...
1981
At present, the Chonma-ho (or "Sky Horse" or "Pegasus") represents one of the more numerous and modern of all the North Korea...
1966
The Soviet military was first major military power to widely adopt the concept of an "armored fighting infantry carrier" thro...
1963
Yet another in the long line of NORINCO designs inspired by Soviet-era purchases, the Type 62 (classified as a "light tank") ...
1963
The Chinese NORINCO-built Type 63 is in many ways a relative to the Soviet-designed and built PT-76 troop carrier. The weapon...
1961
After the end of World War 2, the Soviet military had officially replaced their war-winning T-34 Medium Tank series with the ...
1959
The NORINCO-produced Type 59 was actually based on the purchase and subsequent local licensed production of the Soviet T-54 m...
1958
The T-55 was a further improved version of the T-54 Main Battle Tank series of 1949 intended to counter the new American M60 ...
1952
The PT-76 was developed shortly after Second World War. The weapon system is designated as a "Light Amphibious Tank" featurin...
1949
The T-54 series of Soviet main battle tank came about in the search for a viable replacement for the war-winning T-34 Medium ...
1943
The Soviet Army need for ever-more formidable tracked firepower came to the forefront after losses of much territory to the i...
1943
The T-34/85 was essentially categorized as an "up-gunned" version of the successful base T-34 medium tank designed and built ...
1940
To Red Army authorities, it was becoming painfully clear that the BT series of "fast tanks" was not the long term answer for ...
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