Attire & Equipment +Camouflage Patterns & UniformsBranchNameImagePicture ArmyGranite BNavyIntroduce in May 2021 - a new blue-dominant camouflage pattern uniform to personnel serving on combat crews of combat surface ships and submarines. Marine CorpsWavepat Air ForceGranite B +OthersNameIn ServiceImagePictureROKPATROK Special Warfare CommandMARPAT-StyleROK Army - UN MissionsMulticamROK UDT/SEALS"Akh Unit" Pixelated Desert Camouflage Pattern"Akh Unit" of the 707th Special Missions Group +Dress Uniform, Service Uniform & HeadgearBranchNameImageNameImageNameImageNameImage ArmyArmy Dress Uniform (Men)Army Dress Uniform (Women)Army Service Uniform (Men)Army Service Uniform (Women)NavyNavy Dress Uniform (Men)Navy Dress Uniform (Women)Navy Service Uniform (Men)Navy Service Uniform (Women) Marine CorpsMarine Corps Dress Uniform (Men)Marine Corps Dress Uniform (Women)Marine Corps Service Uniform (Men)Marine Corps Service Uniform (Women) Air ForceAir Force Dress Uniform (Men)Air Force Dress Uniform (Women)Air Force Service Uniform (Men)Air Force Service Uniform (Women)
+Infantry GearsNameTypeImagesIn Service/NotesM1Combat HelmetIn Storage.Bangtan HelmetCombat HelmetTraining and Reserve purpose only.KHB-2000Combat HelmetLarge Amount.KHB Type III KCI-105Combat HelmetCurrently Standard issue combat helmet, alongside with KHB-2000FAST-Style (Lightweight bulletproof helmet) Combat HelmetUsed by Special Operation Force.PASGT-TypeBody ArmorPhased out.CIRASTactical vestSmall number, used by the Dongmyeong Unit (Contingent of ROK Army for UN Mission on Lebanon), Zaytun Unit (Contingent in UAE, Air Force, and Marine Corps. OTV body armorBulletproof vestStarting in 2010, developed for supply to the Special Operation Forces.Multipurpose Bulletproof Vest (Type I)Bulletproof vestCurrently used by Army, Marine Corps. More than 300,000 pieces have been supplied.Scalable Plate Carrier-style (Type III Body Armor)Plate CarrierNewly plate carrier, issued by some unit.M-1945 Combat PackLoad-carrying equipmentPhased outM-1956 LCELoad-carrying equipmentLimited useCombat VestLoad-bearing vestWidely used.
Army & Marine Corps
Rifles & SMG Daewoo K1A Assault Carbine Daewoo K2 Assault Rifle (K2 & K2C1) Daewoo K7 Silencer-Mounted SMG Daewoo K11 Advanced Assault Rifle and Air-Burst Smart Grenade Launcher (rejected) Heckler & Koch MP5 Heckler & Koch HK416 Colt M4A1 Colt M16A1 (in use with reserve forces) MAC-11 (in storage) AK-47 (Type 56 & Type 58) PPSh-41 Thompson M1A1 (in storage) M1A1 Carbine (in storage) M1 Garand (used as a ceremonial gun) M1918 BAR (in storage) M1903 Springfield (in storage) M3 submachine gun (in storage)
Pistols Daewoo K5 IMI Jericho 941F Tactical Heckler & Koch USP9 Tactical Beretta 92FS Glock 17
Shotguns Remington 870 Daewoo USAS-12 Mossberg 500 Benelli M4 Super 90
Machine guns/Support weapons Daewoo K15 Light Machine Gun Daewoo K4 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher Daewoo K11 Advanced Assault Rifle and Air-Burst Smart Grenade Launcher (rejected) S&T Daewoo K12 General-Purpose Machine Gun S&T Daewoo K6 Heavy Machine Gun M60D General-Purpose Machine Gun
Sniper rifles Heckler & Koch PSG-1 Heckler & Koch MSG-90 Steyr SSG 69 SIG Sauer SSG 3000 Accuracy International AWM S&T Daewoo K14
Anti-tank munitions BGM-71 TOW Panzerfaust 3 AT-13 Metis-M M72 LAW M40 106mm recoilless rifle KSTAM RPG-7
Tanks K1(K1E1) & K1A1(K1A2) MBTs K2 Black Panther MBT T-80U & T-80UK T-72
Armored vehicles M113 K200 & K200A1 series BMP-3 K532 KM900 Doosan Barracuda K21 KNIFV KAAV7A1 K808(8X8) & K806(6X6) wheeled armored vehicle in 2016
Artillery M101 105mm Howitzer KH178 105mm Howitzer KH179 155mm Howitzer M114 155mm Howitzer M115 203mm Howitzer M107 175mm SP Howitzer M110 203mm SP Howitzer K55 155mm SP Howitzer K9 Thunder 155mm SP Howitzer K10 Artillery Munitions Carrier M270A1 MLRS K-136 Kooryong MRLS
Surface-to-Surface Missile Hyunmoo Hyunmoo I SSM(185 km ~ 250 km) / Hyunmoo II SSM(300 km ~ 500 km) / Hyunmoo III SLCM(1000 km ~ 1500 km) ATACMS
Self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles K30 Biho SPAAG K263A1 The K-SAM Pegasus is categorized under "Missile"
Aviation AH-64E AH-1S AH-1F CH-47D UH-60P UH-1 Hughes 500MD Bo 105 Surion
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) IAI Searcher KAI Duck Hawk (KRQ-101 Night Intruder 300) KAI Kus-9 IAI Heron-1
Support vehicles KM451 Ambulance Vehicle KM450 Utility Truck DoDaam Aegis Robot RXV Unmanned Vehicle KM131 Jeep KM250 Cargo Truck KM1500 heavy truck Navy
Rifles & SMGs Heckler & Koch HK416 Heckler & Koch MP5 Daewoo K1A Daewoo K2 SNT Motiv K13 (recalled or withdrawn from service) AK-47 PPSh-41
Pistols Daewoo K5 IMI Jericho 941F Tactical Beretta 92FS Heckler & Koch USP9 Tactical SIG Sauer P226
Machine Guns Daewoo K15 Daewoo K6
Sniper Rifles KAC SR-25
Submarines SX 756 Dolgorae ("Dolphin")-class submarine KSS-I Changbogo class (U209) submarine KSS-II Sohn Won-il class (U214) submarine KSS-III
Destroyers Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer (KD-I) Chungmugong Yi Sunshin class destroyer (KD-II) King Sejong the Great class destroyer (KDX-III)
Frigates Ulsan-class frigate Inchon class frigate
Corvettes Donghae class PCC Pohang class PCC
Missile craft Pae Ku-52 Pae Ku-51
Patrol craft Sea Dolphin/Kiruki-class PKM Chamsuri class PK-X Gumdoksuri class
Mine warfare ships Wonsan class MLS Yang-yang class MSH Ganggyeong class MHC Geumsan (aka Kum San) class MSC (ex-USN MSC-268 class) Nam-yang class MSC (ex-USN MSC-294 class)
Amphibious Dokdo class LPH Gojoonbong class LST LCM LCU-72 Mulkae LSM-655 Ko Mun Hovercraft
Support ships Cheonji class AOE (Combat Auxiliary Support Ships) Cheonghaejin class ASR (Submarine rescue ship) Pyeongtaek class ATS (ex-USN Edenton class)
Aviation P-3C Bell 206 JetRanger Cessna F406 Hughes 500MD Aérospatiale SA 316 Westland Lynx Super Lynx Mk.99 UH-60 RC-800 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Anti-ship/Cruise missiles Sea Skua SSM-700K Sea Star (Hae Sung) AGM-119 Penguin Harpoon, Harpoon Block II MM38 Exocet
Land Attack Cruise missile Hyunmoo III
Ship-to-Air Missile RIM-7 Sea Sparrow RIM-116 RAM RIM-66 Standard
Torpedo/Anti-submarine Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) rocket-based torpedo (K-ASROC) K745 LW Blue Shark torpedo K731 HW White Shark torpedo Mark 46 torpedo SUT
Air Force
Rifles & SMGs Heckler & Koch HK416 Heckler & Koch MP5 Daewoo K1A Daewoo K2 (K2 & K2C1) M-60 machine gun
Pistols Daewoo K5 IMI Jericho 941F Tactical Beretta 92FS Heckler & Koch USP9 Tactical SIG Sauer P226 M1911A1
Fighter aircraft F-4D/E Phantom II (retired) F-5E/F Tiger II (will be phased out) F-16C/D & KF-16C/D F-15K Slam Eagle FA-50 Golden Eagle A-37B (retired) Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II KFX (In Development)
Support aircraft C-130 Hercules CN-235 BAe 748 Boeing 737-3Z8 Hawker 800XP
Trainers KT-1 T-50 Golden Eagle BAE HAWK 67 MK KO-1
Helicopters UH-1H CH-47D AH-1 Aérospatiale AS 332 VH/HH-60 Ka-32 Surion Korean Multi-purpose Helicopter ("KMH") (in development) Bell 427 Helicopter (Co-developed by KAI and Bell) AH-64 Apache
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) IAI Harpy
Special Forces Small Arms
Rifles and Carbines
Heckler & Koch HK416 (In use mainly with the UDT/SEALs) Colt M4A1 SNT Motiv K13 (recalled or withdrawn from service) SNT Motiv K17 Daewoo K1 Daewoo K2 (K2C carbine ready for distribution and is in field testing) Daewoo K11 (rejected) FN SCAR-L
SMGs Daewoo K-7 Heckler & Koch MP5 (MP5SD, MP5N, MP5A2) Heckler & Koch MP7 (In use with 707 Special Mission Battalion) Brügger & Thomet MP9 (In use with 707 Special Mission Battalion)
Pistols Heckler & Koch USP (In .45 ACP) Daewoo K5 (Standard sidearm) Beretta 92FS IMI Jericho 941F Tactical SIG Sauer P226 (in use mainly with the Navy) Various revolvers (in use mainly with JSA personnel) M1911A1 Glock 17/19
Sniper Rifles Heckler & Koch MSG-90 Heckler & Koch PSG-1 Steyr SSG 69 SIG Sauer SSG 3000 Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum Barrett M82 Barrett MRAD S&T Daewoo K14 KAC SR-25
Missile
Anti-air systems M167 Vulcan GDF-001 35mm AAA K-SAM Pegasus MIM-14 Nike-Hercules MIM-104C PAC-2, 3 Javelin MIM-23 Hawk FIM-92A Stinger ATAS Mistral KP-SAM Shingung SA-16 Igla SA-18 Grouse RIM-7 Sea Sparrow KM-SAM RIM-116 RAM RIM-66 Standard SM-2 K-SAAM
Ballistic missiles Baekgom Hyunmoo-1, 2, 4 Honest John ATACMS
Surface attack munitions AGM-65 Maverick AGM-88 HARM AGM-84K SLAM-ER AGM-142 Have Nap JDAM KEPD 350 AGM-130 Mark 84 Paveway(All variants) CBU-58 CBU-87 CBU-97 LAU-3 LAU-68 Hyunmoo-3
Air-to-air munitions AIM-120 AMRAAM AIM-9 AIM-7
See also Military of South Korea Republic of Korea Air Force Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command 707th Special Mission Unit
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