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  1. $Title{Table 7.: Orders of Battle for the Armed Forces of South Korea and North Korea}
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  5.                South Korea                                   North  Korea
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  7.  
  8.                                          Ground Forces
  9.  
  10. 543,000 personnel                               600,000 personnel
  11.   (includes 23,000 Marines)
  12.        5 corps headquarters                           8 corps headquarters
  13.       20 infantry divisions                          35 infantry divisions
  14.        1 mechanized infantry division                 3 motorized infantry divisions
  15.        2 armored brigades                             4 armored brigades
  16.        2 independent infantry brigades               12 infantry and light infantry brigades
  17.        7 special forces brigades                     22 special forces brigades
  18.        2 antiaircraft artillery brigades              3 antiaircraft artillery divisions
  19.        7 tank battalions                              2 tank divisions and 2 independent
  20.                                                           tank regiments
  21.       36 artillery battalions                       100 artillery battalions
  22.        2 surface-to-surface missile                   4 surface-to-surface missile battalions
  23.            battalions                                82 rocket battalions
  24.        2 surface-to-air missile brigades              1 river-crossing regiment
  25.        1 army avaiation brigade                       5 airborne battalions
  26.      860 medium tanks                             2,500 medium tanks
  27.                                                     150 light tanks
  28.      570 armored personnel carriers               1,000 armored personnel carriers
  29.    2,076 field artillery pieces                   4,000 field artillery pieces
  30.    5,300 mortars                                  9,000 mortars
  31.  
  32.                                            Naval Forces
  33.  
  34.   25,000 personnel                               31,000 personnel
  35.        0 submarines                                  15 submarines
  36.       10 destroyers                                   0 destroyers
  37.        8 frigates                                     4 frigates
  38.        6 corvettes                                    0 corvettes
  39.        9 missile attack craft                        18 missile attack craft
  40.        9 minesweepers                                 0 minesweepers
  41.       24 amphibious craft                            94 amphibious craft
  42.       38 coastal patrol types                       370 coastal patrol types
  43.  
  44.                                             Air Forces
  45.  
  46.   32,600 personnel                               44,000 personnel
  47.      330 fighter/fighter bombers                    530 fighter/fighter bombers
  48.                60 F-4D/E                                     390 MiG 15/17/19
  49.               220 F-5 A/B/E/F                                120 MiG 21
  50.                50 F-86F                                       20 SU-7
  51.       20 antisubmarine warfare craft                 85 light bombers
  52.       12 reconnaissance aircraft
  53.  
  54.                                             Air Defense
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  56.       80 HAWK surface-to-air missiles               250 SA 2 surface-to-air missiles
  57.       45 Nike Hercules surface-to-air
  58.            missiles
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  61. Sources: Based on information from The Military Balance 1980-1981, London, 1980,
  62.          p. 71; Jane's Fighting Ships, 1980-81 (Ed., John Moore), London, 1980,
  63.          pp. 298-300; and Korea Annual 1980, Seoul, 1980, p. 99.
  64.