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Originally Posted by Marcello
The south korean army has about 500 tanks equipped with 120mm guns and still 1900 or so K1 and M48 fitted with 105mm.
The K2 will eventually displace the M48, but not exactly overnight and the 105mm K1 are going to stay. There are some Abrams in the USFK but overall the 120mm tanks are probably going to be a third or less of the total tank force for the time being. Clearly a tank proof against 105mm guns would still have an advantage in many tactical situations.
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.....and HOW MANY Po's are there realistically ?? I'll be wildly optimistic and say it's considerably below the total of 120 mm armed tanks in the SK armoury and even if it's 3 or 4 hundred ( which it won't be ) the SK solution to the 120 /105 gun "imbalance" is to adopt the "Firefly" model of tank distribution and there will always be a 120 around to slice and dice the PO's.
The NK strength is arty, not tanks. The Po seems more of a propaganda exercise.
Don