General Note: Before I start this page, let me say that a great deal of information about North Korea’s military is not known or poorly-understood. Therefore, though I’ve based the following tanks on the best information I could find, any of it may be wrong, and at least some of it probably is. If you know something unclassified about North Korea’s tank force or their military in general, please let me know.

Ch’onma-ho

Notes: Though the first examples of the Ch’onma-ho (which can be translated as "Sky Horse" or "Pegasus") were seen by Western observers during a parade in Pyongyang in 1992, it is possible that the first version of the Ch’onma-ho was in service as much as ten years before that. At first thought to be an upgrade of North Korea’s version of the Chinese Type 62 light tank, most defense experts now agree that the Ch’onma-ho is an upgrade of the Russian T-62, and is probably now the most numerous North Korean tank.

The North Koreans are believed to have gotten some T-62s (probably the M-1967 variety with the improved engine access) directly from the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s, and more from the Syrians in the late 1970s. At first, when the North Koreans attempted to reverse-engineer the T-62, they were unable to duplicate much of the technology, including producing armor plates of the same strength as those of the T-62. Therefore, the original North Korean copies of the T-62 (the Ch’onma-ho 1A) had weaker and thinner armor than the original, and fire control was below that of the T-62. Over the years (probably with Iranian help, and possibly even with Pakistani and Slovakian help), the North Koreans have been improving their weapons production and reverse-engineering capabilities. Recently, the currency-impaired Russia is believed to have resumed some limited military technology exchanges with North Koreans. In the case of the T-62, this led first to a tank that was an equivalent of the Soviet T-62 M-1967 (the Ch’onma-ho 1B), then a slight upgrade, and then the rest of the Ch’onma-ho series.

It is believed that the Iranians have some 150 Ch’onma-ho 4s and 5s in service; the tanks were exchanged in return for Iranian assistance in the development of the Ch’onma-ho 4 and 5, and the recent development of the Po’kpoong-ho tank. Some 1200 Ch’onma-hos are believed to have been built; most of those in service today are Ch’onma-ho 4s and 5s (with Ch’onma-ho 4s being the most numerous variant).

The Chon’ma-ho 1, 2 and 3

As stated before, the original Ch’onma-ho 1 version, the 1A, is essentially a poor-man’s T-62. Many of the details are similar or the same as those of the T-62D, and I will copy some of those details from the entry in Russian Tanks for convenience. However, there are significant differences between the Ch’onma-ho 1A and the T-62D, especially in protection and fire control, and these differences will also become evident.

The basic layout of the Ch’onma-ho 1A, internally and externally, is the same as that of the T-62. The Ch’onma-ho 1A is equipped with a North Korean-made version of the 115mm U5TS Rapira smoothbore gun. This gun is stabilized in two planes; the stabilization is not quite as good as that of the T-62, though in game terms the stabilization difference is not quantifiable. The commander’s cupola was slightly raised, but non-rotating; unlike the T-62, it is equipped with a DShK heavy machinegun (a domestically-produced version derived from a Chinese-made version of the DShK) The Ch’onma-ho 1A has four vision blocks to the front, and two facing opposite directions in the turret hatch. The commander has a small hand-trained spotlight mounted externally near his hatch, and a large searchlight is mounted over the main gun. On the right side of the turret, in a small armored box, is a Geiger counter. The engine is essentially the same as the Russian V-55A, developing 581 horsepower, but the transmission of the Ch’onma-ho 1A is believed to be a bit more balky than that of the T-62. The fuel tanks are under the armor of the right fender, but if you hit the Ch’onma-ho 1A in that fender from slightly below, the armor thickness is only about half that of the rest of the hull sides.

The Ch’onma-ho 1A shares most of the problems with the original T-62s. The turret itself carries only 4 ready rounds; the rest are in front of the engine compartment and alongside the driver. Turret rotation was slow; a 360-degree turn of the turret took 21 seconds, almost twice that of Western tanks of the time. To reload the main gun, the gun must be elevated to +3.5 degrees; since the sights elevate and depress with the gun, the gunner can’t look for new targets during the reloading of the main gun, and the sudden change in elevation of the main gun to 3.5 degrees is a signal to an alert enemy that the Ch’onma-ho 1A is reloading and relatively vulnerable. The fact that the turret could not be traversed during reloading did not help matters. Though the Ch’onma-ho 1A is capable of 4 rounds per minute when it is stationary, and fire on the move is possible, the tight confines of the turret and the bouncing around of the tank meant that reloading while on the move was very difficult. Perhaps the biggest problem with the Ch’onma-ho 1A was the automatic spent case ejection system. The port was never properly aligned with the main gun’s breech, which led to lots of cases missing the port and hitting the sides instead. Case ejection was violent, and spent shells could laterally ricochet off the edges of the port and injure the turret crew. The poor design of the case ejection system also tended to cause the turret to gradually fill with carbon monoxide from the main gun rounds. That small hatch for case ejection, though spring-loaded, also meant that the Ch’onma-ho 1A could not be completely NBC sealed; the crew would have to wear full MOPP gear in an NBC environment.

The fire control system of the Ch’onma-ho 1A is lesser than that of the T-62 (though again, not quantifiable in game terms). It is also more prone to failures, and requires more maintenance than that of the T-62. (This is reflected in increased maintenance times in the charts below.) A particular failure on the part of the North Koreans with the Ch’onma-ho 1A was their inability to properly reproduce the quality of even Soviet armor plate; as a result, the armor plate itself is weaker and somewhat thinner. The quality of the plates can be irregular; enemy gunners who fire upon a Ch’onma-ho 1A have a 10% chance that they will hit a weak spot in the Ch’onma-ho 1A’s armor. If such an area is hit, use only 90% of the listed armor value.

The Ch’onma-ho 1B is essentially identical to Soviet-made T-62s. The stats are reproduced on the table below. Though they’re better tanks than the Ch’onma-ho 1As, they also share the weaknesses of the original T-62 design.

The Ch’onma-ho 2 is also very similar to a stock T-62, but has several differences that are worthy of a note. The Ch’onma-ho 2 has a laser rangefinder housed in a blister above the main gun atop the turret (though the original T-62 doers have a laser rangefinder, the Ch’onma-ho 1A and 1B do not – and the laser rangefinder of the T-62 is an integral part of the fire control system, rather than an add-on part like on the Ch’onma-ho 2). The Ch’onma-ho 2 is also fitted with spaced appliqué armor on the turret in a ring around the turret (popularly known in the US military as a "boom shield") – these are simply thin plates of steel welded onto the turret atop bars so that they provide a space between the shields and the turret armor to provide the equivalent of spaced armor, as well as doubling as turret baskets for crew equipment and vehicle equipment.

The Ch’onma-ho 3 is a simple progressive upgrade of the Ch’onma-ho 2, with a thermal sleeve for the main gun and armored track skirts added. It is possible, but considered unlikely, that lugs for ERA have been added to the Ch’onma-ho 3 since its introduction; if they are present, they would be most likely found on the glacis and turret sides. The Ch’onma-ho 3 also has most likely has received a night vision upgrade, though it is possible that not all Ch’onma-ho 3s received this upgrade. I have included it below since it is likely that most of them did get the night vision upgrade.

Most Ch’onma-ho 1As are no longer in service; some have been rebuilt into newer versions, and others have simply worn out. However, a good number of Ch’onma-ho 1Bs, Ch’onma-ho 2s, and Ch’onma-ho 3s are still in active and reserve service.

The Ch’onma-ho 4 and 5

Though still based on the T-62, the Ch’onma-ho 4 and 5 represent quantum leaps forward in technology, and the North Koreans most likely didn’t do it alone – they probably had Iranian and possibly Pakistani help; it is almost certain that the engine is a copy of a T-62 engine developed in Slovakia, and the frontal armor is possibly imported from Russia. However, estimates go as high as 90% of the components being built in North Korea. This estimate, however, is tempered by the knowledge that the North Koreans do have a rather limited technological production base; some sources say that many of the components (especially the frontal armor and fire control system) are actually built in other countries, and only assembled in North Korea. Unclassified sources essentially count it as still-to-be-solved mystery. The Ch’onma-ho 4 was first seen by Western observers in 1992 in a parade in Pyongyang; it is most likely that at that time, it was a relatively new development and had been in service for only a year or two before that date.

The Ch’onma-ho 4 has greatly upgraded armor protection, including composite armor on the glacis and turret front, and appliqué or thickened armor elsewhere. Even the appliqué and/or thickened armor appears to be more advanced than earlier models, as the Ch’onma-ho 4 does not appear to have gained a huge amount of weight. A ballistic computer was added to the fire control suite, and the fire control suite has been integrated into a complete system rather than being a patchwork of upgrades. Gun stabilization has been improved. Radios are likewise improved, and the suspension appears to have been beefed up. The new engine is a 750-horsepower model which can lay a thick, oily smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into its exhaust. Lugs for ERA (believed to be similar to the Russian Kontakt-3 ERA) have been added to turret sides, and some have also been seen with lugs on the armored track skirts and on the glacis. Some have also been seen with lugs for a relatively small amount of ERA bricks on the turret front; in game terms, the ERA on the turret front would only protect the Ch’onma-ho 4 on 40% of hits to the turret front. On each side of the turret, there are clusters of four smoke grenade launchers; at the rear of the turret is another cluster of four smoke grenade launchers, firing backwards instead of forwards.

The Ch’onma-ho 5 is a real bone of contention among unclassified Western intelligence services – it’s possible that it is merely a Ch’onma-ho 4 with a thicker thermal sleeve for the main gun and thermal imagers for the gunner and commander, or it may be a more substantial upgrade. Though Kim Jong-Il was photographed standing on a tank identified as a Ch’onma-ho 5 in 2001, and tanks identified as Ch’onma-ho 5s were seen in a parade in Pyongyang in 2002, Western sources have not yet declassified any information as to whether they got a good enough look to determine the exact upgrades of the Ch’onma-ho 5. However, the North Koreans are believed to have acquired some late-model T-72s from an unknown source as early as 1992, and possibly a single T-90S in 2001, and some of the components of those tanks may have been incorporated into a new Ch’onma-ho variant. This is what I will present here, though it is highly speculative.

The Ch’onma-ho 5 is believed to have armor upgrades derived partially from the T-90S and T-72S, as well as a better ballistic computer and the addition of the aforementioned thermal imagers. However, perhaps the biggest upgrade from the Ch’onma-ho 4 is the main gun – a copy of the 125mm 2A46 gun, complete with an autoloader. The fire control system was likewise replaced with one matching the new main gun, and the spent shell ejection system was dispensed with. The Ch’onma-ho 5 may also use wider tracks than earlier versions of the Ch’onma-ho. Chon’ma-ho 5s are believed to be relatively rare, and stationed only in areas to protect Pyongyang. Other upgrades are the same as those of the Ch’onma-ho 4.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The Ch’onma-ho 5 does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline; only 22 Chon’ma-ho 4s were built before the Twilight War. The Ch’onma-ho 3 is the most numerous of the Ch’onma-ho variants, with some 500 built before the Twilight War, but about 150 Ch’onma-ho 2s and 100 Ch’onma-ho 1As and 1Bs were also in service. It should be noted that in the Twilight 2000 timeline, the North Koreans did not have the ability to manufacture APFSDS rounds for their 115mm guns (or their other armored vehicles for that matter), and the few they did have stockpiled are all imports; any particular North Korean Ch’onma-ho is only 10% likely to have any APFSDS rounds, and those will have only 1d6 APFSDS rounds. The primary North Korean anti-armor round in the Twilight 2000 timeline is either HEAT or AP.

Vehicle

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

Ch’onma-ho 1A

$430,570

D, A

500 kg

39.2 tons

4

18

Active IR (D, G, C), WL/IR Searchlight

Enclosed

Ch’onma-ho 1B

$433,900

D, A

500 kg

40 tons

4

16

Active IR (D, G, C), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Ch’onma-ho 2

$536,650

D, A

500 kg

40.2 tons

4

16

Active IR (D, G, C), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Ch’onma-ho 3

$413,650

D, A

500 kg

42 tons

4

18

Passive IR (D, G, C), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Ch’onma-ho 4

$456,846

D, A

500 kg

41.5 tons

4

24

Passive IR (D, G, C), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Ch’onma-ho 5

$432,450

D, A

500 kg

42.2 tons

3

24

Thermal Imaging (G, C), Passive IR (D), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Vehicle

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

Ch’onma-ho 1A

110/77

28/17

960+400

311

Trtd

T5

TF54 TS17 TR13 HF59 HS12 HR7

Ch’onma-ho 1B

109/77

28/17

960+400

314

Trtd

T6

TF60 TS20 TR15 HF66 HS14 HR8*

Ch’onma-ho 2

106/75

27/17

960+400

316

Trtd

T6

TF65Sp TS24Sp TR17Sp HF66 HS14 HR8*

Ch’onma-ho 3

102/72

26/16

960+400

329

Trtd

T6

TF65Sp TS24Sp TR17Sp HF66 HS19Sp HR8*

Ch’onma-ho 4

124/87

32/20

960+400

385

Trtd

T6

TF68Cp TR26Sp TR19Sp HF73Cp HS21Sp HR10**

Ch’onma-ho 5

122/85

31/19

960+400

393

Trtd

T6

TF75Cp TS29Sp TR19Sp HF80Cp HS24Sp HR10**

Vehicle

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

Ch’onma-ho 1A/1B

+1

Fair

115mm U-5TS gun, PKT, DShK (C)

40x115mm, 2500x7.62mm, 500x12.7mm

Ch’onma-ho 2/3

+2

Fair

115mm U-5TS gun, PKT, DShK (C)

40x115mm, 2500x7.62mm, 500x12.7mm

Ch’onma-ho 4

+3

Good

115mm U-5TS gun, PKT, DShK (C)

40x115mm, 2500x7.62mm, 500x12.7mm

Ch’onma-ho 5

+3

Good

125mm 2A46 gun, PKT, NSVT (C)

36x125mm, 2500x7.62mm, 500x12.7mm

*Turret roof and hull deck armor for the Ch’onma-ho 1B, Ch’onma-ho 2, and Ch’onma-ho 3 is only 3.

**Hull floor armor is 8; turret roof armor is 8Sp.

P’okpoong-ho

Notes: As early as the mid-1980s, the North Koreans found themselves faced by tanks in the South they knew their tanks could not match, such as the US M-1 Abrams and South Korean K-1. As time went by, more advanced versions of the M-1 and K-1 were fielded in the South, along with a marked increase in air power capabilities, and the South Koreans were also developing an even more advanced tank, the K-2. The North was really starting to get worried; the armored and air forces had very much fallen behind those of the South. Though for many decades the North had considerable problems getting any sort of technological aid, the fall of the Iron Curtain changed the political equations all over the world, and the North was finally able to get access to more advanced military technology. Some of this access enabled the North to develop the P’okpoong-ho ("Storm Tiger") tank. Though the P’okpoong-ho’s existence was not confirmed by the West until 2002, prototypes were probably in existence as early as 1992. The P’okpoong-ho is used only by North Korea.

The North Koreans were able to get an unknown number of various types of T-72s from Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, as Russia was so cash-poor that they were willing to sell to almost anyone. They later obtained some copies of the T-80 from unknown sources and at least one T-90S, as well as at least one Type 88 tank from China. The design of the P’okpoong-ho began as an attempt to reproduce the T-72 along with a few upgrades, but as newer technology was obtained, the design was progressively upgraded (especially in light of the poor performance of the T-72 in the hands of the Iraqis in Desert Storm, which reportedly shocked the North Koreans). The North Koreans wanted to produce an indigenous tank with performance in the class of the T-90S, or even better if they could manage it. While the North has in fact produced a tank that is much better than anything else they had in service, it is believed that the P’okpoong-ho falls well short of the T-90S’s standards in almost all areas. As with most areas of the North’s military, this is due to lack of a technological base, a shortage of funds, and their status as a pariah country in most of the world. The P’okpoong-ho program has also suffered budget cutbacks due to the North’s focus on nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technology.

It should be noted that there are no photographs or plans for the P’okpoong-ho available in any unclassified sources. Most information publicly available is second-hand from deserters and defectors, or from leaks produced by intelligence sources. Therefore, the information below should be considered to be very speculative. I will present two versions of the P’okpoong-ho below: the version that is believed to be in service today, and the version that would most likely had been available in the Twilight 2000 timeline (called the P’okpoong-ho M-1992 below).

The P’okpoong-ho (Today)

The P’okpoong-ho’s core hull is that of a T-72 (most likely T-72As and Ms), but heavy modifications have been made, especially in the area of armor protection. One of the North Korean tankers’ biggest fears is ICM-DP attack, as the US and South Korean forces have so much of it to shoot at the North Koreans, and as a result, hull deck and turret roof armor have received particular attention for armor upgrades. The rest of the armor suite is based on the T-80 (primarily the T-80A, but somewhat on the T-80B as well), and the frontal armor can probably withstand a strike by most ground-based ATGM, which use HEAT warheads. This in enhanced by the use of ERA on the P’okpoong-ho. (The North Koreans are believed to have a shortage of actual ERA, but the P’okpoong-ho does have lugs for ERA on the glacis, hull sides, turret front, and turret sides. Because of the ERA shortage, North Korean tanks with ERA are most often seen with it installed only on the turret sides, the forward part of the hull front, and a partial coverage of the turret front.) On the other hand, newer 105mm and most 120mm and 125mm APFSDS-type rounds can probably slice through the P’okpoong-ho’s frontal armor with without much of a problem. The turret of the P’okpoong-ho is saucer-shaped and looks similar to that of the T-90, though it does not equal the T-90 in armor protection or internal systems. The P’okpoong-ho is capable of a decent level of fording; it can ford about 1.5 meters without preparation other than switching on a bilge pump, or 5 meters with a snorkel kit (though the main gun has to be super-elevated above the level of the water before fording, as the main gun design has no mechanism to keep water out of the tank or expel it fully from the gun barrel after fording).

Some sources state that the P’okpoong-ho has no thermal imaging equipment, though others state the opposite; I have assumed the existence of thermal imagers on the P’okpoong-ho, because it seem logical to me from examining the sources that the P’okpoong-ho would be so equipped. The driver has an IR vision block in addition to his other vision blocks; a white light/IR searchlight is also found above the main gun (one argument against the P’okpoong-ho having thermal imagers).

As stated above, the P’okpoong-ho is armed with a version of the 125mm 2A46M gun which does not use an autoloader. This gun can still launch ATGMs through its gun barrel, and is most likely a copy of the Russian 9M119 Svir (AT-11 Sniper) ATGM, which is a laser-guided ATGM. In addition, the P’okpoong-ho is armed with two launchers on each side of the rear deck that can take North Korean versions of the Russian AT-3 Sagger, Chinese Red Arrow-3, or SA-7 or SA-14 MANPADs SAMs. The commander must have his chest, head, shoulders, and arms outside of his cupola to launch and guide the ATGMs, though the SAMs are IR-guided and require him to pop up from the cupola only to sight the missiles before launch. The commander himself has a heavy machinegun at his position on a pintle, and the P’okpoong-ho has the standard coaxial machinegun. A cluster of four smoke grenade launchers are found on each side of the turret; the P’okpoong-ho can also lay a smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into its exhaust.

The current P’okpoong-ho design uses an 1100-horsepower turbocharged diesel engine, most likely built with help from Russia or Ukraine. While the T-72, T-80, and T-90S have several redundant systems to increase reliability, the North Koreans opted to not use this redundancy in order to decrease the mechanical complexity, cost, and weight of the P’okpoong-ho. The suspension is likely based on the T-72, with improvements from the T-80 and T-90, and is somewhat superior in ride and the transmission than that of the T-72. It is also optimized for off-road performance, particularly in mountainous terrain; its climbing ability is almost certainly superior to that of even the T-90. The suspension is otherwise "dumbed-down" in redundancy and complexity, as with other areas of the P’okpoong-po.

The North Koreans also conducted a gunner study that to them indicated that autoloaders do not significantly increase rate of fire for the main gun; despite the P’okpoong-ho’s use of the 125mm 2A46M main gun, the gun is not equipped with an autoloader. Again, the removal of the autoloader reduces cost, complexity, and weight, and also allows the P’okpoong-ho to carry a few more main gun rounds due to saved space, though it does mean that the P’okpoong-ho has a loader crewman. The fire control system is greatly improved over even that of the T-80; it may be a blend of that of the T-90S and the most up-to-date models of the British Chieftain (most likely obtained from the Iranians).

The P’okpoong-ho may be equipped with sort of a "poor-man’s" version of the Arena hard-kill active protection system, similar in construction but less effective than a true Arena system; effectiveness would be more on par with the earlier Drozd hard-kill APS. This system includes a small, short-range radar system on the turret roof to detect incoming missiles and rockets (it doesn’t work fast enough to stop tank and autocannon rounds), and launches special rounds in the path of the missile that quickly break up into a cloud of steel pellets, destroying the missile before it can hit the tank. This system has 20 of these rounds available, and the special rounds are 50% likely to stop the incoming missile; the missile will be destroyed about 10 meters from the tank. In the stats below, I have assumed the presence of this system.

The North Koreans currently have only about 250 P’okpoong-hos in service, and most of them are deployed in and around Pyongyang and in areas to protect the North’s nuclear program.

P’okpoong-ho M-1992 (The Twilight 2000 Version)

In 1992, the P’okpoong-ho was a vehicle of new and lesser technology than the final version above; though still better than other North Korean tanks, the M-1992 was based primarily on the T-72, and to a small extent the T-80. The North Koreans had only limited help from the Chinese in 1992 and were not in contact with the Iranians; they had some help from the Soviets with technological issues, a small amount of help from other Warsaw Pact countries, and a tiny amount of information gleaned by the North’s spies in the South.

The result was a lesser version of the P’okpoong-ho described above. The hull is basically the same in shape as the P’okpoong-ho, but the turret is more rounded and smaller in height, like that of the T-80. The armor suite does not match that of the later P’okpoong-ho, and the engine is a domestically-produced version of the 780-horsepower V-46-6 turbocharged diesel found in the T-72 Ural and T-72A. The suspension produces a bouncier ride, the transmission requires more work on the part of the driver, and the turret is smaller, making it less comfortable to work in (though the lack of an autoloader helps in this regard. ERA lugs, however, are found in the same places, though ERA availability would be even more limited for the M-1992 than it would become later on. The M-1992 is still capable of fording, though drivers are cautioned to take it slow through water (no more than a Combat Move of 1), as flooding can result from moving too fast through water; this is especially true when using a snorkel kit.

The armament is the same as that of the later P’okpoong-ho, but the smaller turret and larger size of the engine reduces the main gun ammunition load. Fire control is a bit less effective, primarily due to the less sophisticated ballistic computers available to the North on the M-1992 version. The smoke grenade clusters are still present, though each cluster has five tubes instead of four. The APS system of the later P’okpoong-ho is completely absent on the M-1992 version. Other details are essentially the same as above.

For the Twilight 2000 game only, the North had only about 75 P’okpoong-ho M-1992s available at the start of the Twilight War.

Vehicle

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

P’okpoong-ho

$532,341

D, A

500 kg

46 tons

4

27

Thermal Imaging (G, C), Passive IR (D), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

P’okpoong-ho M-1992

$499,405

D, A

500 kg

45.1 tons

4

28

Thermal Imaging (G, C), Passive IR (D), WL/IR Searchlight

Shielded

Vehicle

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

P’okpoong-ho

159/111

40/25

1200+400

587

Trtd

T6

TF128Cp TS29Sp TR19 HF148Cp HS24Sp HR12*

P’okpoong-ho M-1992

122/85

31/19

1200+400

408

Trtd

T6

TF123Cp TS26Sp TR19 HF140Cp HS22Sp HR12*

Vehicle

Fire Control**

Stabilization**

Armament

Ammunition

P’okpoong-ho

+4

Good

125mm 2A46M, PKT, KPVT (C), up to 4xATGM and/or MANPADS SAM (see above)

46x125mm, 4xAT-11 ATGM, 300x14.5mm, 2000x7.62mm, up to 4xATGM and/or SAM (see above)

P’okpoong-ho M-1992

+3

Good

125mm 2A46M, PKT, KPVT (C), up to 4xATGM and/or MANPADS SAM (see above)

43x125mm, 4xAT-11 ATGM, 300x14.5mm, 2000x7.62mm, up to 4xATGM and/or SAM (see above)

*Hull deck armor and hull floor armor for the P’okpoong-ho is 10; turret roof armor is 10Sp.

**The Fire Control modifier is not applicable to any external ATGMs or SAMs carried, and these also cannot be fired on the move.