South Korea Army

Key facts

Country 🇰🇷 South Korea
Active vehicles 13,232 as of 2026
In storage 3,400
On order 720

Equipment by Category

Category Active
Armored Personnel Carrier 3,127
Towed Artillery 2,800
Self-Propelled Artillery 2,480
Light Armoured Vehicle 2,010
Main Battle Tank 1,814
Infantry Fighting Vehicle 536
Multiple Launch Rocket System 465

Full inventory in 2026

Category Equipment Variant Active Stored Ordered
Main Battle Tank K1 K1/K1E2
1,027
Main Battle Tank K1A2
484
Main Battle Tank K2 Black Panther
260
Main Battle Tank M48A5 Patton Aggressor training
Main Battle Tank T-72M1 Aggressor training
8
Main Battle Tank T-80U T-80U/T-80UK
35
Infantry Fighting Vehicle BMP-3 BMP-3/BMP-3M
70
Infantry Fighting Vehicle K21
466
120
Armored Personnel Carrier K200 K200/A1
1,700
Armored Personnel Carrier K200 variants K216/K221/K255/K277
800
Armored Personnel Carrier K806 White Tiger 6x6
100
Armored Personnel Carrier K808 CPV 8x8 command post
27
600
Armored Personnel Carrier K808 White Tiger 8x8
500
Armored Personnel Carrier M113
400
Light Armoured Vehicle Barracuda TM-170
10
Light Armoured Vehicle K151 Raycolt 4x4
2,000
Self-Propelled Artillery K105A1 105mm wheeled
200
Self-Propelled Artillery K55 K55/K55A1 155mm
1,040
Self-Propelled Artillery K9 Thunder K9/K9A1 155mm
1,240
Towed Artillery KH179 155mm
1,400
Towed Artillery M101 105mm
3,000
Towed Artillery M114 155mm
1,400
Multiple Launch Rocket System K136 Kooryoung 130/131mm
40
Multiple Launch Rocket System K239 Chunmoo 239mm
367
Multiple Launch Rocket System M270 MLRS M270/M270A1 227mm
58
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