What else can the DPRK give to Russia and how will this help it at the front?

What else can the DPRK hand over to Russia and how will this help it on the front Anzhelika Galesevich

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is interested in rather simple but threatening weapons in North Korea. In particular, it is said about ammunition, armored vehicles, tanks, long-range artillery and more.

The DPRK can supply all of this to Russia, which will create serious problems for the Ukrainian army. As Israeli military expert David Sharp noted on Channel 24, North Korea still has a lot of weapons that it can offer Moscow.

In addition to ammunition, what can the DPRK supply to Russia?

The main problem for Ukraine, according to Sharp, is the North Korean 122- and 152-millimeter shells that the DPRK has already supplied to Russia. According to intelligence, there are thousands of containers and, accordingly, several million rounds of ammunition. They could have already been used on the battlefield or are being held for next year.

These shells are the basis of Russia's capabilities in war. KN-23 missiles have dealt serious blows to Ukrainian cities, but their military significance is less than the shells and even the thousand or so DPRK troops at the front, noted a military expert from Israel.

However, most likely, the millions of supplies were from the reserves of the North Korean army. They cannot “expose” themselves completely. But the most important thing is that the country is not capable of producing such a quantity annually, only some tiny part. Therefore, with a high probability, the DPRK will not be able to supply ammunition to Russia in significant quantities.

They have something to offer in other areas. Russia is experiencing a shortage of basic armored vehicles and artillery, the Soviet one is running out. Several hundred old guns, almost USSR, Korean or Chinese production, but known to the Russians, this is significant help, but not decisive, – added David Sharp.

The same can be said about tanks. Russia is generally interested in everything simple, in particular, heavy long-range artillery, which is capable of striking for several tens of kilometers. This, according to the military expert, creates serious problems.

What weapons has Russia already received from the DPRK

The CPD reported that the DPRK transferred 100 artillery systems to Russia, including M1989 self-propelled howitzers and M1991 rocket launchers, as well as dozens of 7,500-pound KN-23 ballistic missiles.

The M1989 howitzers fire 170-millimeter shells weighing 45 kilograms each at a distance of at least 40 kilometers. But the M1991 rocket launchers are a powerful new addition to Russia's artillery capabilities.

They fire 240-millimeter rockets weighing 85 kilograms at a distance of up to 60 kilometers, the M1991 is superior to almost all artillery systems in service with Ukraine. The exception is the American artillery rocket systems of high mobility of Ukrainian production.