The True Strength of the DPRK 

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It's hard to say the KPA resembles a Soviet army when the Soviet army was almost 100% mechanized compared to a 93% un-mechanized KPA.

Next video: CovertCabal buys up a whole bunch of satellite imagery to count up all the hidden gun emplacements.

Glad I'm not the only one who considers ballistic missiles to just be, essentially, very long range artillery.

The one thing I see rarely mentioned is the DPRK's incredibly sized chemical and biological weapon stockpiles. I would think they are more of a threat than their nuclear weapons stockpile due to abundance of both quantity and delivery systems. And I would hazard to guess that would be the grouping of weaapons theey would turn to before finally going nuclear in the event of a conflict going poorly. Due to that always being an ever present possibility and detterent I am certain this is one of the main reasons they are so comfortable trading massive amounts of standard artillery and missiles to Russia.

NK found a cheap way to get rid of their oldest and least reliable ammunition. Not only get rid of old shells, but extract high end aid from Russia.

Good summary. I could see the DPRK sending a lot of old shells, which are useful to test or replace. In large numbers, even if many (1%-15%) do not go bang, they will provide a useful boon to RUS. Rockets and missiles even if old or inaccurate will still prove useful against urban and area targets and will help attrit UKR defenses. I don't see the DPRK contribution to be a game changer, but it will help RUS, and it should not be underestimated or minimized.

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.

the biggest threat from NK could be manpower .... imagine if they contract out 2-300k men to Russian PMC's

The thing that fascinates me most about the DPRK and what we don't get to see enough of is what do their small arms look like and how do their fighters look when they fly, the skill level of their pilots etc.

Ammo of any type will degrade over time. Improper storage will make that worse, so the quality if what NK sends is an open question, but I've shot 1930s rifle ammo that was 100% reliable & 1960s ammo that was not. The first was stored properly while the second obviously wasn't.

Long awaited video! Thank you for the content

The subtle background music makes these videos. It’s so ominous; it really sets the tone

Considering the fact that the Russian army says that North Korean shells don’t always fire is kinda a giveaway

One of the things I have always been curious about was NK's UAVs and their current capacity and doctrine. It seems like it could be a dark horse asset for underminding SK's infrastructure.

Thanks for the awesome video!

I want to see what a north korean MRE looks like lol

I absolutely love the visuals! Did you have any inspiration from Kamome? I have to say between between your satellite imagery, Kamome's visual style of presentation, and Perun's amazing presentations its quite the toss up every week for who will release the best content!

While the European countries failed to supply 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine, most heavily Sanctioned North Korea has been able to supply the same to Russia. How ironic is that.

A thought just popped into my head- 9:02 the amount that North Korea will give is limited. So maybe China is making imitation NK shells in their factories, routing them through Korea to Russia

North Korea took "ARTILLERY ONLY" to heart

This is not a Russian doctrine but more of Iranian doctrine based more on terror and intimidation then real power. They rely on fixed artillery positions which do protect the pieces but don't protect the logistics to supply them. Also those don't have any flexibility. I.e. if opposing forces appear outside their limited field of fire they can't be fired upon. A little demonstration of the weakness of fixed positions with limited field of fire is what happened to Hamas. Hamas still has a vast arsenal of rockets but it can't use them on IDF forces in the strip as the direction can't be changed. It's reaching absurd situation that Hamas can bombard cities but can't do anything against IDF field HQs. The same will happen to NK, they can bombard Seoul but if the US uses amphibious capability they will not able to use their artillery to defend the capital.

I love when these videos can't be troubled to list their references in the description.

Thanks!

The DPRK is like a hive world from the Imperium of Man dedicated to military production. Each city dedicated to a specific part of munitions production.

The USA and UN supply like 30 percent of their food... I found this out while stationed in south Korea and being in detail with ROK unloading ships in pusan and convoying up to freedom bridge.. 1992 and again in 2004.. and it still goes on today.

good one

I hope to visit Venezuelia one day. I hear its Cabirrian sea coast is amazing.

some people dont seem to notice in the comment section that a gun is still a gun, even if its made by a child, if it works it will be able to kill you, just know how shinzo abe died, a terribly made 4 barrel gun using steel bearings as rounds and pressure as propulsion, and it killed a former prime minister. and any army would rather have well over 5000 makeshift artillery guns rather than 100 artillery guns made in a purpose built factory, as the latter gets more rounds down range quicker ukraine is a good example, they'd rather use vans and pickup trucks to move their troops than purpose built military transport trucks despite the military transport trucks being made for specifically that task

Thank you for your analysis. Who would have foreseen at the start of the invasion that Putin would be humbled to making overtures to N Korea to keep their military treading water.

Knowledge!

The article does not talk about possible trade offs NK could make in terms of what it's getting in return for the delivered MLRS missiles delivered to Russia. Russia has a lot to offer NK that could make NK supply more of the Rockets than initially thought possible

They can take bulgogi from our cold dead hands

All this means is that Russia is using up NK’s old stockpile for them while NK’s stocks are supplied with TOS-1’s and Lancet Drones.

They work in South Korean factories in exchange for goods and money aswell. Suppose you forgot about that... They also have an unofficial construction Companys in middle east aswell as South East Asia.

I wondered about this before, how many shells did the actually produce in the last 30 years, given the economic situation and everything that was going on?

If you have two evenly matched, stalemated forces (which you’ve basically had for a year now in Ukraine), every little bit of help matters. Getting millions of extra artillery shells from North Korea will matter, especially when enthusiasm for aid to Ukraine is dimming. The Iranian aid alone flipped the drone balance of terror on the front, despite Iran not being a great military power in most respects.

It’s funny that little North Korea can send 1 million shells to an ally, but the entire European Union can’t

Are there open air storages to count in north Korea?

8:04 seriously 😅

By some accounts, the ammo that NK has provided to Russia is decades old and the failure rate is as high as 60%.

russian buy ammo from north korea make alot of sense tbh , russia have military tech NK want , have oil and fuel NK want also plenty of food . NK have massive amount of cheap labor product common low tech ammo such as unguided rocket/artillery shell with pretty much minimum cost perfectly suit for long grind war . Russia can't do the same ...so it a win-win deal for both side for example : 500.000 unguided artillery shell gonna cost plenty of money to product in russia , much more expensive in NATO nations because all the human right , labor right cost add-in ...but if NK do the job ...stuff become hilarious cheaper

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so funny to see they are all trained at the circus doing salto's and flipflops it's almost like belarus .

On one hand it could certainly be a benefit for Russia and if we agree that the Koreans would be getting some sort of modernization in turn it'd be a win-win situation for them. As for "Turning the tide", last time I checked Ukraine's "tide" was a small wave of foam that dissolved into Robotyne.

North Korea woukd also struggle in nighttime engagements. Back in round 1 both sides had roughly the same equipment and darkness hampered both sides.

Can supply large amounts of small arms

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the accuracy of your information is suspect or doubtful because its all American talking points based on what source inside the north korean military. because only they can know, everyone else is guessing or lying.

DPRK is a funny name for North Korea... That's like selling your potato chips as "Healthy Flavorful Vegetable Slices". Do you really expect to fool anybody with that?

@6:10 Something seems off. Looking at how these tubes often jerk around more than sway, suggest there's quite little inertia (=> little mass). I suspect these to be empty. If the ones at the outer propaganda shutterbug lines are empty, I can't imagine the rest of the ~300 tubes are any better. It could be that they're just not loaded for the parade, but they have the looks of a sealed unit.

Shungun means not military first, but independent and not depend on others via military, economy, etc.

Ngl, there soldiers must be tough af , imagine being fed almost nothing proper for most your life and becoming a soldier , marching and parading for hours to please your dictator. gotta give them some credit

What is it with eastern block countries and their ridiculous uniforms?

They're the new black market armory and this gives them a lot of soft power.

They're about as much help as a minutemart !

I would guess that the basic shell from North Korea can have its detonator replaced. As well as its primer too if applicable. NK weapons were used by Hamas during the Oct 7 attack on Israel, so they can be effective.

Yes, the numbers look impressive for a nation that has not faced incoming fire for 70+ years. Static, shooting gallery training is worthless. Large stockpiles of ammunition that is aging in these tunnel fortresses for decades is not fine wine, it doesn't improve with age. As for their generals... a chest of 'perfect attendance' and 'good old boy' medals is not the same as battlefield experience. Bottom line, parade ground soldiers are just that, poor actors with pretty uniforms.

Finally back to the old days. 😅 Analysis content, not satellite images inventory videos.

What do the great leaders flunkies write in the little note books?

the deal Korea made with Russia is kind of a win-win. Russians would get millions of shells in exchange for the trade deals, and Koreans would get rid of old stock for modern arms.

Acording to an interview with Alejandro Cao de Benós a North Korean official, he said that if a war would break out between the US and the DPRK that everyone knows how to shoot a gun and defend as early as high school. He claimed that the DPRK had enough weapons to arm everyone. If they wanted to North Korea could mobilize 20 million troops.

So as to simplify ' these people are SPARTANS' ...

Can anyone please tell me why the north korean icbm almost 100 percent resembles the Russian r 28 satan 2

I see the KPA as a mostly defensive force, but someone once said, the best offence is a good defense.

The North Korean army would be very good fighting a defensive war, but would have distinct limitations in an offensive war. Being a rigidly totalitarian system officers will tend to wait for 'orders from above' rather than taking the initiative with 'on the ground' decisions. In a defensive war this doesn't matter too much but it is a massive weakness when fighting against a far more flexible enemy.

What tide is there to turn? :D

I bet those Korean tunnels are well lived in by now with everything in storage covered in dust

If I were Kim visiting Moscovia, I would decline the tea and stay away from any windows. (It's not polite to make Vlad feel like he's your biatch!) Of course neither of them are very good at intimidating their enimies.

Say you're not doing well without using those words: Russia is getting artillery shells from North Korea

That country is not to be underestimated

*Abu Hajaar, from the IS taught them the rolling infantry tactic!*

They would definitely get a lot more cannon fotter tanks.

I looked into the TTP Doctrine of the DPRK and I could honestly say their tactics pretty good and intriging. The SOF of N. Korea is the one you have to worry about.

3:48 And there you have the reason why they are able to deliver millions of artillery shells to Russia.

I had to check, but the parade clips in your video are indeed North Korean. So they dumped their decades old signature jumpy parade style and adapted the Chinese style. Does that mean other organizational and doctrine shift in the North Korean military as well?

Any day Covert Cabal uploads a video is a good day!

This could be an opportunity for the KPA to get actual real combat experience.

1 company of tanks: 10-13 tanks 1 battalion of tanks: 31 tanks

The number of nations on this planet who refuse to be ruled from Washington is growing by the day... North Korea and Russia are just two of the old time members of this growing group!

How can such a poor country provide so much militarily? Duh by basically treating the citizens like garbage. Lots of money to spend when you don’t care about Citizens.

Funny watching the North Korean military training videos and those tactical rolls a few of the troops did that serve no purpose. It reminded me of the VDV videos and the useless things they do.

Some 25 years ago I was in NK. Arriving at Pyung Yang airport you see many airplanes - all unusable, used for parts.

Jimi Hendrix: Hey NoKor.. N.Korea: What Jimi? Jimi Hendrix: Are you experienced? (Plays guitar🎸: "🎼🎶🎵Wahhhhww-kuhk-wahrahh-kwahh-kuhh🎶🎵")

Pretty sure someone has made the comparison before, but couldn’t N Korea be the modern pop culture equivalent of Sparta? A heavily monitored state of complete subservience, basically helot slave labor if you get on their bad side, dictatorial rule, and a very long mandatory military service with the military running the state. It would be horrific but also interesting if by using nukes as deterrence, they could send out hundreds of thousands of mercenaries to conflict zones nearing Russia and the Middle East. Basically like how they send out laborers, but mercenaries instead, and to see how much revenue it’d generate for N Korea since mercenary work probably pays a lot more than laborers. Could be a multimillion or even billion dollar industry in that case for N Korea.

Answer: It's called slave labor

Tecnology can massive damage The old Artillery and storage so stockpiling it may cause many more Cain reaction of destination High-tech is expensive but one presise can distroye mountain of arti shells That's why u should have large amount of arti shells stored but also capacity of manufacturing one Never ever store large amount of explosives it's easy pecking for expensive presise weapons

NK military is 90+% defense based, and it's done on purpose. NK not only stockpiles shell - they produce them, so RU may contract their production capacity.

The russian air force has 5000 aircraft and they are not using them

I was hoping for a guess at the number of artillery tubes NK is giving to Russia. Assuming it's few to none, I'd expect Russia to run out of barrels now, before shells.

8:27 Launching a missile from Kims private golf course .

Interesting, thanks. Considering they're sitting on what could be the world's largest shell stockpile, I guess they can spare a million for the fascist down the road. I'll bet Putin paid dearly for them tho. Kim didn't get that fat by sharing.

Red army doctrine basicly is like if you have 10 people you just need to take good care 1 of them and other 9 is cannon fodder

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Artillery shells are artillery shells

The ROK would roll these fools up in short order , If the DPRK moved south their OR rate would be about 30% by the time they reached the border

I have to say they are very smart to adapt their forces around what they have and not copy!

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Do we know how many artilery shells and rockets they have?

The fact DPRK 🇰🇵 is giving military aid to Russia 🇷🇺 speaks volumes of the current state of the Russian military situation.