Appendix 4

 

Comparative Table of Changes in the Number of Personnel and Equipment in Divisions of the Opposing Sides

During the Course of the War

 

Personnel/Equipment

Korean Peoples’ Army

Chinese Volunteers

Republic of Korea Army

US Army

Prewar

By the end of 1st Stage

During

3rd Stage

By the

3rd Stage

During

4th Stage

Prewar

 

During

2nd Stage

During 4th Stage

Prewar – During war

Personnel

12,196

9,698

10.082

11,321

14,963

11,350

11,975

14,578

18,804

Rifles and Carbines

8,017

6,547

 

3,993

8,176

9,500

9,746

12,014

14,629

Automatic rifles

-

-

 

-

-

-

246

-

412

Submachine guns

1,950

1,932

 

732

3,145

252

285

1,543

638

Light machine guns

338

345

 

201

470

54

81

139

160

Medium machine guns

204

202

 

54

162

72

84

-

40

Heavy machine guns

18 (AA)

36 (AA)

 

-

32 (AA)

-

119

167

354

Grenade launchers

-

-

 

-

-

-

-

-

2,148

AT rifles

135

129

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

60mm bazookas

-

-

 

-*

-*

111

-

-

81

88.8mm bazookas

-

-

 

-*

-*

-

-

258

465

60mm mortars

-

-

 

84

-

108

84

84

84

81/82mm mortars

89

87

 

27

87

54

54

36

40

106.7/107mm mortars

-

-

 

-

18

-

36

12

36

120mm mortars

-

-

 

12

12

-

-

-

-

* see second section

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