ПХЕНЬЯН, 1 июня. Корейский детский союз передал в дар вооруженным силам КНДР многоцелевую ракетную систему залпового огня типа "Сонен" по случаю предстоящей в этом месяце седьмой конференции этой организации. Церемония состоялась в провинции Хамген-Намдо на северо-востоке страны.
Представители Лиги социалистической молодежи имени Ким Ир Сена отметили, что это событие свидетельствует о решимости корейских школьников "вносить вклад в укрепление обороноспособности страны". Подчеркивалось также, что бойцы Корейской народной армии, используя такие ракетные установки, "сметут с лица земли цитадели американских империалистов и южнокорейского марионеточного режима, которые стремятся задушить социалистическую КНДР", передают интернет-СМИ.
Средства на изготовление установки получены в результате участия корейских пионеров в общенациональном движении "Наша школа — наш пост" и кампании за добрые дела. Они помогают взрослым на полях и огородах, собирают металлолом и макулатуру, лекарственные травы и семена. На такие средства уже построены самолеты и танки, поступившие в воинские части Северной Кореи.
Добавикм, что воспитанники детских садов участвовали сегодня в столице КНДР в ярком и веселом спортивно-художественном представлении по случаю Международного дня защиты детей. В конце представления малыши устроили "военный парад", изображая бойцов Корейской народной армии, включая танкистов, летчиков, санитарок. Выступавшие на празднике отметили, что в КНДР "дети считаются "королями страны", которые живут счастливо, не завидуя никому на свете, под мудрым руководством Ким Чен Ына". Детские сады и школы в первую очередь снабжаются всем необходимым за государственный счет

Recently, a pro-NK reporter from SK (Yes! Such anomalies actually exist) visited the NK museum and wrote an interesting article about its tanks.

Here is link for Mr. Joe Brennan and those who can read Korean: http://www.jajuminbo...n=sc38=

Please note that a few words are written in NK-speak and the NK propaganda is sprayed all over the article, viewer discretion required.

Here's summary of interesting bits for our non-Korean speaking members:

Note: all performance quotes are dircetly from the article and should be taken with a large amount of salt

The room that has tanks in it is called "heavy weapons exhibition room" and there are 10 tanks in total, 5 in outer row and 5 in inner row.

Outer row shows tanks produced during 1960-1990. For inner row, (that includes polygonal turrets) tanks produced post-2000

Outer row has:

1. Amphibious tank mod. 1967

2. Med. tank mod. 1968

3. Med. tank mod. 1976 "Chonma" - 150 exported to Iran during 82-85

4. Light tank mod. 1981 "Shin'heung"  - formerly known (wrongly) as "PT-85." The article credits it with weight 20t, "ATGM with 3km range," max speed 60kmph on land and 10kmph on water, operational range 500km

5. Med. tank mod. 1992 "Chonma-2" - Features ERA, quoted as 500mm CE protection

Inner row has, from front to back:

1. Med tank mod. Juche 89 (mod. 2000) "Chonma-98" (I think it is typo of 89) - all Chonmas from here are quoted with composite armor with 900mm RHAe protection (no mention of CE/KE) weighs 38t

2. Med tank mod. Juche 90 (mod. 2001) "Chonma-214" (I suspect development project number) weighs 38t

3. Med tank mod. Juche 92 (mod. 2003) "Chonma-215" weighs 39t

4. Med tank mod. Juche 93 (mod. 2004) "Chonma-216" weighs 39t

5. Med tank mod. Juche 98 (mod. 2009) "Seon'gun-915" ("Seon" is pronounced as "Sun" and "gun" pronounced as "goon" but with shorter stretch, think of how you would pronounce "Gun" as German) This one features dome turret

Weight 44t, width 3.502m, height 2.416m, trench crossing 2.8m, fording 1.2m, river crossing 5m, 27.3hp per ton (implies... 1200hp?) max speed 70km+

*The article specifically mentions there never was "Pok'poong" or M2002
*Side skirts are, of course, rubber for CE protection
*Chonma series of 2000s are described as direct descendants of Chonma-92
*More about Seon'gun:
"Standard" Seon'gun features: (well, supposedly standard)

ERA and Composite insert, for protection level, article uses early mentioned 500mm and 900mm quotes respectively.
125mm smoothbore
14.5mm on turret left (turret right when you're looking at it)
"Bulsae-3" (Firebird in literal translation) ATGM. Quoted as Kornet equivalent with 5.5km range. (My guess is HJ-8 variant)
"Strela-10 equivalent" Quoted range 5km, altitude 3.5km
IR sight (Very likely means Cold war vintage active IR as evident in obvious IR searchlight)
IR dazzler
LRF, NBC protection, and "Computerized FCS" (Digital?)
Concentrated in Ryu Kyong-su Tank div. (105th tankdiv)

"Parade" Seon'gun was modified as follows:
14.5mm location moved from left to right (the article mentions "right to left," obviously describing looking at the turret)
ERA removed
ATGM and SAM removed
MANPAD "Hwa'Seong Chong" (Arquebus) placed where 14.5mm was originally

*More about "Bulsae" ATGM

ATGM mod. 1968 is "Bulsae-1" (I guess AT-3)
ATGM mod. 1973 is "Bulsae-2" (suspected AT-4)
No info on Bulsae-3 other than that it's installed on Seon'gun-915
Article quotes SIPRI yearbook 2005 that NK exported total of 23,250 "Bulsae" to USSR/Russia during 1976-2004 period. I Haven't checked the yearbook yet but according to my friend it's AT-4. Supposedly, Russia unexpectedly had to operate AT-4 longer than planned and lacked inventories.