Some of North Korea’s largest artillery pieces have been seen traveling through Russia by train. This may indicate that Pyongyang is not only supporting Russia with thousands of troops, but also sending artillery.
Yesterday, a photo went viral on social media showing two M1989 Koksan 170mm self-propelled howitzers on the carriage of a train passing through Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
There are two possibilities: one, that North Korea’s artillery unit is being deployed on the front lines in Western Russia or Ukraine. The second – that the Russian unit will operate the self-propelled howitzers, which can fire 45kg shells at a distance of 40 kilometers.
The second option makes more sense. For now, the Kremlin is incorporating North Korean forces into existing Russian units. Some thousands of North Korean soldiers, who took trucks to the front lines in the western Russian region of Kursk last month, have joined Russia’s 810th Marine Infantry Brigade, reports Index.
