North Korea’s Special Missile Vehicles Roll Into Battle
The Bulsae-4s have hit Ukrainian positions in Kursk.
David Axe | Feb 20, 2025 | 05:02pm EST
A reported Bulsae-4 strike on a Ukrainian vehicle.Via MoklasenNorth Korean troops are back in action in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast—attacking on foot with fresh tactics and targeting Ukrainian vehicles with their unique Bulsae-4 mobile missile launchers.
“The military contingent of the Korean People’s Army has returned to the operational zone,” the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies reported.
Where before, the North Koreans mostly attacked on foot in companies—100 or 200 troops—they’re now launching assaults in platoon groups of 50, according to CDS. The smaller assault groups may help the North Koreans avoid detection by Ukrainian drones—and could mitigate mass casualties in the event the Ukrainians do detect them.
The Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade has been lobbing cluster shells at Russian and North Korean assault groups in Kursk. Each shell scatters as many as 88 grenade-sized submunitions, and can kill and maim infantry across a wide area. Cluster shells have defeated several North Korean attacks in Kursk—including one of the first, in December.
According to Army T.V., the official channel of the Ukrainian armed forces, it’s standard practice for Ukrainian units, including the 47th Mechanized Brigade, to fire a cluster shell at any large concentration of enemy troops—and to follow up . . .
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