Despite President Yoon Suk-yeol’s claims that only unarmed soldiers were deployed to the National Assembly on Dec. 3 after he declared martial law, investigations have revealed that the martial law forces had more than 50,000 rounds of live ammunition on hand that day.
Investigations also revealed that, after experiencing difficulties in blockading the National Assembly, then-Minister of Defense Kim Yong-hyun ordered helicopters returning special forces to their base to instead set course for the National Assembly.
According to the indictment against Kim, received by Democratic Party lawmaker Jang Kyung-tae from the Justice Ministry on Sunday, the Special Warfare Command (SWC), Capital Defense Command (CDC) and Defense Intelligence Command (DIC) prepared at least 57,000 rounds of live ammunition on Dec. 3, 2024, the day martial law was so abruptly invoked.
It’s actually less than standard. My military loadout was 240 rounds. That’s 8x30 round magazines. When i was stationed in korea the ROK soldiers had the same loadout as us.