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| Nork Reservist Goes Postal With AA Gun |
| 2008-01-28 |
| (via Freep, translated from Korean) People, who heard the story, are snickering at the dead officials who took bribes, saying, "They were killed while gorging on bribe. Must have no regrets." A firearm accident broke out at the firing range for reserve units near Yonpo-ri, Hamju County, S. Hwang-hae Province, N. Korea, putting its military on alert. According to internal sources from N. Korea, on Jan. 18, at the peak of N. Korea's winter training, at a firing range of 7th Corps, a reservist in training for firing an four-barreled 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun got angry at the result of his performance evaluation, and mowed down (evaluators,) resulting in about a dozen casualties. According to the sources, many evaluators including active duty officers of 7th Corps and the head of Hamju Civil Defense Unit were either injured or killed. The reservist in question was a member of a collective farm reserve unit. It happened because some evaluators took bribes and made unfair evaluation during live fire exercise using anti-aircraft guns, the sources said. In a live fire test, competing reserve units from factories and collective farms fire at a flying mockup drone using three or four anti-aircraft guns. They are graded according to which part of the drone they hit. The reserve unit where the man in question belonged hit the tail of the drone first, shooting it down, but the evaluators gave high grade to the reserve unit of another farm (In N. Korea, those who hit the tail of a drone get the highest grade during live fire exercise of anti-aircraft guns.) The unit which got the high grade was from a well-off collective farm. They gave hefty bribe (to evaluators,) walking away with a good grade. However, the reservist in question was from a struggling farm, which cannot afford bribes and his unit had been treated to instances of poor evaluation before. The reservist , a veteran, was the No. 1 member of AA team( the one who pulls the trigger.) When his team got poor grade again, he blew the top, turned his gun around, and mowed down his evaluators. The reservist training had all stopped due to the accident. Defense Ministry sent a team to investigate it. The reservist in question attempted to take his own life, but he was detained and sent to a security agency. According to the sources, it is possible to completely cover up an incident if it happened inside the military, but this one involved many civilians. Words got out despite efforts by the authorities. People around the neighborhood already know all about this. They all snickered, saying, "There is a saying that those who got killed while gorging on food have no regrets. The dead officials gorged on lots of bribes. They should have no regrets as well." Each factory or collective farm has its own reserve units, and colleges have their own reserve units in N. Korea. They all perform air defense duty. Munition factories have their own anti-aircraft unit to defend their facilities . Reserve units from other kind of factories and collective farms are tasked to defend their workplace as well as their surrounding neighborhood. College reserve units are incorporated into active duty service for six months and perform air defense duty. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 I kept waiting for the sea of fire. (Juche!) |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2008-01-28 13:31 |
| #8 Consider it a valuable training lesson for both trainees and evaluators. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-28 12:25 |
| #7 IIUC, this is a personal translation by a freeper, this might just be his words, or else, the norks do what they do best (apart from eatring grass). |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-01-28 12:22 |
| #6 The reservist , a veteran, was the No. 1 member of AA team( the one who pulls the trigger.) When his team got poor grade again, he blew the top, turned his gun around, and mowed down his evaluators. The reservist training had all stopped due to the accident. Accident. They called it an accident. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2008-01-28 11:45 |
| #5 The reservist in question attempted to take his own life, but he was detained and sent to a security agency. That sounds very painful. I blame Sly Stallone, in the "Rambo" trailer there's a scene where the hero messily blasts a truck driver at point blank range with an heavy (14,5mm?) MG - obviously, this poor man has been watching Evil Youtube, and his mind was poisoned by western entertainment. In fact, I blame bush, rather. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-01-28 11:45 |
| #4 When AA guns are banned only criminals will have AA guns. :-) Just kidding; I am pro-weapons. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-01-28 10:49 |
| #3 He was just trying to improve his score. |
| Posted by: charger 2008-01-28 10:40 |
| #2 COA 1. Install Craftsman C-clamps on all 14.5mm T&E mechanisms prior to future range firing events. COA 2. Expend all ammunition prior to the gunner performance evalution phase. COA 3. Institute individual crew self-evaluations. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-01-28 09:37 |
| #1 If only North Korea had a ban on |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-01-28 09:23 |