Kim Jong Un says snipers ’embarrassed themselves’ combating for Russia and have to be higher
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has previously thanked Kim Jong Un for the courage of his troops who have been fighting in Ukraine, but the North Korean leader has called for his snipers to be better trained
North Korean snipers are being put through their paces after embarrassing themselves while fighting for Mad Vlad Putin. Despot Kim Jong Un ordered for gunmen from the hermit kingdom need to be better trained after inspecting a training base.
He said: “It is important that we greatly increase our special operations capabilities and the ability of our professional snipers.”
Since November, the North Korean military has been preparing to introduce a system of training multi-purpose agents to serve as snipers, scouts and target analysts, sources said.
Under the tubby tyrant’s orders, the special operations training base has reorganized its training program around distinct missions inside sniper units so that combat troops can specialize in maneuvers, observation or precision strikes.
A source told Daily NK: “Sniper units have begun working to improve their combat capabilities under orders given by Kim Jong Un when he inspected a special operations training base under the General Staff Department of the Korean People’s Army in August.”
According to South Korea, Kim has sent some 15,000 troops to aid Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, along with missiles and long-range weapons. In return, it is believed North Korea received food, money and technical help.
But Kim’s instructions are said to suggest that North Korea’s participation in Russia’s war with Ukraine has convinced the regime of the need to better train its professional snipers.
The training base has also adopted field decision indicators for the maneuvering phase of special operations and action principles for the six stages of sniper combat that are based on actual combat.
These are supposed to guide combat troops on what to do in each stage of combat. The source added: “Combat troops are being rotated through training areas with different meteorological and topographic conditions to prevent them from getting accustomed to any one environment. They’re also being trained to be more adaptable in combat.
“The fact that the exercises have been expanded to include not only the snipers themselves but everybody connected with combat missions, including operations support staff, equipment operators and communications specialists, is viewed as a major change.”
In September, Kim announced the scale of sniper training and the national distribution of sniper units and called for the adoption of training methods suitable for the needs of modern warfare and the establishment of an innovative education and training system.
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