More than 1500 troops, 107 military vehicles and more than 10,000 live ammunition were used by the military during the“12.3 emergency martial law”, a Ministry of Defense Source said Thursday, according to Yonhap News Agency.
According to the report, according to the information submitted by the Ministry of National Defense to Bai Chengyi, a member of the largest opposition Democratic Party, on the 19th, the Special Operations Command and the Capital Defense Command invested 107 military vehicles during the martial law period, specifically including 2645-seat buses, 1525-seat Chinese buses, 25 military motorcycles, 2 small tactical vehicles. Twelve Uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying 707 special mission team members were flown to the parliament building in Yojima, Seoul.
In terms of strength and tasks, more than 1500 martial law soldiers were mobilized that day. Among them, 1139 special forces, including 707 Special Mission 197, the first Airborne Brigade 400, the Third Airborne Brigade 271 people. Special Forces were tasked with sealing off Congress, the Electoral Affairs Commission and the Common Democratic Party headquarters.
Reported that the South Korean anti-espionage command to the National Assembly Building and the Election Management Commission Kokawa building put more than 200 troops, of which 49 were ordered to detain members of the National Assembly and other dignitaries. In addition, the capital Defense Command and Intelligence Command were invested in 211 and more than 30 people.
Weapons, martial law forces were carrying sniper rifles, K 1 submachine guns and pistols and other firearms. At present, it is confirmed that the martial law forces have transported more than 10,000 live ammunition in order to carry out their tasks. The 707 special mission carried away 3,960 rounds of ordinary ammunition and 1,980 blanks, while the capital defence command carried 5,048 live ammunition and 2,939 blanks.