The Sochong-Su (Korean: 소총수/小銃手, meaning "Riflemen") are the main line infantry unit for South Korea. They first appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
History[]
South Korea organized their Infantry into Infantry divisions, Mechanized Infantry Divisions and Armored Brigades. Infantry Division has three infantry regiments each having three to four battalions. Mechanized Infantry Division has 6 infantry battalions mounted in KM113/K200 and KM900. The Corp level Armored Brigade has a Infantry Battalion equipped with K200 or BMP-3. The South Korean infantry Squad of 1977 to 1987 were made up of 10 men with Squad lead, Vice Squad Lead, two automatic riflemen equipped with M16A1 fitted with bipod, a Grenadier equipped with M16A1 with M203 and five riflemen. M60s were a platoon asset in the a fire support squad with 2 M60 GPMG and company asset in Fire Support Platoon with two machine gun squads. LAW was a company assets.
Overview[]
Armed identically to US Riflemen, Sochong-su are fairly par for the course in terms of line infantry. They lack in DPS versus infantry, and their anti-tank weapon, the M72 LAW, is unreliable in terms of both accuracy and AP power. They can destroy light armored vehicles, but will struggle against sturdier high-end IFVs and APCs. Their greatest asset, however, is their availability and low cost, but keeping in mind that Sochong-su '85 are identically priced and have virtually identical availability in all transports but the KM113 and have far superior transport options. Sochong-su '75 are obsolescent in non-Category C decks.
Available Transport[]
Weapons[]
| Weapons | 
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| Type | Assault Rifle | LAW | LMG |
| Name | M16 | M72 | M60 |
| Caliber | 5.56mm | 66mm HEAT [HEAT], [STAT] | 7.62mm [STAT] |
| Ammo | x 800 | x 6 | x 1000 |
| Range | Ground = 525 m Helicopters = 525 m  Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 525 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 875 m Helicopters = 595 m Airplanes = N/A m
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| Accuracy | 30% | 30% | 20% |
| Stabilizer | 15% | N/A | N/A |
| AP Power | N/A | 13 | N/A |
| HE Power | 1 | N/A | .5 |
| Suppression | 40 | 264 | 55 |
| Rate of fire | 160 r/min | 20 r/min | 428 r/min |
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