Mysterious Korean rifle at Gimpo airport

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I was at Gimpo seeing my fiancée off to Japan when I spotted some security guards with a rather compact rifle that looked HK-ish but that had a built in collapsable stock (pull out) kind. I got close enough to see it was select fire, and had a 3 round burst and F/A settings.

I am sure it is chambered in .223 as the mags looked like AR mags.... any ideas what this might be?
 
Was it one of these?
daewoo_k2_1.jpg

This is a Daewoo K2 Rifle.

Or this one?
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Daewoo DR200
 
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Daewoo carbine, K1 i think. Its direct gas like the AR.
They also have the K2 rifle as general issue which is piston like the AK, but lower is similar to the AR, and has a folding stock.
 
only if your grandfathered on your rpal

these underappreciated rifles are on the prohib list.

The k2 is the piston AR that nobody wanted 20yrs ago. There is a cult like following for the daewoos in the US, and an aftermarket parts selection that is getting bigger all the time.
 
The K1A1 is actually a compact 556 SMG

daewoo_k1.jpg


The full rifles K2 are folders, the full stock folds as well

daewoo_k2_1.jpg


The K2 or MAX II (Canadian semi-auto version) is my best 556 rifle. Its a great system (a Korean Galil) :shotgun:

daewoo_k2_2.jpg
 
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HeShootsHeScores said:
In South Korea, it is a capital offense for anyone not related to military to own or distribute firearms."
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But every male in S Korea is related to the military because of the mandatory draft law. Lots of guns to play when they put on the army uniforms.
 
HeShootsHeScores said:
I found this entry in Wikipedia so you can take it for what it's worth:

"South Korea

In South Korea, it is a capital offense for anyone not related to military to own or distribute firearms."
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exactly.

Reason for this is ....

Look up Kwanju massacre. South Korea's bloody democratic revolution in 1980. Korea was under a military dictatorship until ~1994.

Police/Military pushed ROKs population to the breaking point.
Students shot police(military) after military slaughtered students and children.
An innocent bystandard was bayonetted, and it was a pregnant woman. She was buried in a shallow grave by military and later found.

Military dictatorships suck... period.
My Finacees father was airforce back then.
 
S Korea was under constant military threat from the North up until the Soviet Empire crumbled in the 90's. Marshall law was a necessity in S Korea back then, was it not?
 
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