page_title: Tanks of North Korea
section_title: T-54/55
hierarchical_section_title: Tanks of North Korea / Main battle tanks / T-54/55
caption_attribution_description: Bleistiftzeichnung nach einer Fotografie,erstellt 1978
context_page_description: The history and development of the tank in North Korea spans the period from their adoption after World War II with the foundation of the Korean People's Army, into the Cold War and the present. Over this period North Korea has moved from being an operator of Soviet-designed and produced tanks to being the manufacturer of its own tanks.
context_section_description: 400 T-54s and 250 T-55s were ordered in 1966 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1967 and 1970. 300 T-54s were ordered in 1967 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1969 and 1974 (the vehicles were probably produced or assembled in North Korea). 50 T-55s were ordered in 1970 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1972 and 1973. 500 T-55s were ordered in 1973 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1975 and 1979 (The supplier may have been PRC in which case the vehicles wouldn't be T-55s but Type 59s). 19 T-55s were ordered from Russia and delivered in 1992 (the vehicles were delivered through Belarus). There were 1,600 T-54s in service in 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000. There were 3,500 T-34s, T-54s, T-55s, T-62s and Type 59s in early 2001 through 2004, and more than 3,500 in 2006.
caption: T-55 front, rear and side elevations
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