Worker-Peasant Red Guards
The Worker-Peasant Red Guards, also translated as Workers and Peasants' Red Militia, is a paramilitary force in North Korea. It is the largest civil defense force in North Korea. It was established on January 14, 1959 by Kim Il-sung and is not only under State Affairs Commission and Ministry of People's Armed Forces control, but is also attached to the Workers' Party of Korea under its Military Affairs Department.
The militia is organized on a provincial/City and town/village level, and structured on a brigade, battalion, company, and platoon basis. The militia maintains infantry small arms, with some mortars, field guns and anti-aircraft guns and even modernized older equipment such as multiple rocket launchers like the BM-13 and older Ural D-62 motorcycles, although some units are unarmed indicating status as logistics and medical units.
Its strength is estimated at 5 million personnel.
