1st Airborne, loaded over 50,000 rounds into transport vehicle during martial law, returned to original location
“Ammunition was not delivered or handed over, so it is not subject to data card recording.”
Regarding the suspicion of a cover-up, which arose because the Army loaded 50,000 rounds of ammunition into vehicles during the December 3 martial law, but did not record this in the ammunition management document, he said, “This is not true.”
Kim Ji-sang, head of the Army’s Seoul Public Affairs Team, was asked a related question at the Ministry of Defense’s regular briefing on the 7th and said, “The unit in question loaded ammunition into a transport vehicle to prepare for the receipt and delivery of ammunition following the issuance of alert level 2 at around 10:40 p.m. on December 3. “It was back in its original position,” he explained.
Team Leader Kim continued, “The ammunition in question was not delivered or handed over to subordinate units or individuals,” adding, “It was loaded for preparation (according to the heightened alert posture), and is not subject to recording on the ammunition depot specification card.” did it
During martial law, the commander of the 1st Airborne Brigade was dispatched to the National Assembly and loaded 550 rounds of live ammunition into his vehicle. Since these live ammunition were actually taken out at the time, the fact that they erupted is recorded on the ammunition depot data card.
However, the prosecution stated in the indictment against former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun that at 0:45 on December 4, the 1st Airborne Brigade loaded 23,520 and 26,880 rounds of 5.56mm rifle ammunition into an ammunition transport vehicle for use in an emergency.
Accordingly, one media outlet raised suspicions of manipulation and concealment, saying that even though over 50,000 rounds of live ammunition were loaded on the vehicle, this was not recorded on the ammunition depot data card.
Regarding this, team leader Kim Ji-sang said, “There were items loaded on the vehicle, but they were not recorded (on the data card) because they were not sent elsewhere for payment.”
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