Daewoo K1 / K2

Specifications

• Type: Assault Rifle
• Caliber: 5.56x45mm
• Capacity: 30 round box magazine
• Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/Full Auto (750 RPM)

The Daewoo assault rifles are the standard issue rifles for the South Korean Military and Police forces. The K1/K1A short carbines were developed first, the full sized K2 assault rifle was developed later. The K1A was the upgraded version of the K1 carbine (developed as a submachine gun to replace the M3 Grease gun for the South Korean Military). The K1A is considered a submachine gun, despite the fact that it fires an intermediate cartridge (5.56mm Nato/.223) like the full sized assault rifle.

• K1/K1A Carbine - telescoping wire stock, short barrel, 1 in 12 rifle twist - 5.56mm
• K2 Rifle - Folding full sized stock, 16" barrel, 1 in 7.3 rifle twist - 5.56mm

While some people regard the K1 as just a shorter version of the K2, they are somewhat different internally. The K1 (which came first) uses a gas impingement system like the AR15/M16 rifles. The K2 full sized rifle has a gas piston system, just like the AK47 rifles.

Unlike most people's misconception, the K1/K1A is NOT a carbine version of K2. First, the K1/K1A was made before the K2. And also, most parts (Including the firing pin) are not interchangeable except the bottom stock. And most of all, Daewoo S&T has recently released K2 Carbine version along with K3 Para version and K-12, 7.62X51mm machine gun to replace the M60.

See Also: Daewoo K7, a submachine gun developed from the K1 and K2

The Daewoo Assault rifles were used in the following:

Daewoo K1

Daewoo K1A1 (shortened version); buttstock in extended position

Daewoo K1A1 .223 Remington

Films

• Thug with a Daewoo K1A short carbine accidentally shoots his own boss in RoboCop

• Detroit Police officers in RoboCop 2 (With 90-round drum magazines and M16A1 flash-hiders)

• A criminal known as Lao Er (Laiqun Jin) in Fire of Conscience

• The criminal nicknamed Blade (Kai Tan) in Fire of Conscience

Television

• "Mr. Pig" uses a K1A carbine towards the end of the miniseries The Kill Point

Video Games

• Counter-Strike Online (K1A Submachine Gun, with plastic and dragon finishes.)

• Combat Arms

Daewoo K2

Daewoo K2 Assault rifle - 5.56mm

Television

• Dwight Schultz as Captain H.M Murdock in The A-Team (Season 4)

Video Games

• Soldier Front

• Combat Arms

• Modern Warfare 2

• Operation 7

• SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

DR-200

Daewoo DR-200 (semi-auto civilian version in .223 Remington), without magazine; note the "post-1994 ban" thumbhole non-folding buttstock, required by American Federal laws at the time, but is no longer required as of 2004.

Film

• Paul Logan as Drake in Curse of the Komodo