KT/Mai Vireak

Korea donates military vehicles
24 March 2017
South Korea has given more than 200 military vehicles to Cambodia and nearly 200 more will arrive in July. The first batch were handed over yesterday at a ceremony at the Techo HE Military Technical Institute in Kampong Speu province.
The trucks, light utility vehicles, excavators, bulldozers, buses, ambulances and cars were deployed in rows in the area where the ceremony took place.

General Chao Phirun, the director-general of the Defense Ministry’s materiel and technical services department, said it was the third time Cambodia had received military aid from South Korea.

He said the 222 vehicles included 208 vehicles of all kinds and 14 pieces of engineering machinery, along with spare parts.
Gen. Phirun said military aid amounting to 145 vehicles, including two patrol boats and eight pieces of engineering machinery, would arrive from South Korea in July.
“The South Korean government could give 30 to 50 more military trucks as well as some spare parts,” he said.

In 2010, Cambodia received 188 vehicles including military trucks, 66 pieces of engineering machinery and utility boats for the navy.
In 2012, a further 212 vehicles and 29 pieces of machinery were granted to Cambodia...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36849/ ... -vehicles/

So, why does Cambodia need this new military equipment ? Colour revolutions, of course. Seems there is an on-going threat coming from colours. Careful with those rainbow flags.

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces yesterday took official receipt of 208 military vehicles, 14 pieces of engineering equipment, and other spare parts donated by South Korea’s defence ministry, gear Cambodia’s defence minister said would help stop ‘colour revolutions’.

“I would like to thank the Kingdom of Cambodia for its support of the Republic of Korea,” he said. Defence Minister Tea Banh thanked South Korea for supporting the Cambodian armed forces, telling reporters after his speech that ‘in principle’ the military would not use the vehicles in a way that was ‘bad for the country’.

“We will use them effectively in order to serve and defend and make our contribution to keeping the public order… not only [to stop] colour revolutions, or any revolutions, but also anything that can bring destruction to the country or create an emergency,” he said.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r ... -equipment

Nowhere near enough!

Cambodia needs at least one RoK truck for every general on the payroll

Handy for transporting logs. I once saw a tank transporter fully loaded with logs out in the bush on the way home from Anglong Veng.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:17 am KT/Mai Vireak

Look at those ill disciplined bastards breaking formation. Fucking only army in the world where a slouch is part of the dress code.

It would be interesting to see the arrangements regarding fuel supply and maintenance for these vehicles. Most of them will sit around cause there is no gas for them because as we all know the reason why.
What would be the annual cost of running big trucks like those ? Even when they just sit around , they still cost money to maintain.