The Korea Combat Training Center (abbreviated KCTC; ,

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: 陸軍科學化戰鬪訓鍊團) is a South Korean military training unit for the ROK

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and

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. It is one of the subordinate elements of the Republic of Korea Army Training & Doctrine Command.

Combat training

The

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(MILES) has been used for simulated combat exercises at the Korea Combat Training Center. The KCTC largely adopted the systems of the

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(NTC) and the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in the beginning, but later developed its own battlefield simulation system. The KCTC

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(OPFOR, ) representing the

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serves as the North Korean counterpart for the trainees. It employs North Korean military doctrine and simulates North Korean equipment to replicate the strength and tactics of the

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infantry force. Along with the expansion of the training center, the OPFOR has become a regiment-sized unit since 2015. By establishing simulation systems for the Army aviation and the

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, the KCTC plans to start regiment-level training that includes

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drills in 2016.

Training participants

*Infantry divisions of Ground Operations Command *

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* Republic of Korea Army Special Forces *

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* Korea Army Officer Candidate School * Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon *

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References

External links

Korea Combat Training Center (Korean)
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001221554/https://www.kctc.mil.kr:452/ , date=2020-10-01 Training establishments of the South Korean Army Military units and formations established in 2002 Inje County