The problem is there is no mention of Air support, which will be constant if it comes to a shooting war.
How fast the NORK artillery, which is not really 'mobile' will be eliminated.
How our intelligence apparatus, sats, drones, would determine the axis of attack and allow the commanders to react.
Small arms training for EVERYONE from mail clerk to cook in the rear areas.
This is not 1950. We know what the NORKS have and we know what to expect. We've had 50+ years to anticipate it, and devise ways to defeat it. Our technology is a HUGE advantage.
The NORKs have manpower, and quantity has a quality of it's own, BUT if you can't control the air, you lose the ground.
Ask the older Iraqi commanders how that felt.
One advantage the South may have, is that they could go with the Swiss model, and have universal civilian armament.
Meanwhile, how well could the North trust their army, once arms and ammo are issued?
Every Marine a rifleman...
The NORKs have manpower, and quantity has a quality of it’s own ...
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And if you cannot feed them ...