That said, the two
antiaircraft machine gun battalions sent to the front controlled just 96 of the 1,500
antiaircraft machine guns available throughout the American Expeditionary Forces, suggesting that while not blameless, the problem did not come primarily from antiaircraft units.
In December 2013, Kim ordered the arrest and execution of his uncle and close adviser Jang Song Thaek by
antiaircraft machine guns. Jang had earlier been forced to watch his two deputies undergo the same ordeal, (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/world/asia/north-korea-executions-jang-song-thaek.html) according to a former deputy director of the National Intelligence Service.
Our intelligence sources report that the opposition is now armed as never before with such heavy weapons as T-55, T-62, and T-72 tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, rocket launchers, mortars, and vehicle-mounted heavy
antiaircraft machine guns (12.7, 14.5, and 23 mm).
Previously it had been reported that a number of Jang's aides were executed with
antiaircraft machine guns.
Aboard a coal-powered paddle steamer - that had been requisitioned by King and country - he did a bit of everything, from mopping decks to manning
antiaircraft machine guns.