Some 99.2 percent of the South Korean Army's anti-tank weapons are superannuated, and most of them are incapable of penetrating the armor of North Korea's main battle tanks, according to data.

Of some 46,200 anti-tank weapons in the South Korean Army, only 360 have not exceeded their estimated lifespan, according to a report from Army headquarters submitted to Saenuri Party lawmaker Song Young-keun.

The Army has U.S.-made TOW missiles, Russian-made METIS-M missiles, 90 mm and 106 mm recoilless rifles, PzF-3 antitank grenade launchers, and M72 LAW rockets. But only three -- the METIS-M and recoilless rifles -- are reasonably up to date.

But even these relatively new rifles are incapable of penetrating the armor of the North Korean battle tanks.

According to the Army's own analysis, only the METIS-M missiles can penetrate the armor of North Korea's "Chon ma-ho" tanks, of which it is believed to have some 900.

And even the METIS-M missiles are incapable of penetrating the armor of the North's new main battle tank, the "Songun-ho," of which it has some 200.

The recoilless rifles are also unsuitable for night combat because they are not equipped with night vision scopes.

