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Assault rifle Carbine
Dasan Machineries DSAR-15 is a assault rifle Carbine originating in Republic of Korea. It was built by Dasan Machineries. Reported operators include Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Korea, Philippines.
Republic of KoreaTechnical data
Assault rifle Carbine
Republic of Korea
Dasan Machineries
2020-present
Dasan Machineries
2021-present
3.0 kg (6.6 lb) (DSAR15PC, w/o magazine)
760 mm (30 in) (DSAR15PC, extended)
292 mm (11.5 in) (DSAR15PC)
5.56×45mm NATO
direct gas impingement (DSAR-15) short-stroke gas piston (DSAR-15P, DSAR-15PC)
700-950 rounds/min
550 m
STANAG Magazine
Bangladesh : The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) members of the Bangladesh Navy use DSAR15P variant.
Indonesia : The Special Response Team of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency used DSAR15P variant. The variant is also used by special forces of the Armed Forces, such as Presidential Security Force , Koopssus , Denjaka , Kopaska , Bravo Detachment 90 , and Armed Forces General HQ Detachment.
South Korea : 1,000 DSAR-15PC selected to be fielded to the 707th Special Mission Group and the 13th Special Mission Brigade of the ROKASWC prior to mass production stage to gain feedback. 16,300 were planned produced in 2024, but the proposed acquisition was cancelled in June 2021.
Philippines : Philippine National Police received 5,755 DSAR-15s in 2023. In January 2026, Dasan received contract to supply DSAR-15s to Philippine Army.
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Dasan Machineries DSAR-15 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Bangladesh
Indonesia
PhilippinesReported count for Dasan DSAR · DSAR-15. Service scope: Philippine Marine Corps; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1,420. Origin: Republic of Korea. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
South Korea