Re: Fwd: North Korea - Miscalculation

[Ed Evanhoe <gangster@korean-war.com>]

>James,

> >>Was I worried about NK artillery in '83-84, yes.  Towards the end of the
>Korean fighting, the Chinese were able to fire approximately 100,000
>rounds per day against us and the number of rounds per day was
>increasing.  A 100,000 round day would be a light day in a current war
>(until the NK had to advance their guns).  <<

The interesting thing most don't know is that when the Soviet Union first
proposed peace talks in 1951, there were about 5 guns 105 or larger per
mile of front on the NK/Chinese side and about 100 rounds per gun.  There
were about 10 76mm guns per mile of front, approximately 20 mortars per
mile of front, and so on. The reason is the Chinese/NK's expended everything
they had in the first and second spring offensives of 1951, leaving them with
only troops, small arms, small mortars and machineguns, and without much
ammunition for those.

This if from a G2 estimate 1951 I read one time. In other words, when
the ceasefire talks began, we could have kept on going back up to
the Anju - Wonsan line again, probably taking fewer casualties
than resulted in the two years of stalled talks.

Ed


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