Re: Unique movement conducted during Korean War

["Joseph S. Bermudez Jr." <jbermudez@qwest.net>]

> In December, Juche 39 (1950) he issued the order of the supreme commander of
> the Korean People's Army "on organizing aircraft-hunting teams".

Interestingly, the article doesn't mention two of the more effective KPA air
defense tactics - camouflage and cables. As the war progresses the KPA and
CPV ground forces became extremely adept at using camouflage and deception
which made things quite difficult at times for the UN air forces. For
combating low level ground attacks against priority targets (e.g., bridges,
tunnels, etc.) in mountainous terrain it was not uncommon for the KPA to
string steel cables across valleys to ensnare attacking aircraft.

 
> They manufactured revolving frames and installed on them several light machine
> guns and anti-tank guns to fire them simultaneously, thus increasing the fire
> power of small arms in hunting aircraft and containing low-altitude flights of
> enemy planes. 

While I have heard of such modifications being constructed during the war I
have never seen any.

Regards,
Joe