Re: P39 in Korea from Joe Baugher site

["Love Shack" <Home@DanSources.com>]

How much older stuff did the NK start with?
What Japanese equippment did the NK have?

If the NK had Japanese equipment did the SK have some too.
It would seem to me they should have had access to leftover military
hardware as well.

>From other posts and  collection of information.
Most aircraft hanging around regardless Russian or Japanese
were in poor repair.  Did SK have any airforce at all before
the first clashes?

Dan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe1@korean-war.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: P39 in Korea from Joe Baugher site


> Dan,
>
>  >>At 10:27 AM 12/22/2003, you wrote:
> >Hi Joe:
> >Japan left a lot of material.  So did the Russians after WW2.
> >Did the NK use any leftover Japanese and Russian weaponry.<<
>
> Yes.  Most frontline NK troops when the war began were equipped with
> Russian weapons -- Russian rifle, Russian carbine (bolt action 7.62mm,)
> PpSh (burpgun), pistols, to say nothing of T-34 tanks, Su-76 SP guns and
> Russian artillery.  Second echelon and support troops generally had a mix
> of Japanese and Russian weapons.
>
>
> Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
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> Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
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>