T2K Korean Peninsula Sourcebook

[Raellus]

Thanks for info, Mpipes.

[pmulcahy11b]

I bought it, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. I'll comment once I do that.

[mpipes]

There were also supposed to be extensive Stinger teams available. Those were going to be deployed all over base. My guess also is that we would get Patriot PAC3s flown in for SCUD defense.

That far south, the pilots did not think any MiGs could survive to Kunsan. But we were worried like hell about chemical SCUDS blanketing the base and surrounding area.

[mpipes]

Just as an aside....all air forces are going to have a lot of grounded aircraft.....not just for lack of fuel but also parts, repair, and maintenance issues. Take Germany at the end of WWII; they still had a LOT of aircraft surviving but not that many serviceable airframes. You can find photos showing dozens of serviceable and/or lightly damaged aircraft sitting idle around airfields. For example, you can't take off if the tires are so bad you'ld crash on landing

[Raellus]

My first draft had the KPA hitting Kunsan with SCUDs carrying chemical warheads, but decided that the North Koreans wouldn't want to risk U.S. nuclear retaliation, so had them limit their chem attacks to ROK positions around Munsan.

Another reason that the Luftwaffe was unable to get may aircraft off the ground in the last few months of the war is because of 8th AF's bombing of German synthetic oil plants. If the Allies had shifted from bombing area targets to German oil production earlier, it likely could have shortened the war by a few weeks, at least. And German pilot attrition was unsustainably high. With little fuel for training, inexperienced replacements were easy prey for Allied fighter jocks.

[mpipes]

Yeah, that was the hope. But look at what happened in Desert Storm. Command kept wanting proof/confirmation....positive sniffer alerts, positive chem paper, dead birds on the ground, dead live stock on the ground, and expended warheads found not good enough. After all that BS, I finally realized that whatever our stated policy, chem use WAS NOT going to trigger a nuclear response. I still hope I'm wrong, but if we just sit back, the DPRK will just keep blanketing the airbases with nerve and other agents.

[pmulcahy11b]

Something most people don't know is Seoul and Pyongyang are actually so close together, they are within artillery rocket range of each other.

[RN7]

Just bought your sourcebook Raellus. Very enjoyable read, Korea really needed to be covered!

[swaghauler]

Nice Job Man!

[Raellus]

Thanks, fellas. I'm really glad that you're enjoying it.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Just bought it and had a very quick look through. If you want some more detail on Australian (and possibly New Zealand) units/equipment/etc. I'm quite happy to help. For example, I served in an Aussie armoured recce regiment when they were still equipped with M113 tracks (they have changed to wheeled recce vehicles now - sometime in the mid-2000s I seem to recall)

As an aside and as a bit of colour, the Australian Army had been massively under-equipped with cold weather gear since the 1960s. The official stance was that there wasn't sufficient need for extreme cold weather gear in Australia or in the jungles in which we would most likely be fighting (outside the country), therefore it was not issued.
During the 2000s deployments in Afghanistan, the Aussie SAS borrowed cold weather gear from their US counterparts until they could get appropriate gear supplied from Australia.

I can very well imagine the same scenario happening with winter in Korea and the Aussies borrowing cold weather clothing from their ROK/NZ/UK/US allies until (or if) proper gear was supplied from home.

[Targan]

I can very well imagine the same scenario happening with winter in Korea and the Aussies borrowing cold weather clothing from their ROK/NZ/UK/US allies until (or if) proper gear was supplied from home.

I reckon the NZ military would be well-placed to assist, as you say.

[Olefin]

Love seeing the 28th ANZUK Brigade in the Sourcebook - I would say that settles the question of whether or not the Australians contributed a decent sized force to Korea - considering the size of the Australian military its a pretty good sized force - and great to see New Zealand as well

1st Infantry Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment (Australia)
1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (New Zealand)
1 x Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (L119 Field Gun)
1 x Field Engineer Regiment, Royal Australian Engineers
1 x Recon Squadron (Australia) (M113)
Medical / Logistics (multi national but primarily Australia / NZ)

[pmulcahy11b]

I reckon the NZ military would be well-placed to assist, as you say.

One Team Spirit, Danish and British battalions participated, but I never actually saw them. They were, however, on the (unclassified) operations reports.

[Silent Hunter UK]

I see your book is #9 on "Most Popular Under $5". Well done!