In addition to looking at relics from the Imjin War, I took several photos of the vehicles on display outside the Museum. There is a large array of WWII and early Cold War equipment on display from both the UN forces of the Korean War and vehicles from the DPRK. I took some snapshots to use as reference material in the future;
Korean War Vintage US Armor
South Korean (ROK) Army Vehicles
The majority of the vehicles in the park are taken from the history of the ROK army. These started as US surplus vehicles but then evolved into locally produced vehicles like the Abrams like K-1. Most of the vehicles are painted up in the Korean standard camouflage scheme which is reminiscent of the US Army's Autumn MERDC patterns from the 70's and Early 80's. (Players of Team Yankee who insist on painting their M-1s in MERDC could easily use them as Korean K-1's for most scales)
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| M47 Tank |
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| M48 |
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| Modern K-1 Tank |
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| K-1 Side profile |
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| Korean K-1 tank seen cross the back deck of the WWII vintage US armor |
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| M107 (175mm) and M110 (203mm) SP howitzers |
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| M107 175mm SP Howitzer |
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| Towed 8in howitzer with Russian Katusha launcher behind. |
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| SP 90mm Assault Gun |
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| Collection of APCs (M577, armored car and M113) |
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Korean made K200 APC
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| 90mm Anti-Aircraft Gun w/ Nike SAM in the background |
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| Rear view of a SAM |
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| ROK Marine LVTP-7 (Amphib) w/ motivational paint work. |
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| Older LVTP-4 Amphib |
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| Scale model of ROK Air Defense Vehicle |
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| Scale model of ROK Bridge Layer |
North Korean (DPRK) Army Vehicles
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| Type 63 Amphibious Tank |
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| Type 59 (Chinese Version of Soviet T-55) |
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| SU-100 Self Propelled Gun |
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| SU-100 |
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| Side profile of the SU-100 |
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| T-34 |
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| T-34 Close-Up |
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| WWII vintage T-34 inside the museum itself |
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| Towed 120mm Mortar/ Hawk -SAM in the background |
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| Katusha Rocket Launcher |
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| 152mm Howitzer |
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| 100mm AT gun and 57mm AA gun |
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M36 Tank Destroyer
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Very cool images! I was stationed in Korea (Yongsan) from 1984-88 and again (Taegu) from 2002-2005. I failed to visit the museum the second tour. However, I did tour the DMZ (Panmunjeom) several times.
ReplyDeleteI was in Taegu a couple of years ago. You can see the images from the Museum there in my earlier posts. I do know the city looks very little like it did from back in the 90's. It is a massive metropolis with dozens of 20+ story apartment complexes overlooking the camp I was in. I still want to get out to Gangwa Island, so I am hoping to get at least one more short trip over to Seoul at some point.
DeleteOh, I now recall also visiting a memorial at Inchon. They really honored MacArthur. ..at least on the 80's.
DeleteIt is still very positive. The Korean War museum has a rather powerful display to honor the UN fallen. Basically a dark room with a giant tear drop made of dog tags. Every few seconds a droplet falls and 'coalesces' into an image of a fallen soldier's dog tag to show the name and origin. The halls leading up to the main entrance include marble pillars with the names of the ROK and allied soldiers who died in the war.
DeleteThat is a very cool collection of vehicles
ReplyDeleteI thought so, it is always nice to get an up close view so you can appreciate the scale.
DeleteSeeing the Soviet WWII armor up close would have been a thrill.
ReplyDeleteIt is always cool to see the equipment up close. It usually seems so much smaller than you expect.
DeleteVery interesting tour and great pictures!
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