Warning: picture heavy
Hello everyone,
today, we have another bunch of photos, this time from a pretty exotic place: War Memorial in Seoul. Player the_beef was kind enough to share them with us. Enjoy!
Type 59 – allegedly the story behind this particular tank is that it was used by the North Vietnamese in Vietnam War, it was captured by the Americans and given to South Koreans as a gift
M46 Patton
M36 Jackson
M47 Patton
M4A3E8 Sherman
K-1 – indigenous Korean tank
M-56 Scorpion
M48AC2 Patton
M107 SPG
M110 SPG (203mm)
SU-100
T-34
Taiwanese Walker Bulldog (plus some SPG)
Overview
Bonus: F-86 Sabre, P-51 Mustang and MiG-19
That SPG is a M108.
I want it in the game. I really which WG would divide arty into to broad categories, faster firing (for it’s tier) “light” artillery and heavier artillery (mostly what we have at the higher tiers right now).
Don’t you think that there is already too much arty?
Arty is pretty rare in random battles.
Thank god, it’s now as it should have been always, one-two arties per game
Yes but now games are less intense and even boring campfests 70% of the time
We’re discussing Word of Tanks here, we don’t care if people camp in some other random game.
Strange, I see less camping when there is no arty, maybe because ppl “camp” (by this I mean stop) to shoot, because they don’t get nuked in that instant? And ppl can get out of the cover of huge rocks and hide behind hills :’( Oh my god how bad that we can use more of the small maps, let’s make arty able to shoot anywhere so everyone would move non stop, like that game when you have to hit the (hamster?) thing with a hammer
I agree, I see far less camping when they’re no arty. I know me personally, when there’s arty, I generally want to hide, especially when it’s high tier arty that can one-shot me.
You must be playing a different game to me…
over half my randoms have 3 arty per side, and 1 in 5 games its 4 per side…
and that’s over a wide tier spread
i totally second the idea of like <500 dmg (like ~ t6brit w. more range) artytrees for t8-10 with well acuracy and awesome firing rate. maybe even with some sort of short-term-barrage (like the t2 autocannons) shooting 3 bullets in 3 seconds onto one spot.
just hvaing those 180+ mm guns to choose from is meh.
its not about having already enough arties, its more about diversity of gameplay!
. (GG @ t62 & obj ;) )
Arty is bullshit anyways. It was NEVER used to hit a moving tank in WW2, the entire idea is ludicrous.
North Koreans and Vietnam war? Hmmm smth is probably wrong here. I suppose it should be North Vietnamese :).
Just reposting what the person who took the photos told me :) Hell if I know. Maybe there were some NK troops in the area too? *shrugs*
A realy nice preserved collection though…
It is indeed of North Vietnamese. Must be a typo.
About the Type 59 and Vietnam: That’s what it said on the sign in front.
North Korea apparently participated in the Vietnamese war. North Korea did use Type-59 tanks at the time, although they renamed them “Kim Il Sung 69″ (lol).
Hmm, but according to the wikipedia article on the Vietnam war, North Korea sent some fighter planes, AA guns, and uniforms. No mention of tanks.
It could be that in the english translation on the sign two sentences got mixed: That the tank was captured in Vietnam. And as a side-note that North Koreans also used the type-59.
There were 13 North Korean pilots fighting in VN war. They were all killed in action but I don’t know the specific situation. Their graves are still in Vietnam now and are thoughtfully cared. Other cases of North Korean involvement are not clear.
I saw the sign with my eyes too, and it definitely had translation errors.
They wanted to say ‘This tank was donated by Vietnamese military during the Vietnam War. North Korea operated Type 59 by copying it as ‘Kim Il Sung 69′ after introducing it in the early 1970s.’ or something.
Instead they wrote like this: ‘This tank was donated by Vietnamese military. During the Vietnam War, North Korea operated Type 59 by copying it as ‘Kim Il Sung 69′ after introducing it in the early 1970s.’
Trust me. I’m Korean.
The South Koreans also participated in the Vietnam war. I believe they had sent an entire division worth of ground troops.
Two divisions and one marines brigade.
Ah thanks for clarifying. I tried to reconstruct the sentences with my limited knowledge of Chinese and Korean, but didn’t get far enough.
What about that K-1? The sign said it would ‘operate’ in weekends and holidays by inserting a 500 won coin. Have you ever tried/seen that?
Haven’t tried by myself, but it’s obviously a silly attraction for kids without any spectacular sight.
http://serviceapi.nmv.naver.com/flash/convertIframeTag.nhn?vid=8AB68890351943318929D4702C580AF9E9DB&outKey=V1258fd4071da6c340365b42e612342ff6215541487efc4f17e10b42e612342ff6215&width=500&height=408
Here’s working footage.
so why are those little random small parts painted red?
It’s so bright red that it looks almost pink
These “random parts” are all sort of hooks for lifting turret, towing tank etc. painting camo on them would be pointless as it would be scratched off instantly by chains/ ropes/etc. So guessing its some sort of anti oxidant paint. Or it could be indicator for not so sharp towing crew where to strap chains to tow that thing around.
I’m sure the museum curators just painted them to look cool :)
That’s my guess too. Notice how they also painted the muzzles and even the centers of the road wheel hubs on the SU-100.
It looks like a warning: “Do not try to dive on those red pieces, you might get pierced.”
Anyway, such bright markings remind me of old RTS games, like Dune, Red Alert or Original War :D
It looks strange – gray tanks with pink parts.
I was there two moths ago…İt was so amazing that just stayed between a Chinese made Type-59 and USA made war toys…Plus on every fridays there is a very nice show about Korean military history…Pleas note that wonderful girl-soldiers :)
I know that this is a WOT blog, but WarThunder just released a new trailer /watch?v=0sfA-NsbzJY
Would be really nice if more people see it….So…SS, can you make a post with this video? Pretty please…it’s really awesome
He did that already on his Facebook page.
wow what a shit video, the lady screeching made me turn off the sound, and they stretched 50 seconds of fake non-gameplay footage into 3 minutes.
I smile about the “Easy Eight” Sherman, seeing as my uncle was a crewman on those in the Korean War, probably with the 89th Armored Battalion.
the random spg is m108
The SU100 is WOT meets WOWS… the boat tried to ram but the tank reversed :P
What is that thing right of the Type 59, behind the Su-100?
Looks like it has a Type 59 turret too.
Also, I guess the T-34 is a T-34-85?
PT-76?
It’s Type 63, a Chinese evolved variant of PT-76.
I was too looking that it’s not T-34 , it’s T-34-85, right?
The sign said T-34, but it might be wrong. :-/
No T-34/76s were ever deployed in Korean War – at least according to most sources – other than alleged few vehicles thought to be OT-34/76 variant. So it’s not very odd thing to call T-34-85 just T-34 around Korea.
Stalker, i have some photos from Jambol War-fame museum…where can i send them to you
P.S. Their quality is not that good….i had only iPhone for photos….
Thank you for these awesome pics
“Some SPG” is a M109.
The Scorpion would be a nice addition to the game. :)
What’s the story on the patrol boat? It looks like it’s been peppered with small arms fire.
It’s a replica of PKM 357, a Chamsuri-class patrol boat sunken by North Korean surprise attack in 2002.