IMEX 529 Us Army Korean War 1:72

Description

The Korean War (1950-1953) was fought between the troops of South Korea, supported – on behalf of the United Nations – by American, Australian and British troops, and the troops of the DPRK, i.e. North Korea, supported more or less officially by the USSR and the PRC. Infantry, of course, was the largest type of US armed force fighting in Korea. The US Army and USMC sent several infantry, infantry and marines divisions to Korea, including: 2nd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division and 1st Marine Division. The main strike force of the infantry division were three regiments of infantry, supported by divisional artillery and various types of support units (e.g. sappers, communication and logistics). On average, in 1950-1951, the division had between 12,500-13,650 officers and soldiers. Over time, the division structure turned out to be ineffective and the infantry units were reorganized into brigade formations, relatively well saturated with artillery, communications and sapper units. It is worth noting that the basic shooting weapon of the American infantryman was still the M1 Garand rifle and its modernized version of the M1 C / D Garand. The WWII M1918A2 BAR rifle was also used as a manual machine gun, while the M2 Browning was the heavy machine gun. It is worth noting that the American infantry had quite good, especially at the end of the conflict, hand-held anti-tank weapons in the form of Bazooka and Super-Bazooka armor.