"Korean War in 15mm -- which season for uniforms?" Topic

If you had to choose, would you rather get Chinese and North Koreans in 15mm with winter dress, or summer dress?

can't we have both? Seriously, some US Marines freezing their butts off would be good too.

I forced to chose, the winter – I always think of Korea as being freezing, and it makes them more distinctive.

I think Winter but I guess it depends on the availablity of UN forces in Winter gear.

Summer.

Why? The initial offensive the defence of pusan perimeter and Inchon saw NKPA troops in summer clothing. Again the may offensive and the and operations ripper and killer were fought in summer. Definetely the NKPA has to be in summer uniform; the chinese… as the epic battle like Chypong ni and the imjin river were fought in the temperate season I would say summer… but having also winter troops for the november-january offensive would be a plus. And remember we need also summer south koreans and winter UN troops (even if the resistant roosters winter us can a be a good replacement…) and later US troops with flak Jacket.

NKPA in summer uniform. The NKPA had almost ceased to exist by the 1st snow of the winter of 50/51. They were not sufficiently recovered until the fall of 51 and the war had entered the stalemate phase.

Definitely winter for the Chinese, preferably ragged uniforms, with some mixed US clothing. Chipyong Ni and most of the other major battles were fought in the winter. Until the war stalemated, the Chinese supply lines were so stretched, they did not even try to provide summer uniforms to their troops. They had enough challenges just moving ammo. The troops wore whatever they could find.

And there is no such thing as a temperate season in the Chorwon Valley or anywhere along the Imjin, trust me. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the frostbite! The weather goes from brutally cold to brutally hot in about 2-3 weeks. The battles around Wonju were fought in February and early March. I have driven tanks across the ice on the Imjin river in late February.

ok thanks for the info (and my fault I have mispalced Chipyong Ni as part of the 1st May offensive, need to work more on the korean war…)

Have to read more about "spring" in korean terms (gloster hill was in late april).

Arrigo, don't worry about the spelling. There is no right or wrong for Korean to English transliteration. Ni can be spelt Li or Ri also. The correct pronunciation is somewhere in the middle of all 3 sounds.

Gloster Hill was in that short moderate season. Quite an area of incredibly rough terrain.

Thanks for the feedback guys. As to getting both -- one thing at a time guys!

Cold Steel, interesting suggestion about summer for N Koreans and winter for Chinese. That's pretty persuasive ….