PzC Series - Campagna d'Abissinia - Avanti per la Vittoria (24-28/06/26)

[nikivdd]

A few more units were added to the equipment file.
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T-34-85 medium tank (captured)
Consolidated B-32 Dominator Strategic Heavy Bomber; the aircraft was already retired but i added it anyway.
Boeing B-50D Superfortress Strategic Heavy Bomber; although according to sources this aircraft saw no action in Korea.
Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Twin-Engine Jet Tactical Bomber (captured)

Republic of Korea
T-34-85 medium tank (captured)

People's Republic of Korea
85 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Model 1939 52-K in anti-tank modus (i forgot to add this one)
100 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Model 1947 KS-19 as anti-aircraft and anti-tank

People's Volunteer Army (China)
Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Twin-Engine Jet Tactical Bomber
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[bondjamesbond]

A few more units were added to the equipment file.
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US
T-34-85 medium tank (captured)
Consolidated B-32 Dominator Strategic Heavy Bomber; the aircraft was already retired but i added it anyway.
Boeing B-50D Superfortress Strategic Heavy Bomber; although according to sources this aircraft saw no action in Korea.
Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Twin-Engine Jet Tactical Bomber (captured)

Republic of Korea
T-34-85 medium tank (captured)

People's Republic of Korea
85 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Model 1939 52-K in anti-tank modus (i forgot to add this one)
100 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Model 1947 KS-19 as anti-aircraft and anti-tank

People's Volunteer Army (China)
Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Twin-Engine Jet Tactical Bomber
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https://orientalist-v.livejournal.com/2098209.html

https://military.pravda.ru/1427100-military/

https://inf.news/en/history/b5a54cc2e2e ... 2d036.html


https://www.dailystar.co.uk/pics/pictur ... h-18759601

That’s brilliant and impressive! I’m looking forward to more new releases. As for support vehicles, in some places the Koreans could be given captured Japanese equipment, which the Allies were more than happy to share with all their allies.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Корейская_армия_(Япония)
https://en.topwar.ru/166924-trofejnaja- ... jucii.html


During the Korean War, the Americans managed to capture several SU-76M self-propelled guns and transport them back to the United States. One of them is housed at the U.S. Army Centre for Military History Storage Facility in Anniston.
https://tankist-31.livejournal.com/299185.html

https://2gis.ru/kubinka/geo/70030076502365942

Pilot Asyadula Nigmatulin recounted how he bombed the Americans in Korea
https://spb.mk.ru/articles/2017/05/11/l ... koree.html
This Tatar is a real hero!


https://inf.news/en/history/23f3f23b280 ... 5230f.html

https://koreaplus-lifes.com/korean-batt ... -conflict/

[imp44791]

So, which is the player's side? (please say the North, please say the North! )

I need to explain: I find the Soviet countermix much more interesting than the American, and playing the less resourced side is more interesting than a massive superpower with infinite resources. The North Koreans are ideal from that respect, especially as they didn't have access to the full Soviet arsenal. Then there is the PLA (or rather the "volunteers") who also should have a tremendous quirky countermix.

As an aside: Countermix-wise, another great side is Britain. Very quirky and specialised, ideal for PzC-style rock-paper-scissors: cruiser and infantry tanks, portees, tons of different infantry units from the Empire and from allies like the Poles, Greeks and so on. And the planes are great, with lots of fun variants. Perhaps one day some modder will make a true British DLC from the days of raining leaflets from Fairey Battles over the Ruhr, to meeting the Soviets in 1945. That would be almost (but only almost!) as fun as the Soviet DLC.

[nikivdd]

There are currently 237 units in the Korean War armory. A few more will be added, including capturable units for the DPRK. Some structures may also be added, but only as needed during scenario creation.
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I let you figure out the player's side. Here is the first historical background of the campaign:
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<h2>Historical Background</h2>

<p>The Korean People's Army was formally established in February 1948. During the following two years it expanded rapidly, absorbing newly recruited soldiers as well as experienced Korean veterans who had previously served with Soviet or Chinese Communist forces.</p>

<p>Soviet advisers helped organize and train the new army. Infantry formations received Soviet weapons, artillery and transport, while specialist schools prepared officers, engineers, artillerymen and armored crews for modern combined-arms warfare.</p>

<p>The KPA's first armored formation began as a tank battalion in 1948 and expanded through several reorganizations. By June 1950, the 105th Armored Brigade contained approximately 6,000 men and 120 Soviet-built T-34-85 tanks, organized into three tank regiments and a mechanized infantry regiment.</p>

<p>As infantry divisions and armored formations assembled near the 38th Parallel, their personnel underwent final exercises in movement, fire support, engineering and cooperation between infantry and tanks. Within days, these skills would no longer be practised against stationary targets.</p>

[imp44791]

Obviously, I'm delighted.

Eat lead, capitalist running dogs!

(it's good that my lovely and kind South Korean colleague at work doesn't play PzC to see this!)

[nikivdd]

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[bondjamesbond]

There are currently 237 units in the Korean War armory. A few more will be added, including capturable units for the DPRK. Some structures may also be added, but only as needed during scenario creation.
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I let you figure out the player's side. Here is the first historical background of the campaign:
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<h2>Historical Background</h2>

<p>The Korean People's Army was formally established in February 1948. During the following two years it expanded rapidly, absorbing newly recruited soldiers as well as experienced Korean veterans who had previously served with Soviet or Chinese Communist forces.</p>

<p>Soviet advisers helped organize and train the new army. Infantry formations received Soviet weapons, artillery and transport, while specialist schools prepared officers, engineers, artillerymen and armored crews for modern combined-arms warfare.</p>

<p>The KPA's first armored formation began as a tank battalion in 1948 and expanded through several reorganizations. By June 1950, the 105th Armored Brigade contained approximately 6,000 men and 120 Soviet-built T-34-85 tanks, organized into three tank regiments and a mechanized infantry regiment.</p>

<p>As infantry divisions and armored formations assembled near the 38th Parallel, their personnel underwent final exercises in movement, fire support, engineering and cooperation between infantry and tanks. Within days, these skills would no longer be practised against stationary targets.</p>

I’d love to be able to play as both the Reds and the UN ) It was really exciting—the Northerners advanced and took Seoul in three days, and then almost all of South Korea was captured ) Just a little more, and there wouldn’t have been a country called South Korea at all! But the UN pulled itself together, and the tide turned. And if it weren’t for the help of a million-strong Chinese horde of volunteers, there wouldn’t be a Red Kingdom ruled by the Kims today. )))

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Niko, what a beautiful interface!

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[nikivdd]

First glance in the scenario editor.
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[nikivdd]

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[bondjamesbond]

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I like what I see!

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Excellent !



P.S.
I hope there’ll be missions about the two sides’ attempts to capture a MiG-15 and a Sabre for study as well)


One such leaflet, urging Soviet pilots to defect to the MiG-15
https://journal.morpolit.ru/sergej-smol ... koj-vojny/

https://ss69100.livejournal.com/5444154.html
It was necessary to study the ‘Sabre’ if only to find the most effective ways of countering it. But the hope of capturing one as a trophy was far too slim. If an F-86 remained airborne after sustaining damage in combat, its pilot would head for the Gulf of Korea, where he could abandon the aircraft. If the combat damage proved too severe, it would crash – with or without the pilot – on North Korean territory.
Yuri Tepsurkaev, Leonid Krylov, *Stalin’s Falcons* against the *Flying Fortresses*. A Chronicle of the Air War in Korea 1950–1953
And yet, on 6 October 1951, Colonel Yevgeny Pepelyaev managed to accomplish this task.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/25490243

How the Soviet pilots ‘Li Si Qing’ and ‘Su Yan Gin’ fought in the skies over Korea
Some good Russian surnames – ‘Lisitsin’ and ‘Sutyangin’ – reworked and adapted for a Korean, a Chinese person and a Vietnamese person )))

[terminator]

Korea. IL-2 Series is out !

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[bondjamesbond]

Korea. IL-2 Series is out !


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A brilliant series of games for anyone who loves flying from the comfort of their sofa ))) We mentioned it on the previous page! And I’m sure Nico’s project will be even cooler ) After all, in that one you’ll not only have to fly, but also fight on land, at sea and in the air!
https://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/AiK ... rCh017.htm


And remember, if the Reds win, there’ll be no Samsung, Kia, LG or Hyundai ))) But there’ll be the Red Star operating system!
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS


The MiG Alley invites American pilots to its final safari )))
https://dzen.ru/a/Zp-eXpaC-BYc8CCj
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news ... PI_gallery

[nikivdd]

This is part of a set I have been working on for a long time. As usual, the entry values are not final and may change until the set eventually materialises as a campaign.
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[bondjamesbond]

This is part of a set I have been working on for a long time. As usual, the entry values are not final and may change until the set eventually materialises as a campaign.
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Oh, this is one of those ‘they’re brilliant until the first bridge, and only on a top-notch motorway’ stories )))
https://nikolian.livejournal.com/21576396.html
https://novate.ru/blogs/020726/77364/


https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/sov ... martcamera
Your tank reminds me of that armoured train ) Now I understand the meaning of our proverb: ‘What’s good for a Russian is death for a German’ ))))