Hi Guys, a look at the massive War Memorial of Korea during a visit to Seoul a few years ago. It's a huge facility and has a vast array of weaponry, including captured DPRK stuff. Obviously the focus is on the Korean War, but there's much more there of interest.
This sculpture reflects Korean attitudes toward the division between the two Koreas and is a Republic soldier embracing his DPRK brother. Both sides would love for reunification to happen, but on their terms, unfortunately...
This is apparently the first indigenously built Korean aircraft, named the Buwalho. Can't find much else about it out there.
KTX-Yeo-Myung prototype of the Korean Aerospace Industries KAI KT-1 trainer.
A section of the outside display area, with a T.37 and F-5A up front.
F-86D, note the rocket rack underneath.
C-46D.
C-119G.
Ex-DPRK An-2 painted in Soviet markings.
P-51D and C-123J with jet pods on its wingtips.
F-86F with AIM-9 rails.
Shenyang J-6 that was flown to South Korea by defecting Capt. Lee Ung-Pyeong in 1983.
F-4C.
Some heavy metal. I'm not going to attempt to name all the tanks and hardware as I'm not all that familiar with it.
I do know this is a Sherman though...
M46 (says so on the display board)
I know what this is though, a Chinese Type 63 amphibious tank, a combination of a Russian PT-76 with a T-54 turret.
BM-13 Katyusha, "Stalin's Organ".
This is a DPRK infiltration vessel, designed to pass relatively unseen down the Han River that flows through Seoul and originates in the DPRK. Because of attempts by North Korea to send agents into Seoul, the river banks are festooned with barbed wire and defenses.
This is typical of the defenses on the Han River banks.
RoK river patrol craft.
More to come from Seoul.
This sculpture reflects Korean attitudes toward the division between the two Koreas and is a Republic soldier embracing his DPRK brother. Both sides would love for reunification to happen, but on their terms, unfortunately...
This is apparently the first indigenously built Korean aircraft, named the Buwalho. Can't find much else about it out there.
KTX-Yeo-Myung prototype of the Korean Aerospace Industries KAI KT-1 trainer.
A section of the outside display area, with a T.37 and F-5A up front.
F-86D, note the rocket rack underneath.
C-46D.
C-119G.
Ex-DPRK An-2 painted in Soviet markings.
P-51D and C-123J with jet pods on its wingtips.
F-86F with AIM-9 rails.
Shenyang J-6 that was flown to South Korea by defecting Capt. Lee Ung-Pyeong in 1983.
F-4C.
Some heavy metal. I'm not going to attempt to name all the tanks and hardware as I'm not all that familiar with it.
I do know this is a Sherman though...
M46 (says so on the display board)
I know what this is though, a Chinese Type 63 amphibious tank, a combination of a Russian PT-76 with a T-54 turret.
BM-13 Katyusha, "Stalin's Organ".
This is a DPRK infiltration vessel, designed to pass relatively unseen down the Han River that flows through Seoul and originates in the DPRK. Because of attempts by North Korea to send agents into Seoul, the river banks are festooned with barbed wire and defenses.
This is typical of the defenses on the Han River banks.
RoK river patrol craft.
More to come from Seoul.