Word: 34s
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...South Koreans had no tanks, no combat aircraft. Since they also lacked effective antitank guns, the appearance of the enemy's squat, death-dealing T-34s spread terror. Seoul fell without any semblance of a real battle. Syngman Rhee's government fled to Taejon-the first of its three forced moves during three months...
...beachhead had slacked off. It was no longer fashionable, however, for U.S. commanders and correspondents to surmise that the Communists were running out of horsepower. U.S. intelligence reported two new North Korean tank brigades, ready for action but not yet committed, and equipped with 84 brand-new Russian T-34s. U.S. carrier-plane pilots, raiding behind the 38th parallel, reported damaging 35 tanks at Pyongyang-which seemed to indicate that enemy tank replacements were not drying up. Said General Walker: "I don't believe we're in great danger, but we may get a bloody nose. The enemy...
...holds of their ships, the marines brought forth great shiny bulldozers, wreckers and heavy road equipment the like of which Korea had never seen before. The marines had their own flamethrowers, amphibious tractors, Pershing tanks whose 90-mm. guns were a match for the Reds' Russian-built T-34s. The 1st Division's advance team also had its own air wing-a force of about 200 Corsairs (see The Air War), commanded by veteran Brigadier General Thomas Cushman...
...service than the rest of the world's armies combined. In Germany alone, the Reds have at least 4,400 tanks, and in general they are better than any now in regular use by U.S. armored divisions. Most of the tanks in East Germany are 33-ton T-34s null gun), the types used in the Communist attack in Korea...
...spearheading the Communist drive southward. So far, the U.S. had no tank in the Korean fighting that was clearly superior to the T-345. Until the new tanks arrive (some are on the way), U.S. troops will have to rely largely on less effective weapons to stop the T-34s. Most of these weapons are not new. None of them is a complete tank defense weapon in itself; their effectiveness depends on coordinated use. The most spectacular single weapon yet used by the U.S. against the Red tanks is the Big Bazooka, which made its debut last week, knocked...