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...Reds were doing their best to defend their airfields and oil depots. Near Seoul, U.S. planes drew fire from a large number of 20-mm. antiaircraft guns and from some guns above 50-mm. ; bombing oil tanks at Wonson, U.S. airmen met what they believed to be their first radar-controlled antiaircraft fire in Korea...
...Pershing. The Russian tank's silhouette is at least a foot lower than either of the U.S. tanks, and its armor slopes back more sharply so that it is harder to hit squarely. The T-34s now in action in Korea are probably equipped with 85-mm. guns, compared with the 76-mm. gun of the Sherman and the 90-mm. gun of the Pershing...
...MM. HOWITZER...
...MM. RECOILLESS RIFLE...
...Never Again." Triumph did not last long. The Reds smashed back with 80 of their big tanks. The U.S. tank crews found out what it means to be outnumbered, outweighed and outgunned (their 75-mm. cannon were no match for the Reds' 85s). All but two of the U.S. tanks were put out of action. Red armor and infantry tore up the U.S. infantry...