Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

North Korean vehicles!


Sharing photos of of North Korean tank and APC. I painted these vehicles a mouth ago, and only now I decided to share some photos. Judging from photos and youtube clips of military parades, North Korean vehicle and uniform colour is brownish, so I decided to paint them in Vallejo Brown Violet. 

 From 2002 North Korea use Pokpung-ho as its Main Battle Tank, but it still have huge fleet of older Chonma-ho MBT - a modified version of Soviet T-62. Unfortunately, no one make Pokpung-ho in 15mm. So I decide to stick with Chonma-ho in 15mm. I bought 15mm T-62 from QRF and painted it as early version of Chonma-ho. Korean APC in 15mm was also a bit tricky. As its APC, North Korea use VTT-323 and M-2010 (modified VTT-323 with longer chassis and improved optic). But again, no one makes these vehicles in 15mm. The only solution is to buy Chinese Type 62 APC from QRF and use it as very early version of VTT-323, before Koreans added turret and ATGM on it. 

To make my North Korean Vehicles more interesting I decided to sculpt some stowage from green-stuff. But in case with VTT-323 I think I sculpted to much stowage :) I also added one wooden ammo box from Plastic Soldier Company 25mm gun battery.

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Inspiration for painting 15mm North Koreans





















I am almost finished painting my small North Korean force of one Ch'onma-ho tank and one VTT-323 APC (early version) with 12 man infantry squad in it (Only 11 soldiers will dismount, because one rifleman operates APC machine gun). I will share photos as soon as I finish painting them, but you already saw my infantry in "USE ME Modern Warfare Advanced" AAR.


Here are some inspirational videos of North Korean Military Parade 2012. You can see Vehicles from 6:00 starting from staff cars and Ural Trucks. Note that they have missiles at these Urals.
9:41 some interesting tracked vehicles with rockets. Does anyone know their name? Is it SA-13 Gopher?
9:44 different rocket artillery types.
12:30 different types of M-2010 and not VTT-323 because of longer chassis.




0:35 another rocket artillery with heavier rockets.
1:21 cool looking tracked artillery with different gun types. I want these in 15mm!
6:12 trucks with field artillery
9:51 I suppose its ZSU, but not sure what type
10:48 some sort of light Shilka
11:12 open top APC?
12:45 BTR40?



0:05 six wheeled BTR. I want them in 15mm!
0:27 BTR
2:36 tracked APC
3:14 old Ch'onma-ho tank (modified T-62)
5:03 modern North Korean made P'okpung-Ho MBT

If you interested in North Korean army organisation, here is great manual made by US Marines Intelligence: North Korea Country Handbook