North Korea errors report

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Originally Posted by Marcello

No sources list SU-100s in frontline combat during the korean war but how do we know that there wasn't a company ot two in reserve somewhere in 1951-1953? The North koreans got several shipments of material in the Spring of 1951 when their army was rebuilt after the debacle which followed the Incheon landing, including items such as 152mm guns which had been almost non existent before.

I don’t think they should be in the OOB unless there is some hard evidence that they were in reserve somewhere. Concord’s Tank Warfare in Korea looks at various Soviet shipments of armoured vehicles during the Korean War. It doesn’t mention the SU-100.

At the moment someone playing a Korean War game as the North Koreans can field SU-100s when they weren’t used in the war and when they probably weren’t in Korea at all.

Originally Posted by Marcello

To be honest I have alreay got burned at least once trusting SIPRI for availability dates.

SIPRI is like most other sources. Best when confirmed by a another source. It is interesting that Unit 462 has a 1968 start date. It matches the delivery completion date given by SIPRI.