South Korean forces in the Vietnam War

[kraykan]

Has there been any word on South Korean forces in the game? South Korea had over 300,000 troops deployed over the war, much more than Australia with a distant 60,000.

The involvement of South Korea in Vietnam has often been downplayed, despite a number of alleged massacres. The Vietnam war also led the United States to reaffirm ties with South Korea, leading them to become the most prosperous nation in the Indochina area.They were a major part of the war, but i would wager many Americans don't even know they were involved.

Although that may seem like reason to not add them to the game, Tripwire has always done a fairly realistic representation in their games. And South Korea has always been big about video games. I know the Australia updates brought in a lot of Aussie fans.

 

[Grabbed_by_the_Spetsnaz]

This is thread number 5 so far...

 

[kraykan]

This is thread number 5 so far...

This is the first thread that I have made about this subject.

 

[Arisaka99]

This is thread number 5 so far...

Yet again, 4 of them were by the same person. In every sub-forum too.

 

[Deleted member 66135]

would be good to see however not a lot is know of them in the war and like the arvn people think they just did bad stuff. it took 40 years for people to see not all arvn units were bad.
South Korea Tiger Division Combat Patrol at Qui Nhon-Pan Tung Vietnam 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRSRcE_Wew

 

[screwthis]

It was recently listed under possible future additions on TWI/AMGs Trello

 

[Deleted member 66135]

It was recently listed under possible future additions on TWI/AMGs Trello

ive just seen it on the road map so hope we see them in the game

 

[Foster Parent]

(this thread made me go read about it)

 

[Zammo76]

I've done a fair bit of research on the Vietnam war but never came across any info on South Korea's involvement, although I obviously know they took part. Have you got any links to the part they played? Thanks.

 

[Foster Parent]

Not much. I backtracked from the tiny Wikipedia article on it, into the article on Park, the coup, the assassination and protests.

 

[Zammo76]

Did they pull out before the US?

Also what weapons did they use?

I've heard there's a few movies about their involvement in the war including a bizarre horror movie (I'm more interested in factual stuff though) I might see if I can track one down.

Edit:

Just came across this clip on YouTube of White Badge, it looks like a Korean version of Platoon:

https://youtu.be/8dpHp77vZuM

 

[Arisaka99]

Did they pull out before the US?

Also what weapons did they use?

I've heard there's a few movies about their involvement in the war including a bizarre horror movie (I'm more interested in factual stuff though) I might see if I can track one down.

Edit:

Just came across this clip on YouTube of White Badge, it looks like a Korean version of Platoon:

https://youtu.be/8dpHp77vZuM

They mostly pulled out the same time as US troops did, though the US had a few Marines guarding the embassy in Saigon.
They used mostly the same equipment as the ARVN, early war with WWII/Korean War surplus, late war (1968-1973) with a mix of surplus and US produced equipment.

 

[kraykan]

Here is a link to an interesting read about about South Korea during Vietnam.
http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/...tnamIntro.htmlthe link

The link continues on to talk about 3 divisions of the South Korean Army.

http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/ROKVIetnam/ROKVIetnamTiger/ROKVIetnamTiger.html

http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/ROKVIetnam/ROKVIetnamWhiteHorse/ROKVIetnamWhiteHorse.html

http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/ROKVIetnam/ROKVIetnamBlueDragons/ROKVIetnamBlueDragons.html

 

[Zammo76]

Have you played the GOM mod for RS2? They've added ROK and the three different divisions, its pretty cool.

 

[Yoshiro]

Currently the team is not looking at new factions, but several modders are (as noted above)!