Out in the Cold: Australia's involvement in the Korean War - Chinese/North Korean communications
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Chinese/North Korean communications
Although they used radios for communications between headquarters, most of Chinese tactical communications equipment was quite basic. Chinese troops used whistles, bugles, flares and lights to pass on orders and reports. The Chinese bugle calls were often quite unnerving for UN soldiers.
A Chinese soldier sounds his bugle, sending others
into action. P02758.008
Weaponry & Communications
United Nations Forces
- Short Magazine Lee Enfield MkIII*
- Owen Machine Carbine
- Bren Light Machine Gun
- Vickers Medium Machine Gun
- 3-Inch Mortar
- 3.5 Inch M20 Rocket Launcher (Bazooka)
- 17-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun
- M-1951 Armoured Vest
- Bofors Gun
- M4A3E8 Sherman Tank
- Helicopters: The Bell 47 (H-13)
- Communications
Chinese/North Korean
