The official name of the so-called “M2020” tank has been revealed. Unfortunately, the image quality is low so it cannot be clearly identified. It looks like “천마-2x(Ch’ŏnma-2x)”.
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From the M2020 (now Ch’ŏnma-2) thread:
Name plate that just about says <천마-2호> (Ch’ŏnma-2 Ho – Ho in this sense just meaning ‘type’, not part of the actual name)
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Very nice!
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I hope to see these Korean equipment join the game this year.
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Yeah, it would be really nice to end a year on a bang with the United Korean TT.
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We can dream. One thing I think we can look at is the fact Gaijin hasn’t introduced any North or South Korean ground vehicles yet. Unlike, for example, Indian ground vehicles or Swiss planes to the UK and German tree respectively. To me that suggests they might be saving them for a proper tree, but it could also mean they just don’t want to add them at all lol.
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Collection of some very nice images from a 2016 parade:
- HD image of Ch’ŏnma-216 with the weapons package from the 2013 parade. Don’t recall seeing this image before, and it’s certainly the most detailed photo of this variant so very nice to see
- Close up of one of the 323 122mm, unable to tell whether M1977 or M1985
- Type 59s with provision for slat armour and 14.5mm KPV
- Chuch’e Po ‘M1989’ ‘Koksan’
- 323 MLRS
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I think I would be fine for Korea to be treated somewhat like Israel (with the Merkava first appearing in the US tech tree first).
Many are clamoring for either the K1 or the K2 so it could be sort of a soft launch for a United Korea Tree.
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I wish we can get those like vehicle name plates as a separate cosmetic, they look so cool. Oh man I cant wait to get those Chonma-hos with the Iglas lol
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They do look very cool, but I’m not sure if Gaijin would want to add them lol, unfortunately. Might be too political for them
‘조선 인민의 철천지 원쑤인 미제침략자들을 소멸하라!’
‘Destroy the American imperialist invaders who are the bitter enemies of the Korean people!’
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Wrong. The shenyang F-5 is marked as north korean.
I’m aware.
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kk
1+ support of united korean, would only make sense seeing ROC and PRC together in 1 tree.
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+1
I would like to drive a north korean tank lol.
Also might be a bit hard getting the stats but will be worth it
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UPDATE
New Vehicles:
- Cromwell V (Captured) – BR 3.3, Rank III
Renamed Vehicles:
- M2020 → Ch’ŏnma-2
- M2020 (P) → Ch’ŏnma-2 (P)
- Ch’ŏnma-216 (2012) → Ch’ŏnma-216 (2010)
- Ch’ŏnma-216 (2014) → Ch’ŏnma-216 (2013)
- Ch’ŏnma-216 (2018) → Ch’ŏnma-216 (2017)
- 323 Light Tank → 323 (85mm)
Notes:
- Cromwell V could also be South Korean, they captured and restored some back from North Korea after they captured them from the British
- I got the years wrong when I made the Ch’ŏnma-216 suggestions; all 3 have been changed here and on their individual suggestion pages
- 323 light tank name changed to better match the other 323 tanks
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Cromwell V (Captured) must be removed. This is a rumor that is incorrectly known to many Koreans.
Cromwell was captured by the Chinese forces in battle of Happy Valley, not the North Koreans. These tanks originally belonged to the 42nd and 43rd Regiments of the Royal Ulster Rifles.
“이 전차는 제2차 인천상륙작전 종료 직후 다른 전리품과 함께 부두에 보관되어 있었는데, 영국해병대에서 밤 사이 가져가 버렸다. 당시 노명호 함장과 김종기 부대장이 영국사령부에 항의했으나 돌려받지 못했다.”
“This tank was stored at the pier along with other booty right after the 2nd Incheon Landing Operation ended, but the British Marine Corps took it overnight . At the time, Captain Noh Myeong-ho and Vice Admiral Kim Jong-gi protested to the British Command, but it was not returned.”
by Testimony of Master Sergeant Park Chan, engineer of the PC-701 ROKS Baekdusan, April 7, 1966
Source: 해군본부. (2010). 6ㆍ25전쟁과 한국해군작전. pp.400.
IRL is NOT the Battlefield or Company of Heroes series, so it is impossible that Marine Corps riflemen drove the Cromwell and used them in battle as if they had prepared them in advance. If that was possible, there would be no reason for MSG Park Chan to get off the PC-701 and go see it. The 701 written on it stands for PC-701, and is not the official SN assigned to the tank.
Let’s think about the Abrams captured by ISIS from Iraqi government forces. Clearly, ISIS forces captured Abrams, graffitied and filmed for propaganda. However, that propaganda does not answer the question of whether ISIS could have used it for combat purposes.
A British officer can be seen wearing a beret.
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I’m aware, I’ve already written a suggestion for it. I just overlooked it, I’ve edited it to specify it was captured by China initially.
I appreciate your source but as it stands, it’s the only one saying this.
A) what about this photo?
Who is operating it? It’s not the British.
B) How does your source refute the claim that a North Korean captured Cromwell was the first confirmed kill of the Centurion?
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