Pics of the DMZ in Korea (56k DIE!)

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-04-07 03:21am

By 2A373 on www.ar15.com:
Here are some pictures I took March 24th when I got to tour the DMZ.

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The huge flag (30 meters long) that is flown over the NK Propaganda Village.

View of Conferance Row. The light blue buildings are controlled by the South and the gray ones by the North.

ROK Army Guards - you don't mess with these guys!

The concrete strip is the border. Picture was taking from the north side of the border.

ROK Army Guards keeping watch on the North.

North Korean Guards watching us.

View from CP 5 of CP 4 and the scene of the Panmunjom Axe Murder Incident.

All these are pictures of the North taken from CP 5. Notice the lack of trees once past the DMZ border, this is because they have all been cut down and used for heat.

View of Propaganda Village from CP 5.

The large tower in this picture is one of many that the North uses to jam radio and TV signals coming from the South.

Memorial dedicated to the soldiers that died during the Axe Murder Incident. '

View of CP 5 from CP 4.

The Bridge of No Return.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-04-07 04:15pm

Most interesting.

I've never heard of the "axe murder" incident. What happened?

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2006-04-07 04:30pm

Isn't that where soldiers were cutting down a tree the NK's thought was holy, and they gunned them down?

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2006-04-07 04:31pm

Umm bridge of no return??

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-04-07 05:33pm

I would guess that they chopped down the trees not to provide heat, but to ensure clear lines of fire. Ok, that's 'providing heat' in a way.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-04-07 06:19pm

What's with the guy staring at the wall? Doesn't seem a very efficient way of keeping an eye out for. . . well . . .anything. And at first I thought he was a mannequin or something.

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2006-04-07 06:24pm

Enigma wrote:Umm bridge of no return??

POWs had the choice to cross the bridge back to North/South Korea or to stay where they were. Once you did cross, however, you weren't allowed back.

Ma Deuce · Post by **Ma Deuce** » 2006-04-07 06:37pm

Noble Ire wrote:I've never heard of the "axe murder" incident. What happened?

http://members.terracom.net/~vfwpost/opn-PB.html

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-04-07 09:11pm

Ma Deuce wrote:
Noble Ire wrote:I've never heard of the "axe murder" incident. What happened?
http://members.terracom.net/~vfwpost/opn-PB.html

Thanks.
A rather bad incident indeed.

GuppyShark · Post by **GuppyShark** » 2006-04-11 09:17am

Enigma wrote:Umm bridge of no return??

It's a bridge leading to North Korea. You were expecting maybe "Bridge of Freedom"?

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2006-04-11 10:43am

Getting major

vibes from some of those pics.

The guards "staring at walls" I'm thinking are using them for ~60% cover while staring at NK buildings.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2006-04-12 03:50pm

General Zod wrote:What's with the guy staring at the wall? Doesn't seem a very efficient way of keeping an eye out for. . . well . . .anything. And at first I thought he was a mannequin or something.

ROK guards stand halfway hidden behind the building so that if they get shot they can presumeably fall over behind the building and not die.

And Shepp is in SK? Let me know if you need a tour or something. Just to tempt you I have friends high up in the military

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2006-04-12 06:29pm

j1j2j3 wrote:
General Zod wrote:What's with the guy staring at the wall? Doesn't seem a very efficient way of keeping an eye out for. . . well . . .anything. And at first I thought he was a mannequin or something.
ROK guards stand halfway hidden behind the building so that if they get shot they can presumeably fall over behind the building and not die.

And Shepp is in SK? Let me know if you need a tour or something. Just to tempt you I have friends high up in the military

Shep's post was a re-post of an other message at the link stated at the top of his thread.

Hell, he was in D.C. yesterday taking snaps of the rally - not even Shep in an SR-71 is that fast!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-04-13 12:12am

j1j2j3 wrote:ROK guards stand halfway hidden behind the building so that if they get shot they can presumeably fall over behind the building and not die.

No, they stand like that so they can keep track of the Norks visually,
while keeping half of their body protected from gunfire, etc.