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Topic: Ancient Korean Armies Posted: 16-Aug-2004 at 23:05 |
Hey does anybody know what weapons and armor did the Koguryo, Silla, and Paechke armies used? I heard that Koguryo armies used plate armor. Did they use shields? What kind of units were their armies composed of? If anyone has any pictures pleeese post them, thanks.
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Posted: 16-Aug-2004 at 23:49 |
the ,manjority of footsoldiers in Korean armies never ended up with much armor in any era, though I know that in Koguryo era lamellar was adopted in higher quantities then before.
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Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 14:00 |
I know that Korean Forts were low and were placed over choke points/high grounds filled with trees, to maximize anti cavarly purpose. It came as a consequence of Horse powers such as Koguryo.
I'll post some weapons later when I have time.
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Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 15:01 |
Sry for Double posting, so here is the Korean armyanything ending in goong-bow, no-crossbow)
Training Soldiers from Choson Dynasty. You see that their clothes have shamanistic Influences
Korean Spears. Though Korean swords were crap, Korean spears were dreaded even by China.
Korean Sword. Short and Sharp. It had more symbolistic meaning rather than combat use.
Gak-goong. Traditional Korean Bow. Ranges to 360 meters. Its about 145cm long. Used since Koguryo Warriors till Choson.
Hand reloadable Crossbow. Called sono(small crossbow). Koreans were keen archers and mastered many arrow throwing devices, though it was China who invented it. You insert the arrow in the hole, pull the string, and then chop!
Monster Bow. called Paluno, because it took 8 cows to pull the string. It had a range of 1.8km, and pierces 5 layers of steel each 1mm thick. Used by Shilla to defeat all mighty Tang, Khitan. Need to say more?
Korean Rocket Launcher. It's called Hwacha. It launches up to 100 explosive arrows named shinkichon. Range of 200m~2km depending on the size of shinkichon. Used to defeat khitans, normads, japs.
Turtle ship. The first ironclad ship. I can go 1 hr praising this ship and general Yee but I'll keep it for later.
Taekyon. Korean Traditional Martial Arts since Koguryo. Lots of kicks involved.
Koguryo Gema Warrior. Gema means ironclad. Notice how these horsemen had spiked shoes like in golf, so that they can kick infantry around.
Sorry for long posting. I just love to praise my own nationality. makes me feel special
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Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 22:49 |
Any pictures of armor?
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 05:42 |
Dude, all of your pictures don't show up.
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 11:15 |
That kinda sucks
http://www.tangsoodo.nl/images/geschiedenis/ahnahk_tomb_ko guryo_370.jpg
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/korean/intermediate/lesson1 8/mp3/images/koguryo.jpg
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dmzpaju. com/travelbrochure/importravel/image/museum_15.jpg&imgre furl=http://www.dmzpaju.com/english/cultural/museum/yeongjip .htm&h=64&w=178&sz=10&tbnid=6C19QWbiXP8J:&am p;tbnh=34&tbnw=94&start=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dk oguryo%26start%3D140%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN
warmemo.co.kr/
three_kingdomes.htm
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/korean/intermediate/lesson2 5/mp3/images/koguryo.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kye/Visual/choson/ssirum.jp g
http://bat.phys.unsw.edu.au/~saetbyol/sb/ssirum.jpg
http://211.233.32.54/src/history/img/6-3ssirum-dancingboy. jpg
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sjkim-taekwo ndo.com/TaekKyon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sjkim-taekwondo.co m/History.html&h=155&w=225&sz=20&tbnid=oOQiJ 6_-jdwJ:&tbnh=70&tbnw=101&start=5&prev=/imag es%3Fq%3Dtaekkyon%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/8373/taekkyon.jpg
http://www.hobbyholo.com/tkdcenter/imagens/histor02.jpg>>
http://www.korea.army.mil/pao/hwarang4/photos/22%20August/ge n.ulchi3(JPG).jpg
http://www.kimsoft.com/2004/images%5CGoguryoUlchiMunduk.jpg
http://www.punahou.edu/js/gradek/f/websites/admiral.JPG
http://hangjusung.co.kr/hangjumountain_first.html
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/SKyongsang/LSS-ship010.jpg
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/SKyongsang/LSS-ship005.jpg
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/SKyongsang/LSS-ship026.jpg
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/SKyongsang/LSS-ship006.jpg
YeaI couldnt find all of the pictures online because
a lot of them were from a personal collection and I couldnt find them
online. If you want more pictures on
the Imjin Waeran, or just want to know more about that war I suggest the book Samurai
Invasion
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 11:45 |
www.imageshack.us
is where you post pictures from your C: Drive. So you can save some pictures in your Crive and use the link to post the pictures. Hope this helps
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 14:31 |
Haha thx demon
These are the few that I have
Recently shown in the Hangook Ilbo depicts a fleet of Korean warships
after the Imjin Waeran. Shows a turtle boats. Depicts them
as having 3 stories instead of the accepted 2. Also 2 boats are
not iron clad wheras 2 are. I also don't see any of the spikes on
the ships.
Artist's rendition of the battle of Haengju Sansung
Artist's rendition of the death of admiral Yi sunshin
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 19:36 |
It may sound wierd coming from a Japanese-American, but I am really fascinated in Korean culture and history, and I like it when people post lots about it!
Keep the info coming guys
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Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 23:31 |
Lol...Good for you Tobodai, maybe as a Japanese American you can answer
a question that's been nagging at me for a long time...Is it Nippon or Nihon? ARGH....I cant sleep at night...help me!
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Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 14:37 |
ok that depends on who you ask!
But to the Japanese themselves in their language it is Nihon. So I guess if you take things correct pronunciation as who they themselves say it its Nihon. I dont know where Nippon come from, except that its what they use in EUropa Universalis 2.
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Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 14:52 |
Lol ok thnx for the clarification!
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Posted: 22-Aug-2004 at 12:33 |
We've kinda gotten off topic.....
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Posted: 22-Aug-2004 at 12:58 |
what's wrong with that? We've basically finished the intent of the thread
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Posted: 22-Aug-2004 at 20:32 |
Well we basicallly got you a bunch o pictures...so what more do you
want? Speak and we shall obey! until then, i have lost
interst...
Just on a side note...has anyone ever seen an Asian history forum so
dominated by Korean topics like this one? Wow...kind brings a
happy tear to my eye... + ...but yea...we need to talk about other things too...
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Posted: 24-Aug-2004 at 11:06 |
It seems like the Koreans liked to use a turtle neck type thing in their armor. Was this very common?
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Posted: 24-Aug-2004 at 13:55 |
ahh the turtle necky thingy....No from what I know it was only used in
Koguryo armor....That's how you can usually tell a Koguryo calvalry man
from the other ones....the turtle neck...ACtually let me revise
that...it was prbly used in everyone's armor, but it is most common in
the Koguryo Calvalry man...any other questions?
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Posted: 24-Aug-2004 at 15:16 |
man that turtle neck thing is ugly, but I still love Koguryo armor anyway!
I have a question...whatabout Silla's armor and weapons, any pictorial sources for those?
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