They can do what everyone else does and buy new Su-30s from Russia, I'm sure they will sell them after all they let Iran buy them why not North Korea?
The ROK has a very powerful air force and their army has much better tanks and artillery. Not as big in numbers but much more advanced and modern. Plus I doubt more than 10% of their artillery is operational at any given time and those are out dated from the late 50s and early 60s.
What does ROK capabilities have anything to do with what I asked you, everyone knows how much advancements in war fighting technologies that they have, my question was what do you do with the artillery that is already massed along the DMZ pointing to the south, speculating that only 10% of it is operational could be a fatal error on your part along with the average North Korean soldier eats only one meal a day and is starving to death. There is a big reason why the ROK and U.S would just rather leave them alone.
Well lets see.... how much money would it cost?
And Iran did not buy ANY Su-30 from Russia. If you're referencing the Jerusalem Post article about a ~200 Su-30 deal with Iran, they're full of sh*t. The question here is what to do with large numbers of WWII level unguided artillery pieces. Why do you think they're inoperable? They're simple to maintain, don't require anything advanced to keep them running, and don't need any real targetting systems given the quantities we're talking about.
You are very welcome Falstaff, but you are fishing in the dark here. You will hardly find any credible source for this one and many other events that occurred during that war.
Really, that is a first for me, are you sure that they were not T-55 and T-62 tanks.
serving family member told me hes not 1 2 exaggerate he was operating around Kabul before it fell 2 NA i was suprised maybe he meant a variant of some sort but still
And not only for targets. Someone I used to know saw some from a car at a training base 4 years ago. They were sitting under covers painted in fresh glaringly green paint with something written on the turrets and huge white numbers on them (full turret height). When he asked a guide, he was told this is the parade training unit! This guy reckoned there were at least 3-4 rows of sheds with maybe a dozen spaces each, but he could not tell if they were all with a T-34/85 in them because all he could see was the 3-4 of the end sheds. They even had edges of everything painted in white like the Soviet Army used to for Victory parades in the Red Square.
Sorry,but if forum-members check around the mil sites in the last few weeks you will see that the T-55s are going through upgrades, while the few T72 are reserved for best units. There are no T34/85 in active service.
I notice that they don't fire the gun from inside the turret though having cut a hole through the turret wall and using a lanyard. I wonder if that is due to the quality of the ammo that they are using and maybe one or a few have blown up in their face. It is impressive though and they were an impressive tank in their day. Certainly gave the Wehrmacht a very good shellacking.
Hmmm I don't think so since low quality ammo would rather build up less pressure. If the "remote control" is a safety thing I'd rather assume they don't trust the breech all too much. Don't know if breech failure is a thing with these guns though. Then again, I hear (never been there) it is a hot place down there and most probably it is not very comfortable inside the tank. When they are using it as a more or less stationary direct fire arty piece, why not control it from the outside?
Or proper ventilation to evacuate those powder gases.
To be expected when all the hi-tech kit is placed into the hands of minor surplus royalty with minimal concerns as to their skill-sets.