ATIS INTERROGATION NO. 3008 26 January 1951
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - Special Report - 019) 18 January 1951
| PW NAME: | PYON, Chun Chol (邊俊哲) (벌준철) |
| PW NUMBER: | 33422 |
| RANK: | Jr Lt (少尉) |
| AGE: | 19 |
| DUTY: | Plat Ldr |
| UNIT: | NK, 7th Div, Arty Regt, 2nd Bn, 8th Battery, 3rd Plat |
| EDUCATION: | 4 yrs Primary School |
| OCCUPATION: | Merchant |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | POUN (報恩) |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 9 Oct 50 |
| INTERROGATOR: | Cpl NAGAOKA (ATIS) |
PW not cooperative. Education - poor. Reliability - Fair.
PW’s unit was 7th Div, Arty Regt, 2nd Bn, 8th Battery.
8th Battery consisted of 2 heavy gun platoons (25 men in each platoon) and a reconnaissance and communication platoon.
Strength: as of Jul 50
Arty Regt Approx 1,000
2nd Bn 300
8th Bty 100
Arty Regt unit was trained at KAESONG (開城) Jul 50 for about a month.
3rd Bn of 7th Div was engaged at the NAKTONG (洛東江) River from the latter part of Jul to 26 Sep 50. 1st and 2nd Bns were receiving training in rear areas.
7 or 8 men of the 3rd Bn were killed or injured by air attack.
Men were afraid of air attack, especially fighter plane strafing.
During air attacks men hid under the nearest trees or in houses or lay down in ditches or holes and kept silent until the plane flew away.
Arty Regt’s Bn had 3 x 76mm howitzers and 4 x 105mm howitzers. Battery had 1 x 76mm and 1 x 105mm howitzer (some 2 x 105mm howitzers or 2 x 76mm howitzers).
76mm howitzer was Russian made M-1942 gun and 105mm howitzer was US made.
Calibres of Weapons:
76mm and 105mm.
Weapons were pulled by Russian ZIS-151 2½ ton trucks.
Type of Ammo:
105mm Maximum range - 12,000m
Fragmentation shell
Type of Fuse:
Impact fuse, Russian made, similar to GVM-2 impact fuse.
One 76mm gun and one 105mm gun.
Approx 20 rounds were carried by the Bty.
Ammunition was drawn from Regt supply.
Btry did not have enough ammunition.
Btry did not use armor piercing shells.
Ammo was transported by ZISS-151 2½ ton trucks.
Smooth or regular surface roads were used to transp. Ammo (Used only at night).
Average of approx 20 rounds ammo used per day.
Position area depended on terrain. Artillery pieces were placed in line. Guns were placed under trees or in ditches.
Trees and grass were used for camouflage.
Slit trenches were used.
Guns were dug in.
Btry had no MC■.
Positions not secured by mortars, machine guns or antitank guns. Infantry and tanks were not employed.
Two guns in platoon.
Guns were normally employed in general support.
Guns normally used as defensive weapons.
Communication:
UNA F-31 field telephone (Russian made).
Field telephones were the principal method of communication.
These phones were fairly reliable.
Binoculars and Russian made range finders were employed for observation.
Observers were not used to secure locations of motor park, positions or command posts.
Usually two observers per battery were used to adjust fire.
Observers communicated by field telephone.
Aircraft were not used.
Barrage firing was used to aid advancing infantry troops. Concentration firing was used on enemy gun positions and tanks.
Regt maintained liaison with the infantry.
No meteorological information used.
PW’s battery was in the rear and has not been in battle so had lost no guns.
Saw 4 x 105mm US howitzers used in the vicinity of the NAKTONG (洛東江) River. Amount of ammo available, unknown.
For the Commanding Officer:
SHAPPELL
