Soviet 124th MRD

[HorseSoldier]

Most of the heavy lifting in Twilight War Korea would be done by the ROK military, which fields a large conventional force that is pretty solid by developed world standards. It's a sideshow for the US and anyone else who shows up but it's the South Koreans central concern. US forces in theater look the way they do probably because they're not getting support from CONUS and can't locally recruit like units in Europe. Being almost entirely reserve formations probably doesn't help either.

[Abbott Shaull]

Yeah that most of the problem. Outside of the 2nd Infantry with the Armor and Mechanized Brigades and the 163rd Armor Cavalry Brigade and another heavy Brigades brought in by the 41st and 45th Infantry Division (one each), the rest of the force Light and Medium Brigades. Considering that 41st and 45th were bringing M113s and probably M60s too and the 163rd had M115s these units could be considered Medium compared to the other Heavy units already in country.

With the 7th, 25th and 26th all being Light Infantry Divisions Depending on if you go with three Light Brigade as they were organized with or go with 2 Light and one Medium Brigade. Not bad combination considering the terrain that the troops would have to operate in.

One thing I have always question was the 4th Marine Division (Reserve) and the two new raised division in the 5th and 6th Marine Division being Korea. These would of been the last of the troops sent into Korea. Honestly I see the 4th being sent to Middle East, to reinforce the MEF from California, while the MEF from Japan would be rushed to Korea.

Yeah like I state before I think Korea would of been at the end of line for getting replacements let alone reinforcements after the 5th and 6th Marine Divisions were sent over.

[HorseSoldier]

So far as I know, there were no plans on the books to stand back up 5th and 6th MarDivs in the event of a general shooting war, so suspect those guys were hurting in a big way for kit from day one. Possibly Korea was their destination because they weren't equipped to survive on the battlefield in Europe or the Middle East at the time they were deployed. While they seem to have held their own once in contact, I'd think those were some very shaky units when they went into the line, with the USMC also trying to cover battle casualty replacements for Europe and the Middle East.