[BykrBayb]

When my son served in the 2nd Division in Korea, his family was not allowed to be there. They visited, but couldn't live there.

Was that in Seoul? When my husband was stationed in Korea at the DMZ, that was an unaccompanied tour, as it was designated hazardous duty. I've been told Seoul is an accompanied tour, non-hazardous duty. I've also been told that it should be designated hazardous duty, due to it's proximity to the DMZ. When my husband was there (before we were married), some of the other soldiers' spouses did live in a nearby village, on the local economy.

[Judith Anne]

He was at the DMZ, and more than that I don't know, since he said that if he told me he'd have to kill me...

[neverdem]

http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/tubeartillery/towed_152.asp

Bykr, I made a basic error when using the scale on the map in comment# 16. Seoul, from the closest city limits as drawn on that map, is slightly more than 22 miles from the DMZ. I wouldn't be surprised if greater Seoul suffered from urban sprawl. If you use the link in this comment to look at the guns, be advised that when they use the term " calibre" it refers to the ratio of the guns' length to the internal bore diameter.

Damian, if you look at this comment's link you'll can look at Chicom 152 mm gun and 155 mm gun/howitzers with maximium extended ranges of 38 and 39 kilometers, respevtively, IIRC. 39 clicks is 24.219 miles, using 1 click = 0.621 miles. The masking of intervening mountains usually isn't a problem when firing at 45 degrees elevation for maximum range. I used to work FDC too. I don't know for sure what the North Koreans have for artillery.