The objective of this study is to examine the psychological effects of weapons fire. This paper deals with the effects of fire on Chinese Communist Forces and North Korean Army personnel, and undertakes to discover the relation between ineffective performance of soldiers in Korea and their exposure to fire from different types of UN weapons. Of the many UN weapons studied, artillery, bombs, napalm and air strafing yielded the best results in producing significant psychological effect in terms of ineffective performance by enemy soldiers. Digitized by the Military History Institute.

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