War games simulating modern combat routinely look to the world's hot spots and potential flash points for their themes. Most common, and already looked at by CounterAttack, has been that spot in Europe where East seemed to meet West with the greatest chance -- or mischance -- of such a flash point. But it has not been the only such meeting point and, perhaps, with the changing political fortunes of Eastern Europe, is no longer the most dangerous. There is another such theater at the other end of the world: Korea. Only a cursive review of the printed news media immediately conveys the feeling that it would take only the single right incident to re- ignite the fires of 40 years ago - this time with much higher stacks. And yet, while many of us can name every American and NATO unit committed to the front in Germany (or more recently the Middle East), how many can do the same for Korea? Charles T. Kamps, Jr. will correct this glaring omission in CounterAttack 4. His Korea: 1995 gives an absolutely up to date TO & E for both the American and the ROK forces committed to that theater. (In fact, it's so up-to-date that our graphics artist may shoot him - every time some one is reassigned, we get a phone call changing the countersheet. When the countersheet goes to press, it will no longer be up-to-date; but we will have done our best!) This noted designer has chosen to give us a game for the 90's which serves to remind us that "peace in our time" is still a tenuous thing. To supplement the game, he has also written an in depth look at the situation in Korea and a detailed discussion of the units committed to that theater. The remainder of the issue is in the hands of the new editor. Issue #4 will bear the mark of a new Editor: Steven Davies- Morris. A grognard of long standing, Steve has brought a new sense of fire and fun to CounterAttack. We look forward to great wargaming stuff to come from him. No comment upon CounterAttack and its Editors would be complete without the expression of everyone's deep thanks to Walter Nelson. In days when no one else had the time to spend on CounterAttack, Walter shepherded it along and kept it from getting totally lost. This third issue bears many marks of Walter's hard work, including his excellent article on German tactics on the Eastern Front. When he moved on to other endeavors, Walter Nelson carried with him more thanks than we could adequately express. Issue 2 A note about Issue #2. We received several comments about the map shown in Coming in Issue #3. It is an artifact of antidemocratic skullduggery: the map of the region where the fierce fighting in the Chir Bend took place is in both Russian and German. It is from the archives of that part of the Wehrmacht which sent its budding Panzer forces into the Steppes to train with weapons which were denied to it in public. One must wonder how many of the Germans and Soviets who struggled to the death in the winter of 1942-43 had jousted against one another in those same fields in earlier and less bloody days. Back to Table of Contents: CounterAttack # 3 To CounterAttack List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1991 by Pacific Rim Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com