Vietnam People's Army Pictures

[coccafedang]

For years, for some reasons, pictures of Viet Nam's People Army (VPA) don't appear regularly, while other armies often PR their images. I open this thread in oder to introduce to you images of VPA after 1995. Because of lacking sources, most pictures here are low quality, low resolution, or just scanned... But I hope you ẹnoy them!
First, pictures of General Giap, big brother - founder of VPA...

 

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the reserve army exercises...

 

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firing contest...

 

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Dac cong (special attack force)

 

[W.G.Ewald]

This training is good for propaganda, bad for soldier. In other photos, where do the kevlar helmets come from?

 

[coccafedang]

He he, in fact, this is not a progapanda picture. This is a basic training of Dac cong. "Cross the barbed wire". Dac cong often attacks in midnight. In the past, a lot of US airports, US barracks, ... were raid by Dac cong, with these actions, though US soldiers got dogs, swans, Claymore mine and thermal Binoculars...

 

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about the kevlar helmet: some come from NATO (in programme of clearing mines), some come from Russia, but most of them are indigenous products...
Viet Nam now can produce kevlar helmet, kevlar vest...

 

[SPIEZ]

This training is good for propaganda, bad for soldier. In other photos, where do the kevlar helmets come from?

Yup! most of them seem to have 1, unlike Indian army

 

[coccafedang]

Got some video about VN Dac cong... I just don't know how to embed them...
QĐNDVN | Binh Chủng Đặc Công Việt Nam | Part 1 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTubeQĐNDVN | Binh Chủng Đặc Công Việt Nam | Part 5 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lSnIn-rAGU&feature=related]QĐNDVN | Binh Chủng Đặc Công Việt Nam | Part 2 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTube
QĐNDVN | Binh Chủng Đặc Công Việt Nam | Part 4 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTube
Btw, don't compare VN Dac cong to SEAL or Spetznat, SAS... cos those forces are teams, groups... but VN Dac cong is organized to regiments... In fact, Dac cong is very elite force, not special force...
Interesting, you'll see in part I, Soviet Spetnaz was trained by Dac cong...

 

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Dac cong again....

 

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Again we go

 

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[SPIEZ]

Dac cong again....

What rifles are those.I see a large GAS PISTON. Can't be a m-16 can it ?

 

[coccafedang]

 

[coccafedang]

What rifles are those.I see a large GAS PISTON. Can't be a m-16 can it ?

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Yes, these are CAR-15... Carbine version oF M-16/AR-15, for commandos, after VN war VN had some dozen thousands oF this gun... They repaired, improved them, and now they call M-18...

 

[SPIEZ]

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Yes, these are CAR-15... Carbine version oF M-16/AR-15, for commandos, after VN war VN had some dozen thousands oF this gun... They repaired, improved them, and now they call M-18...

Huge gas tubes. can have two pistons inside LOL

 

[W.G.Ewald]

He he, in fact, this is not a progapanda picture. This is a basic training of Dac cong. "Cross the barbed wire". Dac cong often attacks in midnight.

Crossing razor wire barefoot and barelegged at night... they really need ladders. Do the have ladders?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[Kunal Biswas]

T-55 M3 is a prototype..