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...
This training is good for propaganda, bad for soldier. In other photos, where do the kevlar helmets come from?
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...
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...
Got some video about VN Dac cong... I just don't know how to embed them... QÄNDVN | Binh Chá»§ng Äặc Công Việt Nam | Part 1 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTubeQÄNDVN | Binh Chá»§ng Äặc Công Việt Nam | Part 5 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lSnIn-rAGU&feature=related]QÄNDVN | Binh Chá»§ng Äặc Công Việt Nam | Part 2 | HD | 2011 | Created by NTTnew01 - YouTube QÄNDVN | Binh Chá»§ng Äặc 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...
================ 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...
Crossing razor wire barefoot and barelegged at night... they really need ladders. Do the have ladders?