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[BravoZulu]

T-54M tanks undergoing maintenance, the T-54M is a Vietnamese modernization of the T-54/55

 

[Rumcajs]

the first flight of the first L-39NG for Vietnam Air Force

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Sukhoi Su-22 variable-sweep wing fighter bomber

 

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[OldGuy]

the first flight of the first L-39NG for Vietnam Air Force

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What role does this plane cover, I see no hard points for ordinance and really that wing is so small I doubt it could carry much ordinance.

 

[downsizer]

What role does this plane cover, I see no hard points for ordinance and really that wing is so small I doubt it could carry much ordinance.

L39 is normally a trainer. It has removalable hardpoints, as almost all modern aircraft do.

Aero L-39 Albatros - Wikipedia

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[Rumcajs]

What role does this plane cover, I see no hard points for ordinance and really that wing is so small I doubt it could carry much ordinance.

basic, advanced, aerobatic and weapon trainer for combat pilots and light attack aircraft. Vietnam has ordered advanced trainer version with full combat abilities.

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[OldGuy]

My old base is still there with the runway but all the buildings were destroyed decades ago. It is a military base but I believe it is like a population administration center. I see no aircraft parked but probably a plane such as this could certainly feel at home on such a short runway. Only C-130s and a couple other aircraft landed other than our helicopters. It was a spade base when first put into service early 60s. A Japanese Bomber runway in WWII and just a patch of left over hangar at the 121st.

 

[Rumcajs]

Interesting fact is that Aero Vodochody offers L-39NG in several levels of capabilities but even in "western" and "eastern" standards. Vietnam had ordered "eastern" standard, so Vietnamese L-39NG can carry ruZZian or soviet weapons, even avionics systems and displays use ruZZian azbuka ("alphabeth") and ruZZian style indicators, even warning inscriptions on fusselage are in ruZZian language.

 

[BravoZulu]

Last week, 5th Infantry Division, Military District 7 (overseeing Southeastern part of Vietnam with cities like Hồ Chí Minh, Đồng Nai, and Bình Dương) conducted a military drill on river crossing.

 

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Marines on military exercise, 5th naval region

 

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ZSU-23-4 Shilka of Division 367 of the Air Defense-Air Force

 

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A Naval Infantry grenadier with his GTAR-21 assault rifle with M-21 reflex sight and GL40 under-barrel grenade launcher

 

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Su-30MK2

 

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T-90S and its crew from the 12th Army Corps during visit by the Chief of the General Staff, December 2023

 

[OldGuy]

T-54M tanks undergoing maintenance, the T-54M is a Vietnamese modernization of the T-54/55
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The 54s got a little maintenance in 1972 at An Loc during the North's large thrust towards Saigon. The New TOW that is now 50 years old cut it's combat teeth on these type Tanks.

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Soldiers of the 3rd Division, PAVN on a recent field inspection

 

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Soldier with a Polish TOR anti-material rifle