Vietnam Defence Forum

[Viet]

This Twitter thread cover the stand off between Vietnam & China in the Spratlys:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1148816617037369344

Hey Carlosa friend, good to see you here again

 

[Carlosa]

Likewise bro, just here once in a while.

Hey Carlosa friend, good to see you here again

 

[Viet]

Likewise bro, just here once in a while.

Perfect bro

The tension happening now at Paracels has the potential toward a full escalation. It is speculated by BBC, depending on the outcome of her talk in Beijing, the parliament speaker Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân may head to Washington afterwards.

 

[Carlosa]

Its not in the Paracels, its in Vanguard Bank, west of Spratly Island.

Perfect bro

The tension happening now at Paracels has the potential toward a full escalation. It is speculated by BBC, depending on the outcome of her talk in Beijing, the parliament speaker Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân may head to Washington afterwards.

 

[Viet]

Its not in the Paracels, its in Vanguard Bank, west of Spratly Island.

Ah it’s part of Spratlys.

 

[Raduga]

envy

hope we could do naval drill together , gorshkov sailing beside the iver would look neat

 

[Viet]

Made-in-Vietnam night vision gear NVS1BT
Suitable for Galil Ace and other rifles

 

[Viet]

Russia delivers two Brem-1M tank rescue vehicles as part T90 delivery to Vietnam.

 

[Viet]

Recruit training on 155mm artillery

 

[Viet]

Awesome, does anyone know the name of the helmets the two are using in the first picture? I think Viettel showed them but I can't find any names for it

Look at the helmet! The previous version is called A2. Don’t have a name either. Maybe called A3 helmet. Made by Z176 factory.

 

[Viet]

T54M3 with improved armor

T55 tank with D-10T2S main cannon two-axis stabilization system. Firing rate: 6-7 rounds per minute

Surprise: reconnaissance troops with M18 rifles

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[Aqsuperman]

Soldiers of the VPA during training for ArmyGame-2019 in Russia

 

[Nilgiri]

T54M3 with improved armor

There is Tungsten mine in Vietnam that India imports from (to diversify its import needs, given India has very little tungsten reserves), esp for use in developing and producing armour.

I wonder if Vietnam and India are cooperating in this area more than just a pure monetary investment. Because the company that invested in Vietnam (NMDC) is also got lot of agreements with the defence lab (DMRL) in India that does such armour development.

Certainly there is much win-win scope here anyway for requirements of both countries.

 

[IAmBamboo]

Surprise: reconnaissance troops with M18 rifles

Wish I could find more information on what gear soldiers use, like names of vests and stuff. Also I didn't know reconnaissance troops used M18 rifles, interesting!

 

[Viet]

Wish I could find more information on what gear soldiers use, like names of vests and stuff. Also I didn't know reconnaissance troops used M18 rifles, interesting!

Not easy to find much info on Vietnam military. Many are in secrecy to keep enemies guessing.