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[Aqsuperman]

a tear gas grenade , used for dispering crownd , quite effective though
A Hungarian AMD 65 , used to be in limited service and seem withdrawn

 

[cnleio]

a tear gas grenade , used for dispering crownd , quite effective though
A Hungarian AMD 65 , used to be in limited service and seem withdrawn

@Aqsuperman Is that Israel Galil rifle mass production in Vietnam to replace AK, or still equip AK for VPA soldiers ? Any plan for next Army Rifle ?

 

[Viet]

Images inside some Military facilities...not the latest pictures but I don´t think everything has changed.

 

[Aqsuperman]

So far the primary assaunt rifle of the VPA is AK and it variants , but on the side there is is quite a number of Gali been manafactured and delivered to certain units , in the foreseeable future there wont be any large conversion due to the very large number of A on-hand K but after that ..........well that a tough question :v

 

[cnleio]

So far the primary assaunt rifle of the VPA is AK and it variants , but on the side there is is quite a number of Gali been manafactured and delivered to certain units , in the foreseeable future there wont be any large conversion due to the very large number of A on-hand K but after that ..........well that a tough question :v

Gali just equip some units, why not to replace all AK rifles for VPA ? I heard the Israel IWI setup Gali rifle produce line in Vietnam, it should widely replace AK by Gali ACE 31/32 ... it seems Vietnam still didn't choose next rifle for VPA.

7.62mm Gali ACE 31/32

 

[Aqsuperman]

well there is 1 simple reason : we have a very very large number of AK variant left , both in-active and reserve , although the current Gali ACE can reuse certain things from AK ( mainly the magazine and ammunition ) Its seem that replace all of them by Gali at once will be counterproductive and expensive even when we already have a up-and-running production line . There is another problem , the muzzel velocity of Gali and AK have a considerble difference , result in a diffrent curve ballistic , which require re-trainng on troops . When the budget is currently spent on Airforce and Navy , the most likely solution (on my opinion of course :v ) is to slowly retired old AK variant then introduce and trained troops on the Gali 1 place at a time

 

[Viet]

Gali just equip some units, why not to replace all AK rifles for VPA ? I heard the Israel IWI setup Gali rifle produce line in Vietnam, it should widely replace AK by Gali ACE 31/32 ... it seems Vietnam still didn't choose next rifle for VPA.

7.62mm Gali ACE 31/32
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the actual production capacity (z111 factory) is confidential, but you can assume the number would be some 50,000 rilfes a year. so that would take years until all army units have their galil rifles. unless we expand the production rate.

Production of Galil Rifles in Vietnam Has Begun | Israel Defense

galil ace 32

and if you are interested of what standard assual rifles Vietnam produces, here is the pic. in the third row: Galil 32 (left), 31 (right).

 

[cnleio]

the actual production capacity (z111 factory) is confidential, but you can assume the number would be some 50,000 rilfes a year. so that would take years until all army units have their galil rifles. unless we expand the production rate.

Trust me, 50,000 rifles production (even more) per year is not any problem for a industrial country ... it's the basic capacity not a reasonable excuse, if VPA chose the Galil ACE 31/32 as next standard rifle for the Army i believe in 2x years we can see many ACE 31/32 serving in VPA, or must meet another issue here.

 

[Viet]

Trust me, 50,000 rifles production (even more) per year is not any problem for a industrial country ... it's the basic capacity not a reasonable excuse, if VPA chose the Galil ACE 31/32 as next standard rifle for the Army i believe in 2x years we can see many ACE 31/32 serving in VPA, or must meet another issue here.

we are not an industrial country. not yet. besides, what issue should be, in your opinion?

 

[Viet]

seen midst in the SC Sea, land reclamation with new buildings set up on vietnamese islands.

 

[cnleio]

we are not an industrial country. not yet. besides, what issue should be, in your opinion?

As @Aqsuperman said, Money and the Budget is currently spent on Airforce and Navy, so Army need wait.

 

[Viet]

As @Aqsuperman said, Money and the Budget is currently spent on Airforce and Navy, so Army need wait.

that´s true.

 

[Aqsuperman]

An S-75 , old as earth itself , :v the current in-use verison is Volga-M , developed in '95 , soon all of them will be replaced in favor of S-125TM

 

[Viet]

Navy SEALs Give Back to Their Guide in Vietnam

The Virginian-Pilot|Oct 23, 2015|by Mike Hixenbaugh

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Ten thousand dollars.

Spread out over four years.

It doesn't seem like much, especially by U.S. standards. But in a small village in rural Vietnam, the donation might change the future of an entire family -- and could help repay a 50-year-old debt. Nhu Nguyen didn't ask for the money. Her grandfather, Nguyen Hoang Minh, bled for it.

The former combat interpreter volunteered to fight alongside some of the first Navy SEALs in Vietnam, guiding them on hundreds of secretive nighttime missions deep in enemy territory -- work now enshrined in early SEAL lore.

But when the war ended, Minh didn't get to leave with the commandos. His association with "The Men With Green Faces," as the Viet Cong came to know them, would cost him.

Two years in a communist prison camp. Decades working in fields and doing odd jobs for little pay. No way to get ahead.

When his old SEAL teammates finally found him a few years ago, Minh was living in a tiny thatched hut with a leaky roof and a dirt floor, where he and his wife were raising their grandchildren.

The SEAL brotherhood chipped in to upgrade Minh's home. Later, they sent him money to cover medical bills. Feed his family. Fill the gas tank of his motorbike. They paid to bring him to Virginia Beach two years ago, fulfilling his dream to see America before he dies.

And now, this week, perhaps the most important contribution of all: The Navy SEAL Foundation has agreed to pay to send Nhu, his eldest granddaughter, to National University in Vietnam.

"It's a little outside of what we typically do," said Robin King, SEAL Foundation CEO. "But when someone as important as Minh needs support, we're willing to flex our mission and do what we can."

The $2,500 a year for tuition and fees isn't much for the nation's largest SEAL charity, foundation leaders acknowledge.

But in Vietnam, the money could lift a family out of poverty -- ensuring Minh's descendants won't have to struggle like he did, said Rick Woolard, the retired SEAL captain who has spearheaded efforts to help his old interpreter.

Woolard and two other veterans returned to Vietnam earlier this year to visit Minh and his family. There, they hatched the idea of sending his granddaughter to college.

"Minh is now in his mid-70s and in failing health," Woolard wrote in an email to SEAL Foundation leaders earlier this month. "Once he passes away, the family's prospects for escaping poverty are gloomy. The only hope on the horizon is Minh's granddaughter."

Nhu had to be a star student just to be accepted into the university, Woolard said. But without financial help, she wouldn't be able to go.

Minh's granddaughter wants to become a pharmacist.

Classes start next spring in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Navy SEALs Give Back to Their Guide in Vietnam | Military.com

 

[Aqsuperman]

well.........look real enough :v