"Weapons and Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong " Topic
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| tomrommel1 | 12 Dec 2019 1:10 a.m. PST |
Got this book today
Weapons and Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong by Edward J. Emering is a book about field gear and inert weapons and ordnance, that have long been popular items with militaria collectors. The Vietnam War by its very nature offers an incredible range and variety of these items for the interested collector. The North Vietnamese and their puppet troops of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong or VC) relied primarily on communist allies (Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba and various Eastern Bloc countries of the era) for their weapons and field gear. For this reason, Vietnam represents a microcosm of gear from all of this century's wars, dating back to World War I, It is a tome of knowledge for people who want to paint NVA and Viet Cong soldier miniatures like the ones offered by Empress miniatures or Gringo 40. It has a wealth of information and color pictures of equipment and uniforms as you can see here:
More here: link |
Col Durnford  | 12 Dec 2019 6:25 a.m. PST |
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| Garryowen | 12 Dec 2019 6:51 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 12 Dec 2019 6:55 a.m. PST |
Looks pretty good for reference material … |
| Wolfhag | 12 Dec 2019 6:54 p.m. PST |
Just an FYI. From what I've heard the ChiCom equipment left a lot to be desired. Even today the SKS is limited on civilian ranges because of problems. The CioCom grenades had a quality control problem as the fragmentation may blow out in one direction only because of weak points in the casting. I know guys that had one go off a couple of feet away and didn't get touched. Wolfhag |
| brass1 | 15 Dec 2019 9:46 p.m. PST |
I had an SKS. Fired it once; never again. My assistant managed to get his hands on a Chicom knock-off of a Makarov 9mm pistol which had originally been plated with some sort of shiny crap that was almost all off. It was, hands down, the worst-made firearm I have ever seen. The slide was so loose you could hear it rattling from 20 feet away and when you pulled the trigger you got a loud "sproing!" like a 1950s cap-pistol. My assistant really wanted to fire it and, given what an annoying twerp he was, I almost let him do it. It was the paperwork that stopped me. LT |
 deadhead | 16 Dec 2019 5:02 a.m. PST |
Worth reading the reviews. One just totally blasts it without any explanation. Some are adulatory and just as unsubstantiated. One, however, analyses errors in weapon recognition in quite some detail. Must admit I am tempted, although quite pricey…..still the pound is booming right now. |
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