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People's Army of VietNam – the same as NVA.

Viet Cong, or VC, were a totally separate entity. The VC were Vietnamese citizens that fought for the north (not always willingly). They received leftovers, often equipment from the French-Indochina War, but some did receive AK-47's. They received enough training to point and shoot their weapon. Although famous for their all-black uniforms, usually called pajamas by Free World Forces, the uniform could also be a combination of dark blue top and dark gray bottom. The most common head gear was the conical shaped hat worn by workers in the rice fields. An alternative was a helmet made from bamboo and painted gray or black.


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Battlefront Miniatures Sponsoring Member of TMP of Battlefront Miniatures Ltd writes:


Infantry Battalion HQ

The basic unit of the PAVN is an infantry battalion called a Tiểu Đoàn Bộ Binh (pronounced tee-eh-oo daw-an boh bin), or just a Tiểu Đoàn, a battalion. The battalion commander is a Thiếu Tá or Major, but is usually referred to in typical revolutionary fashion as a D Trưởng or D Leader (after the code for a battalion, 'D').

Infantry Battalion HQ

Infantry Company

The bộ đội, foot soldiers, are the core of the infantry companies. As the troops of B3 Front are some of the best in the PAVN, they have an almost equal mix of the newer AK47 assault rifles and older SKS carbines. The squad automatic weapon is the RPD machine-gun, a modernized, belt-fed version of the WWII-era DP 'record player' machine-gun. Each squad also contains a B40 rocket launcher, a Chinese copy of the Soviet RPG-2.

Infantry company

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