Vietnam has just made improvements to the Vietnamese PT-76 armored vehicle in the engine, console, turret, etc to prolong the usage time.
On the Russian network has just appeared videos introducing an armored PT-76 Vietnam vehicle that has just been improved and upgraded.
It can be seen that the exterior of the vehicle has been painted. The close-up footage shows the crew seats with the dashboard, joystick, all painted new. The car engine is cleaned, and it can be seen that the car is in good repair.
Vietnamese PT-76 tank (photo : Ann Quann)
During the war against the US, the Soviet Union aided Vietnam with many weapons from AK-47 personal rifles, B40 anti-tank guns, B41, to community weapons such as 60mm mortars, 81mm mortars, 130mm long-range cannon, and modern weapons such as T-54 tanks, PT-76 armored vehicles, MIG-21 aircraft.
The first battle was the Battle of Ben Het on March 3, 1969, with four PT-76 tanks attacking Ben Het camp and colliding with US M-48 Patton tanks.
As a result, 2 PT-76 tanks were destroyed, 1 M-48 tank was shot down. One of the most famous battles of the PT-76 tank was at the Battle of Vei Village in 1968 during Operation 9 Khe Sanh Street when 15 tanks PT-76 armored vehicles.has attacked and captured the Vei Village special forces camp.
Vietnamese PT-76 tank (video : Ann Quann)
In 1971, PT-76 tanks participated in many battles in the 9th road campaign in Southern Laos. By 1972, PT-76 tanks continued to be used in the Red Summer campaign in the Xuan Loc and Kontum fronts.
After 1975, Vietnamese PT-76 armored vehicles continued to be used in the Southwest Border campaign, advancing to Cambodia and defeating the Pol Pot genocide.
Tanks, armored vehicles, motor vehicles if well preserved and have spare parts, can have a shelf life of up to decades.
Vietnamese PT-76 tank (video : Ann Quann)
Armored vehicles PT-76 of Vietnam are being kept quite well, spare parts are also quite abundant.
Today, the PT-76 armored vehicles continue to be used by the Vietnamese military, mostly in Marine units or units under the Navy that specialize in carrying out amphibious operations. beach from the landing ship.
The problem today is that the PT-76s have proved quite out of date and are no longer relevant in modern warfare.
Currently in the world there are still more than 10 countries using PT-76 armored vehicles and Vietnam is the most used country with a total of more than 300 units.
Specifications armored vehicle PT-76:
Length: 6.91m
Width: 3.15m
Height: 2,325m
Combat crew: 3 people including: driver, gunner, loader
Main gun: 76.2mm
Coaxial machine gun: 7.62mm
Range: 400km
Top speed on land: 44km/h, swim: 10.2km/h