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Vietnamese And The Type 63 APC
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 01:06 PM UTC
China supplied the NVA with them during the later part of the Vietnam War. But what did Vietnam do with them afterwards, especially after they and China had their falling-out?
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 04:42 PM UTC
Looks like they still had some back in 2015...

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/vietnam/army-equipment.htm





More info here

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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 09:03 PM UTC
Thanks. Wondered if they used any in Cambodia though.
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Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 01:24 AM UTC

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Thanks. Wondered if they used any in Cambodia though.


According to this Vietnamese article, they were used there indeed (in 1977-79)

http://baomoi.me/quan-su/sang-tao-khong-ngo-cho-xe-boc-thep-k63-cua-viet-nam_tin203919.html

H.P.
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Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 04:26 AM UTC

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Thanks. Wondered if they used any in Cambodia though.


According to this Vietnamese article, they were used there indeed (in 1977-79)

http://baomoi.me/quan-su/sang-tao-khong-ngo-cho-xe-boc-thep-k63-cua-viet-nam_tin203919.html

H.P.

Thanks! My idea is that I long wanted to do a diorama of "Vietnam's Vietnam", and wanted to use a vehicle that had been exclusively used by the NVA. Learning of Paracel figures has helped too.
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