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Did North Vietnamese Air Force MiG-17 MiG-19 and MiG-21 have gun cameras to record their gun kills?
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"MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War." By Istvan Toperczer; (2001) Osprey Publishing Limited, ISBN 1-84176 162-1: 1. Page 30 shows NVAF 921st Fighter Regiment MiG-17 pilot(s) LT's Tran Hanh & Ngoc Lan viewing film from their MiGs gun camera, apparently form a recent dog-fight (aerial combat). 2. Page 39 shows a "still" from a MiG-17's gun camera of LT Van Bay (and/or LT Van Tuc) of the 923rd Fighter Regiment, aerial kill of a USAF F-105 Thunderschief. 3. Page 40 shows a "still" from a 923rd FR MiG-17 shooting down an F-105.
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What did the Soviets supply the Vietnamese troops food etc. during the Vietnam War?
The USSR trained North Vietnamese MIG17 & MIG21 pilots in the Soviet Union, about two years per man. The USSR also gave MIG17 & MIG21 jets to the North Vietnamese Air Force. USSR supplied SAMs (Surface to Air Missiles) and AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) to North Vietnam. USSR supplied PT76 Amphibious Light Tanks, and T54/T55 Medium tanks to the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Communist China Trained North Vietnamese MIG19 pilots in Red China, and also supplied the North Vietnamese Air Force with MIG19 (J6 versions) jet fighters.
What twocountries supported the north vietnamese?
Soviets supplied the MiG17 & MiG21s; Red China supplied MiG19 jet fighter planes. Both countries trained North Vietnamese MiG pilots in their respective countries.
Did the Vietnamese fire at us ships?
North Vietnamese shore batteries often duelled with US Navy warships that were working the gunline (shore bombardments). North Viet Navy torpedo parts attacked US Warships in the Tonkin Gulf. North Viet Air Force MiG17 jets attacked the US destroyer USS Higbee and cruiser USS Oklahoma City in 1972. North Viet Air Force helicopters attacked and sunk a US Navy Swift Boat (PCF-19) in 1968.
What is some information about haiphong in Vietnam?
Haiphong Harbor is where the USSR unloaded their supplies of MiG21 jet fighters, SAM missiles, and PT76 light tanks, and T-54/55 medium tanks to the North Vietnamese Air Force and Army. Red China just drove their supplies of MiG17 & MiG19 jet fighters across the border into North Vietnam.
What where the weapons used in the Vietnam war by the north vietmese artilery?
NVA forces used Soviet supplied; Artillery, 122mm rockets, PT76 amphibious light tanks, and T54/T55 medium tanks (100mm guns). North Vietnamese Air Force used Soviet supplied MIG17 & MIG21 jet fighters; and Red Chinese supplied MIG19's (J6 versions).
Is there a list of navy pilots shot down during the Vietnam war?
Officially, US aircraft didn't start getting shot down until 1961. The North Vietnamese Air Force began sending it's student jet pilots to the USSR in 1959; those students spent roughly 2 years (and had to learn to speak Russian) in Russia learning how to fly jets (MiG17 & MiG21). Communist China taught NVAF pilot trainees primarily MiG17 (J5 versions) & MiG19 (J6 versions) skills in Red China.
What was on the ships docking in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Soviet (Russian) cargo ships were unloading MiG17, MiG21, and mostly SAM missiles to the North Vietnamese Air Force and Ground Defense Units. Chicom MiG19 jets were transported across the Red Chinese border into North Vietnam via trucks or rail (or flown in by NVAF pilots). The above countries/methods also included PT76 light tanks, T54/55 medium tanks, artillery, trucks, ammunition, and small arms (AKs, etc.).
What nations came to the aid of North Vietnamese Communists?
Although Soviet Warsaw Pact countries (satellite countries) exported war material to North Vietnam (It was confirmed, US troops read the outside of the crates when they were captured in 1970 IN CAMBODIA...those nations were listed country by country over the military radio on the open net). Mostly consisting of small arms ammo and small arms, medical supplies, holsters, belts, canteens, etc. The USSR provided MiG17 & MiG21 jet training for North Vietnam's pilots in the Soviets Union (training lasted about 2 years & the North Vietnamese pilot trainees had to learn to speak Russian). The USSR provided the NVAF with primarily MiG17 & MiG21 jets and SAM and other AAA defenses. Along with T54/55 medium tanks and PT76 ampibious light tanks. The Chinese Communists (documented by the US military on paper/verbal as "Chicom") provided MiG17 & MiG19 jet training in Communist China for NVAF jet trainees. Red China also supplied the NVAF with MiG17s and MiG19s. Chicom versions of the USSR T54/55 & PT76 were also supplied to the NVA. Communist Cuba assisted training a group of NVAF MiG17 drivers to conduct air to ground (sea) attacks in 1972. Two MiG17's were specially fitted out with hard points to be mounted with 500 pound general purpose H-E bombs. The jet bombing of the destroyer USS Higbee and light cruiser USS Oklahoma City were the results of that aid. The Higbee suffered one aft 5" mount destroyed from a direct hit. The Cruiser apparently suffered minor damage from a near miss.
How was the Soviets war in Afghanistan like the US war in Vietnam?
The Soviets (Russians) called it their Vietnam because it was long and they didn't do too well. But it was entirely different: 1. The Soviets were not fighting another country. They were fighting insurgents. If the US had just been fighting the VC during the Vietnam War then there would be a more appropiate comparison. However, the US ended up fighting (via the Tonkin Gulf Incident) North Vietnam; that was the North Vietnamese Army. 2. The Soviets were not fighting an enemy air force. The US had to fight the North Vietnamese Air Force which was equipped with Soviet/Chicom (Chinese Communist) MiG17, MiG19, and MiG21s (the MiG21s were supplied only by the USSR). 3. The Soviets were not fighting an enemy navy. The US had to fight the North Vietnamese Navy; their torpedo boats started the Tonkin Gulf Incident. 4. The Soviets were not fighting the an enemy army. The US had to deal with the NVA (North Viet Army). They had PT76 light tanks and T54 medium tanks.
Who was arrested for the Oklahoma City bombing?
The USN light cruiser USS Oklahoma City was bombed by a North Viet Air Force MiG17 in 1972 during the Vietnam War. But the NVAF MiG only scored near misses on the light cruiser. One MiG17 hit the USN destroyer USS Higbee though. The USS Oklahoma City was sunk as a target in 1999.
Was the F100 Super Sabre the first US jet to score an aerial victory in Vietnam?
USAF CPT Donald Kilgus, flying a F-100 Super Sabre, claimed an aerial victory against a NVAF MiG17 in 1965. He went vertical with it, firing his 20mm cannons and stating that he saw his rounds striking the MiG's tail & pieces flying off of the jet. But as the ground was getting too close, he had to pull out of the dive and regain altitude (quickly), thus losing the MiG during this phase of the dog-fight. Consequently, the USAF officially gave him a "probable kill." According to some sources, there are efforts in the works to have the USAF officially credit Kilgus with a MiG kill that day; as the North Vietnamese Air Force acknowledged losing 3 MiG17's to USAF jets during that engagement...however the NVAF pilot(s) stated that F105 Thunderchiefs shot them down...these are some of the problems being encountered trying to clarify events from over 40 years ago.
Were the spetsnaz even in Vietnam?
Probably not, although Spetsnaz could have sent "observers" over, just as Israeli General Moshe Dayan went to Vietnam in 1966 and accompanied US GIs on patrol to study the latest in modern warfare (Vietnam being the only serious war going on during that period). Otherwise, the Vietnamese had just spent 100 years under foreign (French) rule; then another 4 or 5 years under Japanese rule (WWII), then the division of the country in 1954/1955 into N & S Vietnam. With that record, North Vietnam was especially suspicious of any foreign nation, especially a European one. North Vietnam took special measures to ensure no "foreigners" took hold in North Vietnam. When the North Vietnamese Air Force (NVAF) began training their jet pilots in 1959, they sent their trainees to the USSR and Red China; instructors were not allowed in North Vietnam (SAM missile radar technicians were the exception, the desperation of war required it). North Vietnamese MiG pilots spent roughly two years in those countries learning to fly jets (they had to learn to speak Russian before attending those schools). Russia supplied the MiG17/21s and Communist China supplied their only MiG 19 jets.
