Introduction to Vietnam’s military strength:
Vietnam’s armed forces have approximately 492,000 active troops. At present, the Army adopts a combination of regional deployment and mobile deployment. The country is divided into 8 regions from north to south, and one military region is deployed in each region. The deployment of field troops responsible for strategic mobile operations is half in the north and half in the south; the total strength 50% of them are deployed in the northern region, 40% are deployed in the southwest region, and 10% are deployed in the central region. ?
Army
The total strength is about 420,000. It is divided into 8 military regions and 2 special zones, with 14 military headquarters, 58 infantry divisions, 4 mechanized infantry divisions, 10 armored brigades, 15 independent infantry regiments, and several special operations forces (including airborne brigades and demolition brigades). Engineer Regiment), about 10 field artillery brigades, 8 engineering divisions, 10-16 economic construction divisions, and 20 independent engineering brigades. ?
Main equipment:
Main battle tanks: 45 T-34s, 850 T-54/-55s, 70 T-62s, PT-59s 350 vehicles. ?
300 light tanks T-76 and 320 PT-62/-63. ?
Armored reconnaissance vehicles: 100 M-1/-2 types.
Infantry fighting vehicles: 300.
1,100 armored personnel carriers TP-40/-50/-60/-152, and several YW-531 and M-113 types. ?
Towed guns: a total of about 2,300 guns of various calibers. ?
Bazookas: 360 107mm rocket launchers, 350 122mm rocket launchers, and several 140mm rocket launchers. ?
Aircraft guns: ***12,000 of each caliber. ?
Navy
The total strength is about 42,000 (including 30,000 Marines). Divided into 4 coastal zones. ?
Main equipment:
Frigates: ***7 ships, 3 original Soviet-made "Biejia" II class ships, 2 original Soviet-made "Biejia" III class ships, There is one US-made "Cartel" class ship and one US-made "Savage" class ship. ?
Patrol boats and small speedboats: ***55, including 7 original Soviet-made "Wasp" II-class missile speedboats, 2 "Locust"-class boats, and the original Soviet-made "Tulia" class There are 7 torpedo boats and 16 "Hornet" class ships. ?
Minesweeper ships: ***16, including 2 "Yurka" class, 4 "Sonia" class, 1 "Vanya" class, "Yevgenia" "Class 2 ships. ?
Landing ships: ***7, including 3 tank landing ships and 4 medium-sized landing ships. ?
Small landing craft: ***30 (12 mechanized landing craft, 18 general landing craft). ?
Air Force?
Total strength - about 15,000 people, organized into 4 aviation divisions, 2 attack aircraft regiments, 5 fighter regiments, and 3 transport aircraft regiments , 3 training fleets. The Vietnam Air Defense Force has a strength of 15,000, organized into 14 air defense divisions, 4 anti-aircraft artillery brigades, and 5 radar brigades. ?
Main equipment:
Attack fighter jets: ***71, including 65 Su-22s and 12 Su-27s. ?
Fighter aircraft: MiG-21 Bis 124. ?
Armed helicopters: 24 Mi-24 types. ?
Maritime reconnaissance aircraft: 4 Bei-12 types. ?
Anti-submarine helicopters: 8 Ka-25s. ?
Transport aircraft: a total of 68 aircraft, including 12 An-2 types, 4 An-24 types, 30 An-6 types, 8 Tu-134 types, and Yak-40 types 14 racks. ?
Helicopters: about 70 Mi-4, Mi-6 and Mi-8 types. ?
Air-to-air missiles: several AA-2, AA-8, and AA-10 types.