PT 76 Armored vehicle

TheKiwi · Jun 15, 2020

A North Vietnamese PT-76 destroyed at An Loc in 1972 by LAW-72 fire. The North Vietnamese army lost more than 50 tanks and armoured vehicles during the battle in which the ARVN successfully held them out.

Marat · Jun 15, 2020

Is just me or turret is a bit strange?

Marat · Jun 15, 2020

This isnt PT 76 more likely it is Chinese Type 63: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_63_(tank)#/media/File:Type_63_tank_-_above.jpg

TheKiwi · Jun 15, 2020

Vietnam seems to have operated a mixture of both but you are right, that turret looks very Type-63.

gafkiwi · Jun 16, 2020

TheKiwi said:
Vietnam seems to have operated a mixture of both but you are right, that turret looks very Type-63.

I can still here our grumpy old S2 Sgt "Type-63, note the turret is the inverted bowl vs the frying pan, How do we remember? Asians use bowls and woks not fry pans"

PT 76 Armored vehicle

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