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10th Feb '13 5:39:05 AM Achaemenid

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The army that had the distinct honour of having fought against the KatanasOfTheRisingSun, GaulsWithGrenades, YanksWithTanks, SouthKoreansWithMarines and ChineseWithChopperSupport within the last century. Now among Asia's largest armies with a standing force of nearly half a million and in the process of continuous modernization.

The modern People's Army of Vietnam is the direct descendant of the VietnamWar NVA [actually, it was officially called the People's Army of Vietnam from 1950, the word NVA was the US name for the North Vietnamese Army], which was formed in 1944 with (ironically) American help to be La Resistance against the crumbling Japanese grip. Earned its stripes during the First Indochina War against the French colonial forces, culminating in the Crowning Moment Of Awesome of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which marked the beginning of the end of the French colonial empire. With USSR and (again ironically) Chinese help, it waged the Second Indochina War against the South Vietnamese-US coalition (which also included sizeable South Korean, Australian, New Zealand and Thai detachments). A few years after PAVN overran South Vietnam in 1975, a Cambodian (under Pol Pot) invasion prompted the Third Indochina War in which PAVN blitzed through Cambodia and pushed the Khmer Rouge to the borders with Thailand, and then successfully defended against a huge Chinese invasion (as revenge, since the Khmer Rouge regime was propped up by Cultural Revolution-era China) in Northern Vietnam, all within 1979. The PAVN then found itself in its own (of course ironically) Vietnam War quagmire in Cambodia during the next 10 years of occupation/pacification. Now PAVN still maintains detachments within Laos to pacify the Montagnard tribes.

Has five branches : Ground Forces, Border Defense, People's Navy, Marine Police and People's Air Defense/Air Force. Has three levels of organization : main forces (standing army), local forces (similar to US National Guard) and people's defense forces (civilian militia).

The Vietcong [National Liberation Front], although a South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army, was considered by Hanoi to be a branch of PAVN. However, many Vietnam War activists consider the Vietcong as a purely South Vietnamese organization that was merely allied with Hanoi. After re-unification, it was disbanded by the government and some of its guerrillas were inducted to the PAVN.

Most of PAVN's equipment was supplied by Reds With Rockets and Chinese With Chopper Support during the Vietnam War. Was bolstered with captured American equipment after the war (now mostly decommissioned or only for training due to lack of spare parts and ammunition). Now PAVN is in the process of acquiring modernized equipment from all over the world, most notably from Poland (upgraded T-72 tanks), Israel (RAM-2000 armored cars), Russia (Su-27 fighters, frigates, corvettes and Kilo submarines) and France (helicopters).

Has a 2-year conscription regimen for males between 18-25, which can be deferred/exempted for college students. Even then, all high school and college students (both male and female) are still required to attend compulsory military training courses.

Appearances in popular media :

* Shows up as enemies in ''CallOfDutyBlackOps''.
* Dragon Strike (1997), a novel about a fictional war where China tries to dominate the entire Asia-Pacific region.
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31st Dec '12 7:08:06 PM Kernigh

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Found the problem: the redirect pointed to the wrong namespace.

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31st Dec '12 7:03:35 PM Kernigh

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Turn off the redirect so I find out why this page was redirecting to nowhere.

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31st Dec '12 5:23:03 PM nitrokitty

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Appearances in popular media :

* Shows up as enemies in ''CallOfDutyBlackOps''.
* Dragon Strike (1997), a novel about a fictional war where China tries to dominate the entire Asia-Pacific region.

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25th Sep '12 8:37:05 AM general_tiu

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25th Sep '12 8:30:26 AM general_tiu

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25th Sep '12 8:29:29 AM general_tiu

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The army that had the distinct honour of having fought against the Katanas Of The Rising Sun, Gauls With Grenades, Yanks With Tanks, South Koreans With Marines and Chinese With Chopper Support within the last century. Now among Asia's largest armies with a standing force of nearly half a million and in the process of continuous modernization.

The modern People's Army of Vietnam is the direct descendant of the Vietnam War NVA, which was formed in 1944 with (ironically) American help to be La Resistance against the crumbling Japanese grip. Earned its stripes during the First Indochina War against the French colonial forces, culminating in the Crowning Moment Of Awesome of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which marked the beginning of the end of the French colonial empire. With USSR and (again ironically) Chinese help, it waged the Second Indochina War against the South Vietnamese-US coalition (which also included sizeable South Korean, Australian, New Zealand and Thai detachments). A few years after PAVN overran South Vietnam in 1975, a Cambodian (under Pol Pot) invasion prompted the Third Indochina War in which PAVN blitzed through Cambodia and pushed the Khmer Rouge to the borders with Thailand, and then successfully defended against a huge Chinese invasion (as revenge, since the Khmer Rouge regime was propped up by Cultural Revolution-era China) in Northern Vietnam, all within 1979. The PAVN then found itself in its own (of course ironically) Vietnam War quagmire in Cambodia during the next 10 years of occupation/pacification. Now PAVN still maintains detachments within Laos to pacify the Montagnard tribes.

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