During the French Indochina War (1946–1954), the PAVN was often referred to as the Việt Minh. In the context of the Vietnam War (1955–1975), the army was referred to by its opposition forces as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA; Vietnamese: Quân đội Bắc Việt), serving as the military force of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

The National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee, pronounced [natsi̯oˈnaːlə ˈfɔlksʔaʁˌmeː] ⓘ; NVA [ɛn faʊ ˈʔaː] ⓘ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.

The North Vietnamese had both amphibious tanks (such as the PT-76) and light tanks (such the Type 62) used during the conventional phase. Experimental Soviet equipment started being used against ARVN forces at the same time, including Man-portable air-defense system SA-7 Grail and anti-tank missiles including the AT-3 Sagger . [ 11 ]

The Nationale Volksarmee (NVA) was formed on 1 March 1956. Before it, Germany of course had no army as per the armistic conditions and soviet occupation. Instead, a system was set in place, the "Kasernierte Volkspolizei" or literraly the "Barracked People's Police", which was a military police (or gendarmerie) under supervision, equipment ...

2020年4月18日 · With the founding of the KVP's successor, the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA), the tanks were passed on to the NVA's 14th Panzer Regiment (7th Panzer Division) and the 21st Panzer Regiment (9th Panzer Division), with each Panzer Regiment deploying a single Heavy Panzer Battalion of 19 tanks each.

2024年5月8日 · Tank and armored engagements were rare in Vietnam, but they did happen. One such event occurred in March 1969 at the Battle of Ben Het between four M48s and several North Vietnamese Army (NVA)...

2024年12月27日 · The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) primarily used a variety of vehicles during the Vietnam War, including Soviet-made tanks such as the T-54 and T-55, armored personnel carriers like the...

A North Vietnamese tank crashes through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon on April 30, 1975. The taking of the palace marked the fall of the U.S.-backed south and the end to a decade of fighting.

2021年11月10日 · As such, the East German NVA (Nationale Volksarmee/National People’s Army) received a total of around 1,133 BMP-1s from 1968 (when two training vehicles were received) to 1988, including a number of BVP-1s produced in neighbouring Czechoslovakia. Outside of a mere 24 BMP-2s, the BMP-1 was the sole …

2024年3月18日 · The East German Army (Nationale Volksarmee or NVA) indeed, established in 1956 was disbanded in 1990, but still strong of 767 aircraft (helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft of which 24 were MiG-29s), 208 ships, 2,761 tanks, 133,900 wheeled vehicles, and 2,199 artillery pieces among others.