Army produces many new infantry fire weapons

Over the years, the Vietnamese defense industry has improved and produced many new firepower weapons to support infantry.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 1. — Soldiers of DK1 Platform Battalion (Naval Region 2) are ready for combat with 12.7 mm machine guns.

SPG-9T anti-tank gun, the superior power of modern weapons in combat

The SPG-9 anti-tank gun was designed and manufactured by the former Soviet Union and is equipped in mechanized infantry units of military regions and corps for combat readiness training.

Because this is a powerful firepower for batteries, with many advantages, in 1998, the Weapons Institute (General Department of Defense Industry) was assigned the task of researching and designing the SPG-9 anti-tank gun, completed at the end of 1999.

Close-up of modern Vietnamese domestic weapons: A new step forward for the defense industry

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 2. — SPG-9T anti-tank gun battery moves to the battlefield during the exercise

During the implementation process, the project team has built a set of documents to design a synchronous SPG-9 gun that is qualified for manufacturing. Through practical testing, the gun meets the proposed technical and tactical requirements.

At the end of 2000, the SPG-9 product manufactured in Vietnam was evaluated as excellent by superiors and named SPG-9T.

Since 2002, the SPG-9T anti-tank gun has been produced at factory Z125 (General Department of Defense Industry) with a number of improvements suitable for combat conditions in mountainous areas, hot and humid weather environments, and infantry-carrying combat.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 3. — SPG-9T anti-tank gun destroys targets accurately

In particular, the SPG-9T anti-tank gun uses two types of ammunition also designed and produced in Vietnam: PG-9B anti-tank ammunition and OG-9VN lethal ammunition.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 4. — Deployment of the battlefield

82mm anti-tank gun DKZ-82B10VN

By 2001, our army still had a lot of DKZ-82B10 ammunition in its warehouse, while the guns were degraded, the quantity was small, and not enough to meet equipment needs.

Faced with that situation, in early 2001, superiors assigned the General Department of Defense Industry to complete the design using existing materials and test-produce Vietnam's DKZ-82B10 gun.

In a short time, with a large amount of work, including many complex technological contents, the Weapons Institute and factories Z125 and Z199 actively deployed and excellently completed the assigned tasks.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 5. — Lai Chau City militia trained to use DKZ-82B10VN anti-tank gun

The DKZ-82B10 anti-tank gun, improved and manufactured by Vietnam, has a simpler and more compact structure than the original gun, but still ensures basic technical and tactical features and uses the same ammunition and sight as the original gun...

Vietnam 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 6. — Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh, Secretary of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee (now Minister of Justice ), visited soldiers on duty with 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns on Nui Le Island (Truong Sa), April 2022

The 12.7 mm gun is a low-altitude anti-aircraft weapon aided mainly from the Soviet Union (formerly) and China (12.7 mm K38/46 model, 12.7 mm K54 model gun)...

In 2000, the Ministry of National Defense approved the investment project to manufacture 12.7 mm NSV-type heavy machine guns by factory Z111 and the Weapons Institute developed design and manufacturing documents.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 7. — Test of a reduced 12.7 mm anti-aircraft gun, 2007

The project product is a Vietnamese 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun with an NSV-style gun body; the gun mount and mechanical sight are improved similar to the 12.7 mm K54-style gun; the ammunition box and other equipment are shared with the 12.7 mm K54-style gun...

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 8. — Acceptance of KTQ optical sight mounted on 12.7 mm anti-aircraft gun

Since 2004, Vietnamese 12.7mm guns have been produced at factory Z111.

Because the synchronized Vietnamese 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun has a relatively large mass (about 86 kg), causing difficulties when marching and moving to the battlefield... so in 2007, superiors requested research and design to manufacture a lighter 12.7 mm gun...

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 9. — 12.7mm gun on combat duty at Truong Sa archipelago

After research, the research team applied new materials, designed a minimalist gun rack structure from 44 kg to 31 kg and the total gun weight from 86 kg to 63 kg, but still ensured durability and technical and tactical features.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 10. — Vietnam's 12.7 mm SCX-12.7V anti-aircraft gun model

Since 2008, the Vietnamese 12.7mm gun has been mass-produced by Z111 and equipped to units with the official name of the 12.7mm SCX-12.7V anti-aircraft gun.

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 11. — 12.7mm gun on combat duty on DK1 platform

Recently, factory Z111 also produced and put into service the 7.62 mm DN7L machine gun.

The gun was designed by the Weapons Research Institute, with basic technical parameters such as: Caliber 7.62 mm; uses 7.62x54 mm bullets; gun length 1,173 mm; weight 13 kg (without bullets); effective range 800 - 1,000 m...

Quân đội sản xuất nhiều vũ khí hỏa lực bộ binh mới- Ảnh 12. — DN7L machine gun manufactured by Z111 factory

In particular, the Vietnamese DN7L heavy machine gun has both a picatinny rail and a left-side mount, allowing the gun to mount many types of old and new scopes.