Vietnamese Propaganda film

[bchauvette]

Quite a while ago there was a thread with a V100 ( I think) Vietnamese propaganda film. I volenteered to have my wife translate/paraphrase it. could somebody point me to the thread?

 

[B3.3T]

It was not a propaganda film, only an army news report about the decision to modify their current issue V-100s with a number of upgrades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNAcKgUmgkc

 

[M813rc]

I'd sure like to see a translation,

Cheers

 

[L1A1]

I know the Vietnamese are a thrifty people but I'm still kind of surprised that the V100s are still in service with them & haven't been scrapped out, replaced with a vehicle of Russian design/origin.

Matt

 

[4x4 Forever]

The essence of the film was that they have been using them since 1960 and are now rebuilding the V100’s and upgrading them as they put them back together. They rebuilt the engines, transmissions, and drive train. Some of the upgrades are night vision and better radio communications. They also test drove the rebuilds on the road and in the water and they are very happy with the results. They did say that they would be using them and they are now ready to do their job.

 

[L1A1]

Wonder what they're using for tires? Doesn't the V100 use a tire size that is unique to itself?

Matt

 

[B3.3T]

The tire size is 14.00x20 so lots of options. The original Commando tires, however, have been out of production for years and hard to find. We use Michelins and Goodyears instead but NDT are also all over.