Participation in peacekeeping operations can provide financial support for the armed forces of various countries of the world. Therefore, in UN missions, you can see a wide variety of military equipment..
This time Vietnam scored, prepared for peacekeeping needs the machines inherited from the Soviet Union. The video material of the official publication QDND demonstrates special-purpose vehicles on the chassis of the Ural-4320 truck and an ambulance based on the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier.
As noted by VietDefense, the cabin of the converted armored personnel carrier was shown for the first time, which, how noticeably, characterized by increased comfort, far from the basic version of the Soviet armored personnel carrier. During the modernization, the BTR-152 also received Hyundai D4DB engines and a steering wheel from the same South Korean company.. Tests of the first batch of modernized equipment with new filling have passed 12 August at the site of the Institute of Military Engineering. allegedly, she will serve in the peacekeeping contingent, hosted in Africa.
BTR-152 was operated in the Soviet army with 1950 years and was mass-produced for her needs up to 1955 of the year. It used to be widely represented, being in service with many countries of the world. Now there are only a few states left, keeping the BTR-152 in the ranks of their armies, among them - Vietnam.
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