The 5th Battalion of Vietnamese Paratroopers (or 5th BPVN or 5th Bawouan) is a parachute unit of the French Army formed on September 1, 1953 in Hanoi in Indochina. Creation and different denominations It was formed from the transfer of the command post and the 3rd and 23rd Indochinese parachute com
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Type: self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.Crew :4 men.Armament: 4 x 23 mm Zu-23 cannons.Armour: maximum:15 mm. Dimensions: length: 6.30m; width: 2.95 m;height (radar retracted):2.25 m.Weight in combat order: 14 tGround pressure: 0.48 kg/cm2.Engine :Model V-6 6 cyl. in-line water-cooled diesel, develop
In 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a difficult outlook ahead of him, such as maintaining the neutrality of the United States in World War II. At least that was the promise he had made to his citizens only a year before. In practice, US aid to the Allies was already being developed in ma