luigi
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Post by luigi on Jun 15, 2015 6:43:55 GMT -5
Hi again, the FIW reenactors board friends! Just picked up a pair of nice SKS chinese rifles (in 1/6th, sorry...). I´m curious if they were used against the frenchies....¿?    If not, it is a nice weapon against the Americans in Nam war. Thanks by your help, amigos! |
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Post by craigtx on Jun 15, 2015 10:24:28 GMT -5
To my knowledge not. It would be more common to see the Mosin Nagant, or captured weaponry. IIRC the Chinese weren't producing enough to have a surplus, and the Soviets weren't inclined to send any to the Viets as they were suspicious of them not being committed enough to communism.
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Post by lew on Jun 15, 2015 14:18:42 GMT -5
The Chinese Type 56 was introduced in 1956 and didn't make an appearance until the Second Indochina War. At the time of the French involvement, the SKS was still the front line weapon for most Russian units, with the AK-47 barely starting to trickle through, so an SKS of any flavor would be a rare sight indeed, if at all. Then, like Craig mentioned, there's the whole "Russians being Russians" paranoia thing.
Also as he mentioned, Mosin Nagants M91/30's, M38 and M44 carbines were very common; as were Chinese, German, Czech Mausers; and Japanese Arisakas.
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luigi
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Post by luigi on Jun 15, 2015 15:16:12 GMT -5
A big THANK YOU for your invaluable assistance, Craigtx and Lew!
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Post by Étienne on Jun 15, 2015 22:11:55 GMT -5
I would say no as well, except perhaps the very rare example if even that. The Chinese were just starting to supply the VM more regularly since they weren't "preoccupied" in Korea anymore. They were giving the VM all their older/outdated-ish stuff plus anything captured during WWII and Korea (Japanese, American, et al).
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Post by lew on Jun 16, 2015 8:21:28 GMT -5
Chinese aid to the VM actually started much earlier than the end of the Korean War (1953). The first copious shipments and hosting of VM cadres for training started almost as soon as they- commie scum- kicked out the Nationalists- little better than commie scum- in 1949. The PRC was eager to have communists as neighbors and wasted little time in affecting that.
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Post by craigtx on Jun 16, 2015 10:31:17 GMT -5
Also there are other examples of "allies" gettin' the surplus and "outdated" weapons.
The French getting the Enfield No 1 Mk III from the Brits, and the M1917 (P17) from the US in WW2. The Turks gettin' the GEW88 from Germany in WWI. Allies are a convenient dumpin' ground for the stuff that's old and we don't use any more.
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Post by lew on Jun 17, 2015 7:02:56 GMT -5
You got that right, and the US and Soviet Union played that game better than all the rest.
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