The 23rd Air Defense Artillery Company with its 37mm anti-aircraft artillery team is one of the frontline air defense units protecting the Northeastern airspace of the Fatherland.
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| Part of the 105th Air Defense Artillery Battalion (363rd Division, Air Defense - Air Force), the 23rd Air Defense Artillery Company is tasked with being ready to fight and protect the Northeastern airspace of the Fatherland. Photo: Soldiers of the 23rd Company coordinate with the battery to shoot at aerial targets. |
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| Captain Pham Trung Kien, Captain of the 23rd Air Defense Artillery Company, said: The unit is stationed on a high hill, the living, eating, and traveling conditions of officers and soldiers face many difficulties, but the whole unit has united to overcome the difficulties and successfully completed all assigned tasks. Photo: Battery 2 - Company 23 on standby, ready for combat. |
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| In 2017, the company strictly maintained the combat readiness duty regime, and increased combat readiness duty periods. In the first 9 months of 2017, the unit received 3 months of official combat duty and completed all tasks well, meeting the criteria of "Good unit on duty". Photo: Company 23 alerted to move to combat readiness level. |
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| At the same time, strictly maintain the order of command, duty, combat duty, guard duty at the command post, and combat crew training regime. Regularly do a good job of inspection, draw experience from daily and weekly training, promptly overcome shortcomings; organize sports and competitions between platoons and gun teams, create a vibrant competitive atmosphere, contributing to improving the quality of training in the entire unit. Photo: Captain Pham Trung Kien, Captain of Company 23 commanding the combat crew to fight the enemy in the air. |
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| According to Captain Pham Trung Kien, in 2017, as a result of live-fire training at the TB1 National Shooting Range, the unit completely destroyed the target and was awarded the "Excellent Shooting Unit" flag by the Commander of the Service. The results of regular training inspections up to the end of October 2017 were 100% satisfactory, with over 84% good and excellent. The preparation and organization of the 2017 training completion inspection were good, with 100% satisfactory, including 81.6% good and excellent... Photo: Reconnaissance soldiers search and inform target elements. |
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| Private First Class Luong Van Nam, a rangefinder soldier, is determining the target distance. |
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| Gunners No. 5 and No. 6 load ammunition for the 37mm anti-aircraft gun. |
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| Airspace management observation. |
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| After-battle report. |
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