With innovative tactics, Vietnamese missile troops used SAM-2 missiles to shoot down dozens of B-52 strategic bombers – an achievement unmatched by any other military in the world.
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| The SAM-2 missile on its launch platform. This was the main weapon of the Vietnamese army in its confrontation with the US B-52 strategic bomber. |
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| The 59th Battalion, 262nd Regiment used this launcher to shoot down the first B-52 over Hanoi on the night of December 18, 1972. |
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| The lower part of the aforementioned launch platform. This exhibit is on display at the Vietnam Air Defense-Air Force Museum. |
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| A rear view of a SAM-2 (Dvina) missile launcher. |
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| A close-up view of the tail section of a SAM-2 surface-to-air missile, supplied by the Soviet Union to Vietnam for use against the United States. |
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| This SAM-2 missile control station belongs to the 61st Battalion, 236th Missile Regiment. The station is mobile and deployed to various locations on the battlefield. |
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| During the war against the Americans, this control tower once launched a missile and shot down two enemy aircraft. |
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| The surveillance radar of Company 45, Regiment 291 – a unit capable of detecting targets from a distance. On December 18, 1972, the company detected the first group of B-52s attacking Hanoi. |
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| Radar units were responsible for detecting targets for our anti-aircraft guns, missiles, and aircraft, as well as guiding our fighter jets to engage the enemy. |
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| The Vietnamese section of a multilingual leaflet that American pilots carried and used when they crashed in enemy territory or a third country. |
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| This is the missile control unit that the 361st Air Defense Division used to shoot down the A-4E aircraft of pilot John McCain – who later became a US senator. |
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| The female trackers stayed close to their target. |
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| Recreating the combat crew on the missile control vehicle. The crew typically consists of 5 people: 1 commander, 1 control officer, and 3 operators (azimuth, elevation angle, range). |
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| "The 'Red Cover Handbook' – a 30-page typewritten guide on 'How Missile Troops Shoot Down B-52s' – was published in October 1972." |
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