Revealing the modern weapons parade on September 2

The highlight of the weapons parade on September 2, 2015 was the Galil ACE 32 assault rifles with M203 barrel-mounted grenade launchers produced by the Z111 factory.

Since the milestone of September 2, 1945, a new Vietnam has been formed, a Vietnam that has gained independence after long years of being a colony. Since then, 70 years have passed, but the echoes of September 2 of that year still resound here and there to mark a Vietnamese nation in a new, independent regime and gradually growing self-reliant. This year, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the birth of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On this important anniversary, the Party, State and Army decided to organize a large-scale parade with 30,000 participants.

So what types of weapons are on parade on September 2?

Looking at the photos taken during the preliminary and final rehearsals, it can be seen that most of the personal weapons were produced by the Vietnamese defense industry at the Z111 factory under the Ministry of Defense, based on transfer licenses from famous foreign weapons manufacturers.

Galil ACE 32 – M 203

If the M18 attracted attention as a personal weapon in the 2010 parade, the Galil ACE 31 was the weapon that attracted attention in the parade celebrating the Dien Bien Phu victory last May, this time the Galil ACE 32 - M 203 will be the star of the personal weapon line in the Vietnam People's Army.

Galil ACE 32 is a version of the Galil assault rifle using 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition and is being produced at the Z111 factory according to the technology transferred from Israel.

It is expected that in the future, Galil ACE 32 will gradually replace AK-47 and AKM in the equipment of the Vietnamese Army. The M203 is a barrel-mounted grenade launcher, firing 40 x 46 mm ammunition made in the US to attach to M16 family assault rifles.

However, with some adjustments, the M203 can also be used on many different types of assault rifles, and perhaps the Galil ACE 32 – M 203 will be the latest Galil ACE rifle variant when attached to this famous grenade launcher. Vietnam also added a small handle for the convenience of soldiers on the battlefield.

Airborne troops with Galil ACE 32 guns.

The Galil is an Israeli assault rifle designed by YisraelGalili and YaacovLior in the late 1960s and manufactured by Israel Military Industries Ltd (now Israel Weapon Industries Ltd) since the early 1970s. The Galil was based on the Finnish RK 62, which was itself based on the AK-47. The Galil won the Israel Defense Forces' gun design competition against the M16A1, Stoner 63 and HK33. Since 1972, the Galil has been officially accepted into service with the force and replaced the FN FAL.

The Galil ACE variant is a line that was extensively improved in the 90s. It inherits most of the advantages of the previous Galil line, which in turn inherits the advantages of the famous AK 47 line. Therefore, the Galil ACE variant is very popular with many countries and is chosen as the main assault rifle of their army, including Vietnam.

Galil ACE 31

Along with the Galil ACE 32, the Galil ACE 31 is the latest series in the Galli rifle family. It is a shortened version of the ACE 32, modernized with lighter weight, and has rails for mounting modern equipment.

Vietnam has begun construction of a factory to produce Galil ACE 31 and ACE 32 assault rifles under license from IWI (Israel Weapon Industries) worth 170 million USD. To replace the rifles currently in service with the Vietnam People's Army in the future.

With the advantages of being easy to use, maintain, and maintain reliable firepower like the AK series, but with less recoil, better accuracy, and the ability to attach modern accessories to the rails integrated right on the back of the gun. Therefore, the Galil ACE 31 rifle was chosen by the Vietnamese Army as the standard rifle for the army in the future and was used to replace the AKS and AKMS rifles currently in service.

Special forces parade with Galil ACE 31 rifles instead of M18s like previous years.

SMG – PK (MP5-A3) rapid fire submachine gun

The MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun designed and developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the West German factory branch of Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K).

The MP5 submachine gun was first introduced in 1966 as the HK54. The name MP5 comes from Maschinenpistole 5 (model 5 submachine gun). Due to the success of the G3, the H&K company decided to develop four families of guns with different calibers (based on the G3 design): 7.62x51mm NATO; 7.62x39mm M43; 5.56x45mm NATO; 9x19mm Parabellum. The MP5 was the fourth model, originally named the HK54.

The MP5 is a gun with moderate shooting power but in return it has low recoil when firing fast, is compact, lightweight, convenient and can be equipped with accessories such as silencers, laser sights... so this submachine gun is very popular with famous special forces teams in the world such as the US Navy SEAL, SWAT (US), French Gendarmerie (GIGN), GSG-9 (Germany).

Vietnam has also equipped a limited number of its special forces and mobile police with the SMG – PK, a variant of the MP5A3 manufactured by Pakistan's state-owned arms manufacturer POF in Rawalpindi under license from Heckler and Koch.

Female riot police with MP5-A3 submachine guns.

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