The North Vietnamese infantry is one of the essentials together with the Vietcong for the war with the USA between 1963-75. Half of the figures are the new Orion NVA while the rest are old ESCI. A total of three battalions of NVA, a full regiment, was added.
These two B-11 107mm recoiless rifle were added to the Vietcong. The models started with very old barrels from the Ontos Anti Tank vehicle that Atlantic produced in the 70s. Then all other parts were made from scratch. The figures are ESCI and Orion.
Here you have the models before painting. The guns became bigger than they should as they departed from the old Atlantic parts which were made as toys and always big, particularly the vehicles.
Each battalion has one more base than the VC and the 81mm mortars were scratchbuilt from EverGreen plastics.
For the bases of the mortars I used small wheels. The figure in the middle lost its AK47 and received a mortar round.
Next: a WW2 Japanese Aircraft carrier (finally, after many threats).
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