People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces
Implementing that direction, General Yết Kiêu organized and trained Trạo Nhi teams consisting of strong and good swimmers who specialized in destroying the enemy's naval base.In many battles, the Trạo Nhi team secretly entered the naval base, burned the boat with flammable substances and dived into the muddy water, destroyed many Mongol troops in Chương Dương, Phả Lại, and Chí Linh and once captured them live the enemy general.During the last period of the First Indochina War and during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the Viet Minh developed on the battlefields, had a knack for fighting in the enemy's rear, initially gained experience in synergistic warfare in the area.Some typical battles during this period were the destruction of the Plây Cơ Rông commando base, the raid on Pleiku airport and the American barracks Holloway, the Brinks Hotel bombing, the Attack on USNS Card.The feats of North Vietnamese commandos in the period of counter-strategy Staley–Taylor Plan marked an important development of the art of combat behind hostile lines to destroy the enemy's forces the headquarters and center of war operations of the US-RVN.[18] On November 1, 1968, a successful raid involving swimmer sappers severely damaged the USS Westchester County (LST-1167), seeing the US Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of life during the entire Vietnam War.[25] Through investigation, the police determined that this group of people had intended to break into the 198th Special Forces Brigade camp in Hoa Dong commune, Krong Pac district, with the goal of stealing weapons but failed.
Communist Party of VietnamVietnam People's Ground ForceSpecial operations forceCovert operationsCounter-terrorismHostage rescueDirect actionDeep reconnaissanceUnconventional warfareIntelligence gatheringHigh-value targetsCounter narcotic operationsCounter-proliferationClose protectionThanh TrìHà NộiHero of the People's Armed ForcesGold Star Order (Vietnam)Ho Chi Minh OrderMilitary Exploit OrderMajor GeneralSenior ColonelVietnameseelite combat armed servicePeople's Army of VietnamGeneral Staff of the Vietnam People's ArmyMinistry of Defencespecial forcesMongol invasions of VietnamTrầnTrần Quốc TuấnSouthernViet MinhMilitary Region 7Biên HòaBattle of Dien Bien PhuGia Lam Airport1954 Geneva ConferenceSoutheastzone 5Staley–Taylor Planraid on Pleiku airport and the American barracks HollowayBrinks Hotel bombingAttack on USNS Card1968 Tet OffensiveBattle of Lima Site 85Battle of FSB Mary AnnUSS Westchester County (LST-1167)CommandonapalmKhmer Air ForceU-Tapao AirfieldBoeing B-52 StratofortressAugusto Pinochet2023 Đắk Lắk attacksVinh PhucDak LakQuang TriBinh DuongNinh ThuanVietnam People's NavyHai PhongITL MARSRed dot sightMicro UziSTV-216IWI Galil ACEIWI TavorCombat helmetType A2 HelmetField capSSh-68PASGT HelmetM1 helmetMICH TC-2000FAST HelmetBody armorVietnamWayback MachineSouth KoreaFlak jacketKnee padsElbow padsCamouflage patternGhillie suitIWI Jericho 941Semi-automatic pistolK14-VNCZ P-01CornerShotSubmachine gunFB PM-63AKS-47RumaniaBullpupIWI ACEBattle rifleCarbineCAR-15 XM177Vietnam WarAPS underwater rifleUnderwaterArmsel StrikerCombat shotgunIWI NegevSquad automatic weaponFN MinimiGeneral-purpose machine gunIWI Galatz7.62×51mm NATOOrsis T-5000WKW WilkVSK-94Dragunov SVDOPL40M/T-40Milkor MGLRocket-propelled grenadeUAZ-469UAZ-452Ford F350Isuzu ForwardIsuzu NPRRAM Mk.3Mil Mi-8HelicopterVietnam People's Air Force