11 November 1946: A Coventry armored car "La Ricaneuse" (🇫🇷 IC 90 160) on parade in Saigon, Vietnam.
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@sammyflex.bsky.social11 November 1946: A Coventry armored car "La Ricaneuse" (🇫🇷 IC 90 160) on parade in Saigon, Vietnam.
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@barracuda-22.bsky.socialAncient temple at sunset surrounded by jungle
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialA pair of portraits of soldiers from the 8e Bataillon de Parachutistes Coloniaux during Opération Camélia, 12 May 1953, Tonkin Province, Vietnam.
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@theasiancy.bsky.social@theasiancy.bsky.social@sammyflex.bsky.socialJanuary-February 1951: A Viet Minh prisoner captured in Xiangkhouang Province, Laos, during Operation Frimaire, a sweep targeting communist bases and supply lines - the foundations of the Ho Chi Minh Trail were already being laid.
@sammyflex.bsky.social1950: Senegalese tirailleurs shop at a market in Hanoi.
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialAugust 1950: A wounded soldier is evacuated on the back of an M8 Greyhound of the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs (immat IC🇫🇷91 985). Tonkin province, Vietnam.
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@sammyflex.bsky.social1950: French troops check identities of villagers travelling to market in Ky Lua, Lang Son, northern Vietnam.
@sammyflex.bsky.socialJuly/August 1950: A pair of Vietnamese soldiers with a Bren gun aboard an M3 Halftrack of the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs in northern Vietnam.
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialFollow on from previous, but interesting to note the goumier in the truck has a PM MAS 38 submachine gun, which was brought back into prooduction following WWII. However by this time it was usually replaced by the MAT 49 in frontline service.
@sammyflex.bsky.socialLang Son, Vietnam, 1950: Dancers during Eid al-Fitr celebrations for Moroccan goumiers. These women were probably prostitutes from a military field brothel (BMC), an institution established during WWI which persisted into the 21st Century...
@sammyflex.bsky.social1950: Market in Ky Lua, Lang Son, northern Vietnam.
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialSummer 1950: M8 Greyhound of the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs during movement of a convoy along Route Coloniale 4 near the Chinese border, en route to Lang Son.
@sammyflex.bsky.socialSummer 1950: A Bren gunner in position during movement of a convoy along Route Coloniale 4 near the Chinese border, en route to Lang Son.
@sammyflex.bsky.socialApril 1950: The 5th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (5e REI) in combat along Route Coloniale 5 between Hanoi and Haiphong. Appear mostly French-armed, with MAS 49s and the FM 24/29, complimented by an M1919 MMG.
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialApril 1950: At Luc Diêm (#1), An Thi (#2+3) and Canh-Lanh (#4), General Marchand reviews local youths and militiamen in villages which have "recently rallied to the French cause." In #2 he is joined by Ss.-Lt. Rosconi, commander of the An Thi sector.
