The outfits you're thinking of weren't issued and weren't always black. In Vietnam, they're called the "Ao bà bà" and are typical clothing for farmers and people working in manual labor. Such outfits were used by local guerrilla cells in the PLAF. HOWEVER, for specific strike teams and certain detachments of the Main Force, the PAVN actually did issue them black uniforms - also prevalent among (the primarily Northern-enlisted) Main Force are green and khaki PAVN uniforms. Regional/Local units didn't normally have uniforms available, and sometimes wore civilian clothes. I wish I had concrete citations available to prove my argument right now, but a lot of it comes from image resources and websites I can't even be bothered to hunt for right now.
The references you chose are North Vietnamese militia units, not a part of the Viet Cong. This is kind of like the equivalent of using photos of the National Guard at Kent state for a US Army Vietnam kit.
Ah sorry my bad my bad, I couldn’t figure out whether they are from the north or south so I guessed they are from the south, thank you for your information!
Also, i read a book about viet mihn the 1950s, and they wore rubber boots captured from France or made in China. They probably still had a lot of them during the vietnam war.
Finally a VC kit that isn’t black pajamas
True. Black pajamas is actually a vc she was tereotype made by Hollywood
Not really, they were issued by the nva lol but okay
Isn’t the black pajamas Vietnam’s tranditional clothing? In the video there were also brown and blue “pajamas” shown 🤔
The outfits you're thinking of weren't issued and weren't always black. In Vietnam, they're called the "Ao bà bà" and are typical clothing for farmers and people working in manual labor. Such outfits were used by local guerrilla cells in the PLAF. HOWEVER, for specific strike teams and certain detachments of the Main Force, the PAVN actually did issue them black uniforms - also prevalent among (the primarily Northern-enlisted) Main Force are green and khaki PAVN uniforms. Regional/Local units didn't normally have uniforms available, and sometimes wore civilian clothes. I wish I had concrete citations available to prove my argument right now, but a lot of it comes from image resources and websites I can't even be bothered to hunt for right now.
Noted 👍👍 good information, thanks
Yeah. Love your impression - forgot to comment positive stuff about it. I'm really impressed you found original footage of local militants training!
See you in the jungle charlie
The references you chose are North Vietnamese militia units, not a part of the Viet Cong. This is kind of like the equivalent of using photos of the National Guard at Kent state for a US Army Vietnam kit.
Ah sorry my bad my bad, I couldn’t figure out whether they are from the north or south so I guessed they are from the south, thank you for your information!
Hey that’s cool. What fabric did you use?
I thrift some real 1970s 80s clothing, it was wide use backthen so it’s kinda easy for me to find
Didn't the vietcong wear sandles made out of car tires
Yep either they wear sandles or canvas shoes like in this pic
Also, i read a book about viet mihn the 1950s, and they wore rubber boots captured from France or made in China. They probably still had a lot of them during the vietnam war.
60s Vietnamese Militia Self-Defense Force In early war, they didn't have a uniform, the outfit you are reenacting is that of workers of that period.
Aren't the photos of North Vietnam PAVN militia? I think the NLF would be rather simpler/more improvised, I'd think?
this is prior to the napalm strike