Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Patrol Craft Fast
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Vietnam People's Navy service=== The [[Vietnam People's Navy]] managed to capture 107 of [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]] PCFs after the [[Fall of Saigon]] in 1975. The PCFs were quickly used in VPN operations at [[Thổ Chu]] and other islands to repel the invasion of the [[Khmer Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://infonet.vietnamnet.vn/hai-chien-voi-pol-pot-tren-dao-tho-chu-chuyen-bay-gio-moi-ke-146990.html | title=Chuyên trang Infonet Báo VietnamNet }}</ref> The Swift Boats are still active in the Vietnam People's Navy.<ref name = "soha">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620100829/http://soha.vn/quan-su/kham-pha-vu-khi-moi-tren-tau-pcf-vn-sau-nang-cap-20140617211242499.htm |archive-date=2014-06-20 |date=2014-06-18|url=http://soha.vn/quan-su/kham-pha-vu-khi-moi-tren-tau-pcf-vn-sau-nang-cap-20140617211242499.htm|title=Khám phá vũ khí mới trên tàu PCF VN sau nâng cấp|language=Vietnamese|publisher=Soha |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://soha.vn/quan-su/gia-sung-da-nang-tren-tau-pcf-20151106203248191.htm | title=Giá súng đa năng trên tàu PCF | date=6 November 2015 }}</ref> The M2 machine gun was replaced by a domestically produced 12.7 mm NSV gun, which had fewer jamming problems and was easier for the crews to maintain.<ref name = "soha"/> The electronic and communication systems were also overhauled.<ref name = "soha"/> Some PCFs captured have a DsHK HMG and an AGS-17 AGL mounted on top.<ref name="Soha2"/>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)