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Evgueni Antonov

Evgueni Antonov is a former Major General of the Soviet Army. In 1969 and 1970 was responsible for the team of Soviet military specialists in charge of the DCA for the people’s army of Viet Nam.

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“The Vietnamese Made Sure We Did Not Take Control”

by Evgueni Antonov

8 May 2005

At the beginning of the war, complete units of «Zenith» missile-launchers departed from the USSR to Viet Nam. The 2nd Briansk battalion, for example, left with all its members. There we tested the new material, improved it to escape from the missiles and learned how to shoot against small (...)