Vietnam Military Training Footage Surfaces: Soldiers Use Swivel-Mounted Rifles to Engage Drone Targets
Footage reportedly from a Vietnamese military training exercise has circulated online, showing soldiers using rifles mounted on swivel stands to track and engage aerial drone targets. The video highlights a growing global trend of militaries incorporating small-arms Counter-UAS training into standard drills, driven by battlefield lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East.
Highlights
- Vietnamese military training footage circulating online shows soldiers firing swivel-mounted rifles at simulated aerial drone targets during a live-fire exercise.
- The swivel-mount system enables 360-degree weapon traversal, improving a shooter's ability to track and engage fast-moving UAVs compared to shoulder-fired methods.
- Vietnam's military appears to have incorporated Counter-UAS small-arms drills as a standard training element, reflecting a broader global military trend.
- Battlefield experience in Ukraine and the Middle East has demonstrated that low-cost commercial drones pose significant threats to conventional military forces, accelerating C-UAS adoption worldwide.
- Counter-UAS methods now span a spectrum from small-arms live-fire training to electronic jamming and directed-energy (laser) weapon systems.
Vietnamese Military Exercise Footage Shows Swivel-Mounted Rifles Used Against Drone Targets
Video footage reportedly sourced from a Vietnamese military training exercise has been widely shared online, showing military personnel using rifles fixed to swivel mounts to engage simulated aerial drone targets during a live-fire drill. The footage was originally sourced via TTV.
Swivel Mounts Improve Small-Arms Effectiveness Against Drones
In the footage, soldiers are seen operating rifles mounted on 360-degree rotating bases, tracking and engaging mock drone targets moving through the air. The swivel-mount design allows shooters to track fast-moving aerial targets with greater stability and precision compared to conventional shoulder-fired methods, improving both tracking capability and firing accuracy against small, agile UAVs.
Counter-UAS Training Becomes a Military Priority Worldwide
As drones play an increasingly significant role on the modern battlefield — fulfilling reconnaissance, strike, and harassment missions — armed forces around the world are ramping up Counter-UAS (C-UAS) training. The Vietnamese training footage suggests that the country's military has integrated drone-engagement drills as a standard component of its combat readiness program.
Lessons drawn from active conflict zones, including the war in Ukraine and engagements across the Middle East, have underscored the threat posed by low-cost commercial or modified drones against conventional military assets. These experiences have accelerated the development and adoption of a wide spectrum of Counter-UAS solutions — ranging from electronic jamming and directed-energy weapons such as lasers, to the kind of small-arms live-fire training visible in this footage.
Video source: TTV
This report is compiled based on available circulated footage and source information. Specific details of the training exercise have yet to be officially confirmed by Vietnamese authorities.
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