User:Skizmophonic/Draft Preview
Reusable draft preview page. This page is safe to overwrite for phone previews before updating the real wiki article.
Current packet: Body Armor general hub preview
Source packet file: content_packets/body_armor_packet.md
| Factions | Body Armor | Icon | Classes | Equip Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 VC |
 ChiCom Body Armor |
|
All |
Unknown |
 US |
M69 Flak Vest |
|
All |
Unknown |
Body Armor is protective equipment in Military Conflict: Vietnam. The equipment is split into two side-specific variants: the U.S. M69 Flak Vest and the VC ChiCom Body Armor. These items represent Vietnam War-era protective armor, especially fragmentation protection, rather than modern rifle-rated plate armor.
HISTORY
Body armor in the Vietnam War was usually meant to reduce wounds from shell, grenade, mine, and bomb fragments. U.S. fragmentation vests developed from Korean War-era body armor and continued to evolve during Vietnam, including the U.S. Army vest commonly known as the M69 Flak Vest.
North Vietnamese and VC-side body armor is less straightforward. Vietnamese and collector sources describe armored vests used by Trường Sơn / Đoàn 559 transport drivers on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, while attribution varies between Vietnamese-designed examples, foreign-supplied examples, and collector descriptions of Chinese-made or “ChiCom” armor. For that reason, the ChiCom Body Armor page should treat the in-game name carefully and separate confirmed game information from historical interpretation.
Variants
- M69 Flak Vest - U.S. body armor variant.
- ChiCom Body Armor - VC body armor variant.
Sources
- M69 Fragmentation protective body armour vest | Australian War Memorial
- Body Armour, M69 Fragmentation Vest: US | Imperial War Museums
- "This Vest May Save Your Life!": U.S. Army Body Armor from World War II to Present | U.S. Army Special Operations History Office
- Chiếc áo giáp của Anh hùng LLVT nhân dân Đỗ Văn Chiến | Báo Quân Đội Nhân Dân mirror
- North Vietnamese Army Body Armor - Ho Chi Minh Trail | Enemy Militaria