Peoples' Liberation Army (Sino-Vietnamese War)

The Sino-Vietnamese War, also known as the Third Indochina War, was a brief border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978 (which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge).

Chinese forces entered northern Vietnam and captured several cities near the border. On March 6, 1979, China declared that the gate to Hanoi was open and that their punitive mission had been achieved. Chinese troops then withdrew from Vietnam. Both China and Vietnam claimed victory in the last of the Indochina Wars. As Vietnamese troops remained in Cambodia until 1989, China remained unsuccessful in its goal of dissuading Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Sino-Vietnamese border was finalized.

Although unable to deter Vietnam from Cambodia, China succeeded in demonstrating that its Cold War communist adversary, the Soviet Union, was unable to protect its Vietnamese ally.

Features:

- Head sculpt x 1
- Body x 1
- Hand type  x 5
- 80 type helmet
- Type 65 military cap
- 65-style cadre uniform
- Sportswear top
- Liberation shoes
- 56 type submachine gun ammunition chest hanging
- Grenade bag
- Military bag
- Leggings rope x 2
- kettle
- 54 type leather holster
- 54-type leather pistol cartridge
- Type 54 pistol
- 54 type pistol magazine x 2
- Type 56 rifle
- 56 type magazine clip x 4
- Wooden hand grenades x 4