I worked in Russia during the 90's for several different American companies. I can assure you the Soviets did have plenty of FG42's to provide to the Viet Namese, just like they provided Thompson SMG's to the North Koreans. As the Soviet armies rolled across Germany during WWII, they pretty...
I was fortunate enough to attend both. I went through basic survival school in February at Fairchild AFB WA. The snow was butt deep to a tall giraffe, but the temperature averaged a balmy 5 degrees. Later, when I was flying out of Eielson AFB, I got to attend "Cool School," also in February...