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A wide variety of weapons were used by the different armies operating in the Vietnam War, which included the opposing Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) and People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) during the war, the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), better known as the Viet Cong (VC), as well as all services of the U.S. military, the South Korean and Australian armies, and a variety of irregular troops armed and equipped by both sides. The ARVN and Koreans were armed with U.S. Army weapons, some of which, such as the M1 Carbine, were substitute standard weapons dating from World War II. The PAVN (NVA), although having inherited a miscellany of American, French, and Japanese weapons from earlier stages of the conflict, were largely armed and supplied by its Warsaw Pact allies. In addition some weapons were manufactured in Vietnam, notably anti-personnel explosives, the K-50 (a PPSh-41 variant), and “home-made” versions of the RPG-2. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ...
The Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) is the term used by the Vietnamese for their army, which during the Vietnam War (1961 - 1975) was known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), or Army of North Vietnam. ...
Viet Cong redirects here. ...
Irregular soldiers in Beauharnois, Quebec, 19th century. ...
The M1 Carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Not to be confused with the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement about airlines financial liability and the Treaty of Warsaw (1970) between West Germany and the Peoples Republic of Poland. ...
The K-50 was a submachine gun developed by the Chinese military, but also manufactured in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ...
The PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina, Russian: , nicknamed Phe-phe-sha, Shpagin and Burp Gun) submachine gun was one of the most simplisticly produced weapons of World War II. It was designed by Georgi Shpagin, as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was expensive and time consuming to...
The RPG-2 was the first rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed in the Soviet Union. ...
ARVN, US, Australian, and New Zealand weapons
Chemical weapons In 1961 and 62 the Kennedy administration authorized the use of chemicals to destroy vegetation in South Vietnam. Between 1961 and 1967 the US Air Force sprayed 12 million US gallons of concentrated herbicides (mainly Agent Orange) over 6 million acres (24,000 km²) of foliage and trees, affecting an estimated 13% of South Vietnam's land. In 1997, an article published by the Wall Street Journal reported that up to half a million children were born with dioxin related deformities, and that the birth defects in South Vietnam were fourfold those in the North. The use of Agent Orange may have been contrary to international rules of war at the time. It is also of note that the most likely victims of such an assault would be small children. A 1967 study by the Agronomy Section of the Japanese Science Council concluded that 3.8 million acres (15,000 km²) of land had been destroyed, killing 1000 peasants and 13,000 livestock. For other uses, see Agent Orange (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Agent Orange (disambiguation). ...
Agronomy is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of crops and the soils in which they grow. ...
Small arms 1. Edged weapons(Combat knives, bayonet) 2. Pistols & Revolvers Gerber Mark II with after-market anodization. ...
The M1 Bayonet was designed to be used with the . ...
The M6 Bayonet with scabbard The M6 Bayonet is a bayonet used by the U.S. military for the M14 rifle. ...
The M7 Bayonet is a bayonet used by the U.S. military for the M16 rifle. ...
USMC KA-BAR knife, standard model The KA-BAR is a 7-inch fighting and utility knife first used by the US Marines in World War II, and carried into battle by generations of Marines since that conflict. ...
Caliber: 5. ...
- FNH Browning H-P Mk III pistol - used by Australian and New Zealand forces
- Smith & Wesson Mark 22 Mod.0 "Hush Puppy" - Suppressed pistol used by SEALs, among others
- Colt M1911A1 pistol
- S & W Model 15 (USAF M-15) carried by USAF SPs (Security Police Units)
- S & W models 12
- S & W Aircrewman model (a models 37 with 2 inch barrels and alluminium drum)
3. Machine Pistols/Submachine Guns The Browning Hi-Power is a semi-automatic, single-action, 9 mm pistol. ...
The Smith and Wesson Model 39 was developed for the US Army service pistol trials of 1949. ...
The M1911 is a single-action, semiautomatic handgun chambered for the . ...
4. Assault Rifles The 9 millimeter F1 was a standard Australian submachine gun. ...
The Owen machine carbine was a 9 millimeter Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn Owen in 1939. ...
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 IW (Individual Weapon). ...
The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ...
The Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) is a Special Forces regiment modelled on the original British SAS and also drawing on the traditions of the Australian World War II Z Special Force commando unit, as well as the Independent Companies which were active in the South Pacific during the same...
NgÄti Tumatauenga or New Zealand Army is the land armed force of the New Zealand military and comprises around 4,500 regular personnel and 2,500 non-regulars and civilians. ...
The Special Air Service of New Zealand (NZ SAS) was formed in June 1955 as an elite New Zealand unit capable of special missions. ...
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The Walther MP series is a family of 9 millimetre submachine guns that were produced in Germany from 1963 to 1987. ...
This article is about the submachinegun. ...
Tommy Gun redirects here. ...
The M3 Grease Gun (more formally United States Submachine Gun, Cal. ...
The Military Armament Corporation Model 10 or MAC-10 is a blowback-operated select-fire submachine gun (more specifically a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. ...
Beretta Model 12 is a 9 mm Luger Parabellum caliber submachine gun. ...
5. Battle Rifles Caliber: 5. ...
M16 (more formally United States Rifle, Caliber 5. ...
The G3 is a 7. ...
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- M1/M2 Carbine in early time of the war, by ARVN, South Vietnamese Marine Corps and Republic of Korea Marine Corps
- M1 Garand in early time of the war, by ARVN, South Vietnamese Marine Corps and Republic of Korea Marine Corps
- M-14 rifle - used mainly by U.S. Marine Corps from the beginning of war to March - November 1967 but also US Army infantry (not Cavalry or Airborne) units in 1965, then replaced by M-16s
- L1A1 Self Loading Rifle (SLR) - Used by Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Vietnam
- Springfield M1903
- Ithaca 37 pump-action shotgun
- Remington 870 pump-action shotgun
- Remington 11-48 semi-automatic shotgun
- (The shotguns were used as an individual weapon during jungle patrol; infantry units are (were) authorized a shotgun by TO & E (Table of Organization & Equipment). Shotguns were not general issue to all infantrymen, but were select issue, such as one per squad, etc.)
6. Sniper Rifles The M1 Carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . ...
The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
M14 and M-14 redirect here. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
The Fusil Automatique Leger, or Light Automatic Rifle (LAR). ...
The Springfield 1903 rifle (military designation United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
The Ithaca 37 is a pump-action shotgun made in large numbers for the civilian, military, and police markets. ...
The Remington Model 870 is a U.S.-made pump-action shotgun. ...
The Remington 11-48 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms. ...
7. Machine guns 7mm magnum Winchester Model 70, with a muzzle brake. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
This article is about the M40 rifle. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
The M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) is the semi-automatic sniper rifle adaptation of the popular M14 rifle. ...
The Springfield 1903 rifle (military designation United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
8. Grenades and Mines Caliber: 5. ...
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Official Name USMC Force Reconnaissance Force Recon Marines Branch United States Marine Corps Command Structure MARFORPAC; MEF I, III; MEU(SOC) 11, 13, 15, 31 MARFORLANT, MEF II; MEU(SOC) 22, 24, 26 MARFORRES, Reserves Description MEU(SOC) Deep Recon Capability, Special Operations Capability Readiness Any shore in the world...
For other uses, see M60. ...
The Browning M1919 was a . ...
This article is about the . ...
9. Grenade Launcher A Vietnam era MK2 grenade. ...
Parts of the M18A1 Claymore The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine used by the U.S. military. ...
The M61 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the US Armed Forces. ...
The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break open grenade launcher which fires a 40 x46 mm grenade and first appeared during the Vietnam War. ...
The XM148 was an experimental 40 mm grenade launcher developed by Colt Firearms as the CGL-4 (Colt Grenade Launcher). ...
The bazooka weapon was one of the first anti-tank weapons based on the HEAT shell to enter service, used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II and the Korean War. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW) is a portable one-shot 66 mm anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Talley Defense Systems, produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway. ...
The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW) is a portable one-shot 66 mm anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Talley Defense Systems, produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway. ...
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The FIM-43 Redeye was a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. ...
An SA-7 in use Russian Manportable SAM System SA-18/GROUSE MANPADS (Human-Portable Air-Defence System) are shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. ...
Artillery M67 recoilless rifle. ...
The M102 howitzer firing First introduced during the Vietnam War, the M102 was the light-towed 105 mm howitzer used by the United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. ...
19th century 12 pounder (5 kg) mountain howitzer displayed by the National Park Service at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, USA A howitzer is a type of artillery piece that is characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small explosive charges to propel projectiles at trajectories with...
Artillery ammunition - Beehive rounds
- White phosphorus (marking round)"Willy Peter"
- HE, general purpose (High Explosive)
- Canister
This article is about Beehive ammunition. ...
Ground Attack & bomber aircraft The Douglas A-1 (formerly AD) Skyraider was a U.S. single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. ...
One of the most prominent of the trainer-attack type aircraft is the Cessna T-37/A-37, known in various forms as the Tweety Bird, Tweet, Dragonfly, or Super Tweet. ...
The F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II) is a low cost entry level supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1962. ...
The A-4 Skyhawk was an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. ...
The A-6 Intruder is a twin-engine, mid-wing attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. ...
The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-based subsonic light attack aircraft design that was introduced to replace the A-4 Skyhawk in US Naval service and based on the successful supersonic F-8 Crusader aircraft produced by Chance Vought. ...
A U.S. Air Force F-111 The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark (the nickname was unofficial for most of its lifespan, but it was officially named Aardvark at its retirement ceremony for the United States Air Force) is a long-range strategic bomber, reconnaissance, and tactical strike aircraft. ...
“B-52†redirects here. ...
The Martin B-57 Canberra was a twin-engine jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft which entered service in the 1950s. ...
Seal of the Air Force. ...
The English Electric Canberra was a first-generation jet bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. ...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...
The Bell AH-1 Cobra is an attack helicopter. ...
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, was a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam war. ...
The Douglas AC-47 Spooky was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. ...
The AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed ground attack airplane. ...
The AC-119 Shadow and Stinger were developed during the Vietnam War. ...
The AC-119 Shadow and Stinger were developed during the Vietnam War. ...
Fighter aircraft Mainly used to protect (fighter escort) bombers over North Vietnam's sky. Some fighters also served as fighter-bombers. “F-4†redirects here. ...
The F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft built by Chance-Vought of Dallas, Texas, USA. It replaced the Vought F-7 Cutlass. ...
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, commonly known as the Thud by its crews, was a single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. ...
F-100A Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the USAF from 1954 to 1971 and with the ANG until 1979. ...
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military aircraft flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command, the Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including the fighter bomber, all-weather...
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger fighter aircraft was part of the backbone of the United States air defenses in the late 1950s. ...
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was a single-engined, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1958 until 1967. ...
Cargo & transport aircraft A United States Coast Guard HC-123B Provider The C-123 Provider, originally as an assault glider aircraft for the United States Air Force by Chase Aircraft, was developed into a powered transport aircraft by the Fairchild Company, and went on to serve most notably with US forces in South...
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. ...
C-141 Starlifter A C-141 Starlifter leaves a vapor trail over Antarctica // The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a military strategic airlifter in service with the United States Air Force. ...
This article is about the military versions of the Bell 204 and 205 models. ...
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a military transport aircraft designed to provide strategic heavy airlift over intercontinental distances. ...
The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (known in the US military as the C-7 Caribou) was designed as a specialized transport for STOL (short takeoff and landing). ...
Seal of the Air Force. ...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...
April 1, 2004: Sailors from USS Saipan (LHA-2) rush out to unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight. ...
The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite was a United States Navy ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. ...
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is a twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW)helicopter. ...
The Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw (also known as the Sikorsky S-58) was a military helicopter originally designed for the US Navy for service in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role. ...
The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. ...
CH-54 carrying an M551 Sheridan tank on a sling mount during transmission testing for the CH-54B. The CH-54 Tarhe was a twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. ...
The OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine, single-rotor, observation and light attack helicopters manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron and originally based on the companys Bell 206A JetRanger helicopter. ...
The Hughes H-6 is a family of light utility and assault helicopters of the United States Army. ...
The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter that was used by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the 1950s through 1970s. ...
Aircraft Ordnance - See also: List of Bombs in the Vietnam War
- GBUs
- CBUs
- BLU-82 Daisy cutter
- Napalm
- Bomb, 250 lb, 500 lb, 750 lb, 1000 lb, HE (high explosive), general purpose
- Rocket, aerial, HE (High Explosive), 2.75 inch
- M61 Vulcan, 20 mm
- Minigun, 7.62 mm
- M197 Gatling gun, 20mm
BOLT-117 laser guided bomb Precision-guided munitions (smart munitions or smart bombs) are self-guiding weapons intended to maximize damage to the target while minimizing collateral damage. Because the damage effects of an explosive weapon scale as a power law with distance, quite modest improvements in accuracy (and hence...
A US B-1 Lancer releasing its payload of cluster bombs Cluster Munitions or Cluster Bombs are air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions (bomblets). The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. ...
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...
A simulated Napalm explosion during MCAS Air Show in 2003. ...
Unmounted M61 Vulcan The M61 Vulcan is a 20 mm hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style cannon with an extremely high rate of fire. ...
For other uses, see M134 (disambiguation). ...
The M197 electric cannon is a three-barreled electric Gatling gun developed primarily for use by US Army helicopter gunships. ...
Vehicles - M38A1 1/4 ton jeep
- Ford M151 MUTT 1/4 ton Military Utility Tactical Truck (jeep)
- Dodge M37, 3/4 ton (pick-up truck)
- Truck, cargo/troops, 2 1/2 ton (deuce and a half)
- Truck, cargo/troops, 5 ton
- M520 Goer Truck, Cargo, 8-ton, 4x4
- Land Rover short and long wheelbase Australian and New Zealand forces.
The Willys MB US Army Jeep, along with the nearly identical Ford GPW were manufactured from 1941 to 1945. ...
M151 with top up and closed TOW missile being fired from M151A2. ...
The Dodge M37 (G-741) was a ¾ ton four-wheel drive truck. ...
The M520 Goer Truck, Cargo, 8-ton, 4x4 truck series was formerly the US Army’s standard heavy tactical truck before its replacement by the HEMTT. As trucks go, the Caterpillar Goer stands out, due to being articulated, amphibious, overly wide and lacking suspension on the wheels. ...
Armoured fighting vehicles Tanks Other vehicles The Light Tank M24 was an American light tank used during World War II and in postwar conflicts including the Korean War. ...
The M41 Walker Bulldog was an American light tank developed to replace the M24 Chaffee. ...
The M48 Patton was one of the U.S armys principal main battle tanks of the Cold War, with models in service from the early 1950s to the 1990s. ...
The M551 Sheridan was an Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault vehicle, developed by the United States, and named after Civil War General Philip Sheridan. ...
The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ...
The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ...
- M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
- M113 ACAV Armoured Cavalry Assault Vehicle
- LVTP5 Landing Craft
- M50 Ontos
- Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando
- Mark I PBRs (Patrol Boat River)
- LARC-LX
- BARC
- AMTRAC'S, amphibious tractors, US Marine Corps
- M-114 Reconnaissance vehicle
- M42 Duster (M-47 light tank hull, with a naval twin 40MM mounted on an open turret)
- Monitor, heavily gunned riverine craft
- Swift Boat, (PCF) Patrol Craft Fast
- ASPB, Assault Support Patrol Boat, (known as Alpha boats)
- Cessna O-1 Bird dog, observation plane
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster, observation plane
- North American OV-10 Bronco, attack/observation plane
The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations. ...
The LVT-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) was a family of amphibious armoured fighting vehicles used by the United States Marine Corps. ...
The Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was a light anti-tank vehicle developed in the US in the 1950s. ...
V-100 (XM706) Armored Car w/ a turret featuring a minigun advertisement The V-100 Commando is an amphibious APC built by Cadillac Gage. ...
Patrol Boat Patrol Boat, Rigid (sometimes River or Riverine), or PBR, is the US Navy designation for a type of rigid hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War. ...
A US Army photo of a LARC-LX at sea. ...
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M114 U.S. Army Vietnam-era command and reconnaissance carrier The M114 is a lightweight, low-silhouette vehicle, designed to complement the M113 for command and reconnaissance missions. ...
The M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun, or Duster as it was known, was an armored light air-defense gun built for the U.S. Army from 1952 until December 1959. ...
River monitor was the strongest class of riverine warships. ...
Swift Boat PCF71 in Vietnam, showing forward twin . ...
The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog, was the first all metal fixed wing aircraft ordered for and by the US Army, since the US Army Air Force separated from the army in 1947, becoming its own branch of service, the United States Air Force. ...
The O-2 Skymaster (also known as the Oscar Deuce or The Duck) is a military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster. ...
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Gunship Vehicles ( commonly cargo ), armed with automatic weapons. - Boeing/ Vertol CH-47 Chinook Gunship
- Gun trucks, 2 1/2 ton (deuce an a half), and 5 ton cargo trucks with quad .50 cal machinguns mounted in the back
- M16 Halftracks with quad .50 cal machineguns in the back
- Gun jeeps, 1/4 tons with mounted M-60 machineguns
- Bell UH-1 Huey Gunships
- Land Rover, short and long wheelbase, with single and twin M60 machineguns. Aust. and NZ forces
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
A Gun Truck of the type used in Iraq, based on an M939 five-ton truck A gun truck is an improvised military armoured vehicle, based on a conventional cargo truck that is able to carry a large weight of weapons and armour. ...
The Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3 was an armoured vehicle used by the United States and its allies during World War II and the Cold War. ...
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, was a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam war. ...
PAVN (NVA)(VC) weapons The PAVN, or NVA (North Vietnamese Army), VC (Viet Cong-Southern communist guerrillas) as they were commonly referred to during the war, largely used standard Warsaw Pact weapons. All Warsaw Pact weapons used by the North Vietnamese, also included Chinese Communist variants, which were referred to as CHICOM's by the US military. This distinction was in recognition of Taiwan (Nationalist China), a US ally.
Small arms 1. Pistols 2. Machine-Pistols/Sub Machine-guns The Nagant M1895 Revolver was designed and produced by a Belgian industrialist, Léon Nagant. ...
The Makarov PM (Pistolet Makarova, muh-KAR-uhv, Russ: ПиÑтолет Макарова ПМ) is a semi-automatic pistol designed in the late 1940s, by Nikolai Fyodorovich Makarov, and was the Soviet Unions standard military side arm. ...
The Stechkin APS (Avtomaticheskij Pistolet Stechkina, Russian: ÐвтоматичеÑкий ПиÑтолет Стечкина ) is a Russian selective-fire machine pistol. ...
The TT-30 (7,62 mm Samozarjadnyi Pistolet Tokareva obraztsa 1933 goda, Russian: 7,62-мм ÑамозарÑдный пиÑтолет Токарева образца 1933 года) is a semi-automatic pistol developed by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet military to replace the Nagant M1895 revolvers in use since tsarist times. ...
The C96, or Broomhandle Mauser, was the first semi-automatic pistol to see widespread use. ...
3. Assault Rifle Designed by Aleksei Sudaev and first issued during the Siege of Leningrad, PPS-43 (Pistolet-Pulemet Sudaeva, Russian: ПиÑтолет-пулемёт Судаева) was a result of further simplification of the PPSh-41, and it is often considered the best submachine gun of World War II. It was initially produced as PPS-42, but soon...
The PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina, Russian: , nicknamed Phe-phe-sha, Shpagin and Burp Gun) submachine gun was one of the most simplisticly produced weapons of World War II. It was designed by Georgi Shpagin, as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was expensive and time consuming to...
The MAT-49 was a firearm developed by French arms factory Manufacture Nationale dArmes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army. ...
4. Battle Rifle Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44) was an assault rifle developed in Nazi Germany during World War II and was the first of its kind to see major deployment. ...
Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ...
The Type 56 assault rifle is a Chinese copy of the Kalashnikov AK-47, which has been manufactured since 1956. ...
For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
The Vz 58 (Samopal vzor 58 in full) is a Czech assault rifle also known as Sa vz 58 or sometimes (incorrectly) CZ 58. ...
- Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles and carbines - both Soviet (e.g. M-1891/1930 rifles, M-1938 carbines, and M-1944 carbines) and Red Chinese (e.g. The CHICOM Type 53 carbine (a CHICOM copy of the M-1944 carbine)) versions.
- Mauser Karabiner 98k bolt-action rifles - came from various sources. A number of Mauser Kar-98ks that were in the hands of the NLF and the NVA were captured from and/or left behind by French forces from the First Indochina War. Later, Mauser Kar-98ks used by NVA and NLF came from the Soviet Union due to the Soviets capturing large numbers of these rifles from the Germans during and after World War II and were providing them as military aid to pro-Moscow nations and Marxist movements.
- SKS semi-automatic rifles - both Soviet and Red Chinese versions. The Red Chinese versions of the SKS are known as the Type 56 Carbine.
- Tokarev SVT-40 semiautomatic rifle
5. Sniper Rifle The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD rifle (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова - Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova - Dragunov...
CCCP redirects here. ...
For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ...
The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k or K98k) was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the Wehrmacht,[3] and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. ...
Viet Cong redirects here. ...
40th anniversary of Vietnam Peoples Army, commemorated on 1984 Vietnam postage stamp block The Vietnam Peoples Army (VPA) (Vietnamese: ) is official name for the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. ...
Combatants French Union France State of Vietnam Cambodia Laos Viet Minh Commanders French Expeditionary Corps Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1945-46) Jean-Étienne Valluy (1946-8) Roger Blaizot (1948-9) Marcel-Maurice Carpentier (1949-50) Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1950-51) Raoul Salan (1952-3) Henri Navarre (1953-4...
40th anniversary of Vietnam Peoples Army, commemorated on 1984 Vietnam postage stamp block The Vietnam Peoples Army (VPA) (Vietnamese: ) is official name for the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. ...
Viet Cong redirects here. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The SKS is a Russian semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. ...
A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, without the need to manually operate a bolt, lever or other firing or loading mechanism. ...
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For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
The SKS is a Russian semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. ...
The SKS is a Russian semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. ...
The Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva 40 is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle, which saw widespread service in World War II. It was the first self-loading battle rifle which was issued to service in large numbers. ...
6. Machine-guns The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD rifle (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова - Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova - Dragunov...
The Dragunov Sniper Rifle (Russian: , abbreviated SVD, GRAU index 6V1), is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov in the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1963. ...
7. Hand-Grenade and Mines The RPK (Ruchnoy pulemyot Kalashnikova, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова) is the light machine gun that replaced the RPD in the role as squad automatic weapon for Soviet infantry. ...
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, one of the most popular modern 5. ...
The RPD is a belt-fed machine gun formerly manufactured in the Soviet Union and in China. ...
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, one of the most popular modern 5. ...
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For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
The Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotnyi (Degtyaryov hand-held infantry machine gun) was a light machine gun used by the Soviet Union starting in 1928. ...
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Afghan National Army soldiers with vz. ...
The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, was a German machine gun that was first produced and accepted for service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. ...
The Type 11 Light Machine Gun (一一年å¼è»½æ©Ÿé–¢éŠƒ) was a Japanese machine gun produced after the First World War. ...
The Type 99 Light Machine Gun was a light machine gun produced by Japan during the Second World War. ...
8. Portable Grenade Launcher F-1 Hand grenade The Soviet F-1 hand grenade, nicknamed the limonka (lemon) is an anti-personnel fragmentation grenade. ...
The Soviet RG-42 was an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed from the prior RGD-33 during World War II. It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT). ...
The Soviet RGD-33 was an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed in 1933 from the Model 1914 grenade used during World War I. It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT) in a cylindrical can and had a short wooden handle making it about 200 millimeters long. ...
- RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenades
- RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenades
The RPG-2 was the first rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed in the Soviet Union. ...
The RPG-7 (Russian: ) is a widely-produced, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. ...
Artillery - ZPU-4 quad 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun
- ZU-23 quad 23 mm anti-aircraft cannon
- M1939 37 mm anti-aircraft gun
- S-60 57 mm anti-aircraft gun
- 82 mm and 120 mm mortars (M1938)
- 122 mm Katyusha Rockets
- 120 mm guns
The Soviet M1938 120-millimetre calibre mortar has made significant impacts in modern warfare. ...
Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery built and fielded by the Soviet Union beginning in the Second World War. ...
Vehicles The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ...
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Farmer) is a Soviet third-generation, single-seat, jet-engined fighter aircraft. ...
MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ...
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. ...
Antonov An-2. ...
The Mil Mi-4 (originally known to US intelligence as the Type-36 and later by the NATO reporting name Hound) was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles. ...
Russian Mi-8 Hip The Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name Hip) is a large transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. ...
The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious tank which was introduced in early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armies. ...
An amphibious vehicle is a vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water - just like an amphibian. ...
The BTR-50 was a Soviet amphibious armoured personnel carrier based on the PT-76 tank chassis. ...
The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...
The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). ...
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940, at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. ...
The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ...
A ZSU-57-2 SPAAG. Photo by GulfLINK. The ZSU-57-2 (Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka) is a lightly armoured, self propelled Soviet air defence cannon ( SPAAG). ...
Substitute standard weapons used by Irregular forces
Small arms Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
The M1 Carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . ...
The Springfield M1903, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
The MAS Modèle 36 was the last bolt-action rifle to be standard in adopted by any large army. ...
The MAS 49 is a French designed semiautomatic rifle that was intended to replace the motley collection of aging French bolt-action rifles and captured German rifles after the end of WWII. The MAS (which stands for Manufacture dArmes St. ...
The MAT-49 was a firearm developed by French arms factory Manufacture Nationale dArmes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army. ...
The MP40 (Maschinenpistole 40, literally machine pistol 40) was a submachine gun developed in Germany and used extensively by paratroopers and platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II. The MP40 had a relatively lower rate of fire and low recoil, which made it more manageable than...
Pistolet-pulemet (Пистоле́т-пулемёт) means submachine gun in Russian. ...
The Carl Gustav M/45 (also known as the Swedish K SMG) is a 9mm Swedish submachine gun developed in 1945 (hence the designation m/45) at the Carl Gustav factory by Swedish weapons designer Gunnar Johnsson. ...
The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD rifle (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова - Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova - Dragunov...
Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ...
The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k or K98k) was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the Wehrmacht,[3] and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. ...
Other M6 bayonet U.S. Used on M-14 The M6 Bayonet with scabbard The M6 Bayonet is a bayonet used by the U.S. military for the M14 rifle. ...
M1 Bayonet U.S. and ARVN Used on M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and M-14 The M1 Bayonet was designed to be used with the . ...
M7 Bayonet U.S. Use with the M-16 The M7 Bayonet is a bayonet used by the U.S. military for the M16 rifle. ...
Other types of knives, bayonets, and blades. This article is about the tool. ...
The US Marine Corps OKC-3S bayonet A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife- or dagger-shaped weapon designed to fit on or over the muzzle of a rifle or similar weapon. ...
For other uses of the word blade, see Blade (disambiguation) A blade is the part of a sword that is used to cut (as opposed to the hilt). ...
A wide variety of anti-personnel landmines and booby traps were used in the Vietnam war, including punji stakes. “Minefield†redirects here. ...
Area denial weapons are used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land. ...
An American marine walks through a gully of punji sticks during the Vietnam War The Punji stick or Punji stake is a type of a non-explosive booby trap. ...
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