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Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
Vietnam People's Army Ministry of National Defence Command General Staff Services Air Defence - Air Force Navy Border Guard Coast Guard Ranks and history Vietnamese military ranks and insignia History of Vietnamese military ranks Military history of Vietnam During the First Indochina War (1946–1954), Vietnam War (1955–1975), Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1977–1989), Sino-Vietnamese War ...
5.2 Vietnam War. 6 Modern day. 7 See also. 8 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of all military weapons ever used by the United States. This ...
Common weapons included the French MAS-36 and other weapons left behind from the First Indochina war, the Soviet Mosin-Nagant, especially M1944 carbines, mostly by way of China. Mauser Kar98k rifles, both of captured German origin by way of Soviet Union or Chinese-made Chiang Kai-shek rifles were also provided as military aid.
Like Rolling Thunder: The Air War in Vietnam, 1964–1975, 2005 ISBN 0-7425-4302-1; World Book, Inc. (ed.) The World Book Encyclopedia, 2000 ISBN 0-7166-0100-1; Websites: PBS Weapons of the Vietnam War retrieved November 11, 2007
The Vietnam War proved to be a highly mobile operation for Australian forces, who often engaged their enemies during arduous jungle patrols through thick and difficult terrain. Much of the equipment used on the battlefields of the Korean War proved to be too cumbersome for this type of warfare, including long-arms such as the Lee–Enfield SMLEs.
The CBU-55 was never used again in the war, and South Vietnam's government surrendered on April 30. [1] A second generation of the CBU-55 (and CBU-72) fuel-air weapons entered the United States military arsenal after the Vietnam War, and were used by the United States in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. [4]
Pages in category "Military equipment of the Vietnam War" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Weapons of the Vietnam War;