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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), Army ...
Upgraded by the Military Mechanical Engineering Institute with assistance from Z751 factory to replace old and worn out parts after Vietnam was reunified with American-made weapons replaced with Russian-based weapons. [75] [76] Acquired through capturing them in the Vietnam War. [77] BRDM-2: Armoured scout car: 50 [78] Soviet Union
5.2 Vietnam War. 6 Modern day. 7 See also. ... This is a list of all military weapons ever used by the United States. This list will include all lists dealing with US ...
Heckler & Koch HK33 (Selective Fire Rifle, 5.56×45mm NATO) (Used by the United States Navy Seals during the Vietnam War) Armalite/Colt Model 601/602 (5.56×45mm NATO rifle) (USAF and SOF use only) XM22/E1 Rifle (Selective Fire Rifle, 5.56×45mm NATO)
Today, Vietnam's M107s are operated as second-line artillery pieces in times of war and are currently in reserve storage of the PAVN's Artillery Corps, together with other American artillery pieces captured from American or South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, such as M101 howitzers 105 mm (4.1 in) and M114 howitzers 155 mm (6.1 in).
An M113 ACAV in Vietnam, 1966 This American M113 has been equipped with hollow steel planking along the flanks in an attempt to improve protection against shaped charge weapons. The "armored cavalry assault vehicle" or "ACAV", was a concept and field modification pioneered by the ARVN in 1963 during the Vietnam War. [ 62 ]
In the 1960s, the United States Armed Forces began exploring modern variants of the electrically powered, rotating barrel Gatling-style weapons for use in the Vietnam War. American forces in the Vietnam War, which used helicopters as one of the primary means of transporting soldiers and equipment through the dense jungle, found that their ...
The M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service until 1988. Production of this vehicle was performed by the tank division of the General Motors Corporation .