ARVN, US, Australian, and New Zealand weapons
Chemical weapons
1. Agent Orange (Dioxin)
Small arms
1. Edged weapons(Combat knives, bayonet)
Randall No. 1
Gerber Mark II
M1 bayonet
M6 bayonet
M7 bayonet
KA-BAR, US Marine Corp only
2. Pistols & Revolvers
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 SEAL's, among others
Colt M1911A1 pistol
S & W Model 15 (USAF M-15) carried by USAF SP's (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
F-1 sub-machine gun - used by Australian forces
Owen sub-machine gun - used by Australian soldiers until it was replaced by the M-16 rifle later on during the war
Sterling L2A3 sub-machine gun - used by both Australian and New Zealand forces, in particular the Australian Army's Special Air Service Regiment and the New Zealand Army's Special Air Service Squadron. Australian and New Zealand SAS units and the U.S. Navy SEALs also utilised the silenced version of the Sterling sub-machine gun (the L34A1) on commando missions.
Walther MP (MPL), often suppressed for action behind the enermy's lines
Carl Gustav M/45 or Kulsprutepistol m/45, used by US Navy SEAL's and ARVN (South Vietnam)
Thompson M1A1 - In limited use by Americans and South Vietnamese
M3/A1 'Grease Gun' - Used by Americans and ARVN (South Vietnam)
Ingram MAC-10, used only by U.S. Special Forces
4. Assault Rifles
Colt XM-177 A1, Short assault rifle
Armalite/Colt XM16 and M16 A1 - main rifle since 1963
Heckler & Koch G3 automatic rifle - used by U.S. Navy SEALs
5. Battle Rifles
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
Winchester Model 70 bolt-action sniper rifles - used by U.S. Marine Corps snipers
M-40 sniper rifle - used by U.S. Marine Corps snipers
M21 Sniper Weapon System (or XM21 in test phase) - an accuratized version of M-14
M1903A4 sniper rifle
7. Machine guns
Stoner M63a Commando & Mark 23 Mod.0 - used by U.S. Navy SEALs and tested by Force Recon
Saco Defence M60 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun), also know as "Pig"
Browning M1919-A6 medium machine gun
Browning M2HB .50cal Heavy Machine Gun
8. Grenades and Mines
Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand/Rifle Grenade
Claymore M18A1 is an anti-personnel mine
M61 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
9. Grenade Launcher
M79 grenade launcher
XM148 grenade launcher
M20 Super Bazooka used mainly by U.S. Marine Corps before introduction of M72 LAW
M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon)
Mk.19 Automatic Grenade Launcher
FIM-43 Redeye MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence System)
[edit] Artillery
57-mm, 75-mm, 90mm, and 106-mm Recoilless rifle
75 mm and M102 105 mm Howitzer
60 mm, 81 mm, and 107 mm, commonly referred to as the four deuce (4.2 inch mortar)Mortar
M2 105 mm howitzer
M109 155 self-propelled howitzer
M107 175mm self-propelled
M110 8-inch self-propelled howitzer
[edit] Artillery ammunition
Beehive rounds
White phosphorus (marking round)"Willy Peter"
HE, general purpose (High Explosive)
Canister
[edit] Ground Attack & bomber aircraft
Douglas A-1 Skyraider carrier borne propeller driven dive bomber
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk carrier borne light attack plane
Grumman A-6 Intruder carrier borne all weather medium bomber
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II carrier borne ground attack plane
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Fighter/Bomber
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber
Martin B-57 Canberra medium bombers - used by the U.S. Air Force
English Electric/GAF Canberra B.20 medium bomber - used by the Royal Australian Air Force
Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter
Boeing/Vertol CH-47 Chinooks and Bell UH-1 "Huey" played in gunship role
Douglas AC-47 Spooky Gunship
Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship
Fairchild AC-119G "Shadow" Gunship
Fairchild AC-119K "Stinger" Gunship
[edit] Fighter aircraft
Mainly used to protect (fighter escort) bombers over North Vietnam's sky. Some fighters also served as fighter-bombers.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II carrier and land based fighter plane
Chance-Vought F-8 Crusader carrier borne fighter
Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter plane
North American F-100 Super Sabre fighter plane
McDonnell Douglas F-101 Voodoo (RF-101) fighter/reconnaissance plane
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger fighter
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fighter
[edit] Cargo & transport aircraft
Chase C-123 Provider cargo plane
Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo plane
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter cargo plane
Bell UH-1 Huey helicopters in several configurations
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo plane
De Havilland Canada DHC-4/C-7 Caribou cargo plane - used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam
Boeing/Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
Kaman H-2 Seasprite helicopter
Sikorsky H-3 Sea King
Sikorsky UH-34 Seahorse Transport/Cargo helicopter
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter
Sikorsky CH-54 Skycrane helicopter
Bell OH-58 Kiowa Transport/ Observation helicopter
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse Transport/ Observation helicopter
Kaman H-43 Huskie Transport/cargo helicopter
[edit] Aircraft Ordnance
See also: List of Bombs in the Vietnam War
GBUs
CBUs
BLU-82 Daisy cutter
Napalm
Bomb, 250 LBs, 500 LBs, 750 Lbs, 1000 Lbs, HE (High Explosive), general purpose
Rocket, aerial, HE (High Explosive), 2.75 inch
M61 Vulcan, 20MM
Mini-gun , 7,62MM
[edit] 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.
[edit] Armoured fighting vehicles
Tanks
M24 Chaffee light tank
M41 Walker Bulldog light tank
M48 Patton medium tank
M551 Sheridan airborne reconnaissance assault vehicle, currently referred to as a light tank
Centurion main battle tank - used by the Australian Army
Other vehicles
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
[edit] 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 machinguns
Bell UH-1 Huey Gunships
Land Rover, short and long wheelbase, with single and twin M60 machine guns. Aust. and NZ forces
[edit] 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.
[edit] Small arms
1. Pistols
Nagant M1895
Makarov PM semi-automatic pistol
Stechkin APS selective fire (single shot/automatic) pistol
Tokarev TT-33 semi-automatic pistol
Mauser C-96 Mod.1916
2. Machine-Pistols/Sub Machine-guns
Škorpion vz. 61
PPS-43
PPSh-41
MAT-49
3. Assault Rifle
Sturmgewehr 44 (WW2 German assault rifle, imported il limited number by Russian and used by Vietcong)
AK-47 (Soviet)
Chicom Type 56 (Communist Chinese)
Sa vz.58 (Imported in Vietnam by Soviet)
4. Battle Rifle
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 available due to the Soviets capturing large numbers of these rifles from the Germans during and after World War II.
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
Mosin-Nagant with PU or PO scope
Dragunov Sniper Rifle SVD-63 with PSO-1 scope
6. Machine-guns
RPK light machine guns
RPD light machine guns - both Soviet and Red Chinese versions.
Degtyarev DP28, DPM and RP-46 - both Soviet and Red Chinese versions.
Vz. 59
MG 34
Type 11 Light Machine Gun
Type 24 machine gun
Type 26 light machine gun
Type 30 light machine gun
Type 99 light machine gun
7. Hand-Grenade and Mines
F1 grenades (Limonka)
RG-42 grenades
RGD-33 grenades
POMZ-2 mines
TMB-2 mines
TM-41 mines
8. Portable Grenade Launcher
RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenades
RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenades
[edit] 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
[edit] Vehicles
MiG-21 jet fighter
MiG-19 jet fighter, used in limited numbers
MiG-17 jet fighter
MiG-15 jet fighter, used in limited numbers
AN-2 aircraft
Mi-4 helicopter
Mi-8 helicopter
PT-76 amphibious tank
BTR-50 APC
BMP-1 APC
ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft self-propelled systems
T-34/85 medium tank, used in limited numbers
T-55 main battle tanks
ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft self-propelled system, fielded in limited numbers.
[edit] Substitute standard weapons used by Irregular forces
[edit] Small arms
Arisaka rifles, bolt action
M1 Garand rifle, semi-automatic
M1 carbines, semi-automatic
Springfield M1903 bolt-action rifles
MAS-36 rifles
MAS-49 rifles
MAT-49 submachine gun and local variants
MP40 submachine guns
PPS-43 submachine gun and local variants
Swedish K submachine guns
Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles and carbines
Mauser Karabiner 98k bolt-action rifles