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Weapons of the Vietnam War. 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 ...
- List of Bombs in The Vietnam War
The United States Air Force, United States Navy and their...
- A-3 Skywarrior
The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a jet-powered strategic bomber...
- L1a1 Self-Loading Rifle
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial...
- M50 Reising
The .45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by...
- Colt Machine Gun
The Colt Machine Gun or CMG was an open bolt belt-fed...
- Beretta M12
The Beretta M12 (Model 12) is a 9×19mm Parabellum caliber...
- Winchester Model 1200
The Model 1200 is a pump-action shotgun that was...
- M41 Walker Bulldog
The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially 76-mm gun tank M41, was...
- List of Bombs in The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a major conflict of the Cold War.
Since 2015, Vietnam has begun exploring purchases of U.S. and European weapons while facing numerous political, historical, and financial barriers, as they cannot continue to rely on Soviet and Chinese weapons especially due to the increasing tensions in the South China Sea dispute.
This category is for articles about the use of military equipment in the Vietnam War.
Background and causes. The Viet Minh waves its flag over a captured French bunker at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The French defeat at the Battle of Ðiện Biên Phủ led to the Geneva Conference and to the partition of Vietnam. Map of a partitioned Vietnam, 1964. The communist-controlled North Vietnam is in red.
United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in Asia, first in an extremely limited capacity and escalating over a period of 20 years. The U.S. military presence peaked in April 1969, with 543,000 American military personnel stationed in Vietnam. [1]
23 Ιουλ 2024 · The PAVN, although having inherited a variety of American, French, and Japanese weapons from World War II and the First Indochina War (aka French Indochina War), were largely armed and supplied by the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union, and its Warsaw Pact allies.