List of weapons of the Vietnam War
List of 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](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NationalFirearmsMuseum%2CVietnam-erarifles.jpg/250px-NationalFirearmsMuseum%2CVietnam-erarifles.jpg)
List of weapons of the Vietnam War
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 Armed Forces, Korean People's Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), United States Armed Forces, Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Royal Thai Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, and New Zealand Defence Force, with a variety of irregular troops.
List of weapons of the Vietnam War
Nearly all United States-allied forces were armed with U.S. weapons including the M1 Garand, M1 carbine, M14 rifle, and M16 rifle. The Australian and New Zealand forces employed the 7.62 mm L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle as their service rifle, with the occasional use of the M16 rifle.
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