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[[File:National Firearms Museum, Vietnam-era rifles.jpg|thumb|Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: [[M14 rifle|M14]], [[MAS 36]], [[M16]] (30 round magazine), [[AR-10]], M16 (20 round magazine), [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]], [[L1A1]], [[M40 rifle|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 of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN), [[United States Armed Forces]], [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces]], [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]], [[Royal Thai Armed Forces]], [[Australian Defence Force]], and [[New Zealand Defence Force]], with a variety of irregular troops.

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&nbsp;mm [[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle]] as their service rifle, with the occasional use of the M16 rifle.

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. Further, some weapons—notably anti-personnel explosives, the [[K-50M]] (a [[PPSh-41]] copy), and "home-made" versions of the [[RPG-2]]—were manufactured in North Vietnam. By 1969 the US Army had identified 40 rifle/carbine types, 22 machine gun types, 17 types of mortar, 20 recoilless rifle or rocket launcher types, nine types of antitank weapons, and 14 anti-aircraft artillery weapons used by ground troops on all sides. Also in use, mostly by anti-communist forces, were the 24 types of armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and 26 types of field artillery and rocket launchers.

==Communist forces and weapons==
[[File:Captured NVA Weapons.jpg|thumb|Captured PAVN weapons]]
During the early stages of their insurgency, the Viet Cong mainly sustained itself with captured arms (often of American manufacture)((sfn|Sheehan|2009|p=813.3)) or crude, self-made weapons (e.g. copies of the US [[Thompson submachine gun]]((sfn|Sheehan|2009|p=187.2)) and [[shotgun]]s made of galvanized pipes). <ref> [https://ia804705.us.archive.org/31/items/milmanual-fstc-381-4012-typical-foreign-unconventional-weapons/fstc-381-4012_typical_foreign_unconventional_weapons.pdf FSTC 381-4012 Typical Foreign Unconventional Warfare Weapons (U)]</ref>((sfn|Sheehan|2009|p=994.1)) Most arms were captured from poorly defended ARVN militia outposts.((sfn|Sheehan|2009|p=814.4))

Communist forces were principally armed with Chinese and Soviet weaponry though some VC guerrilla units were equipped with Western infantry weapons either captured from French stocks during the first Indochina war, such as the [[MAT-49]], or from ARVN units or requisitioned through illicit purchase.

By Autumn of 1967, all Viet Cong battalions were reequipped with arms of Soviet design such as the [[AK-47]] battle rifle and the [[RPG-2]] anti-tank weapon.((sfn|Sheehan|2009|p=1883.5)) Their weapons were principally of Chinese<ref>((cite web |first=Bob |last=Seals |url=http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/20thcentury/articles/chinesesupport.aspx |title=Chinese Support for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War: The Decisive Edge |work=Military History Online |date=23 September 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504063618/http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/20thcentury/articles/chinesesupport.aspx|archive-date= May 4, 2016))</ref> or Soviet manufacture.<ref>((cite magazine |first=Albert |last=Parray |magazine=Military Review |url=http://calldp.leavenworth.army.mil/eng_mr/txts/VOL47/00000006/art2.pdf |title=Soviet aid to Vietnam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428210157/http://calldp.leavenworth.army.mil/eng_mr/txts/VOL47/00000006/art2.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |date=June 1967))</ref> The period up to the conventional phase in the 1970, the Viet Cong and NVA were mostly limited to mortars, recoilless rifles, and small-arms and had significantly lighter equipment and firepower relative to the US arsenal, relying on ambushes, with superior stealth, planning, marksmanship, and small-unit tactics to face the disproportionate US technological advantage.<ref>((Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jexmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101 |title=Indochina and Vietnam: The Thirty-five Year War, 1940–1975 |last1=Miller |first1=Robert |last2=Wainstock |first2=Dennis D. |publisher=Enigma Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-1936274666 |pages=101–02 |language=en))</ref>

Many divisions within the NVA would incorporate armoured and mechanised battalions including the [[Type 59 tank]], [[BTR-60]], [[D-74 122 mm field gun|Type 60 artillery]], and rapidly altered and integrated new war doctrines following the [[Tet Offensive]] into a mobile combined-arms force.<ref name=":9">((cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/north-vietnams-master-plan.htm |title=North Vietnam's Master Plan |website=HistoryNet |date=12 June 2006 |access-date=2018-06-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409052605/https://www.historynet.com/north-vietnams-master-plan/?f|archive-date=April 9, 2023))</ref> The North Vietnamese had both [[Amphibious vehicle|amphibious tanks]] (such as the [[PT-76]]) and [[light tank]]s (such the [[Type 62]]) used during the conventional phase. Experimental Soviet equipment started being used against ARVN forces at the same time, including [[Man-portable air-defense system]] [[9K32 Strela-2|SA-7 ''Grail'']] and [[anti-tank missile]]s including the [[9M14 Malyutka|AT-3 ''Sagger'']].<ref name=":4">((Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdRWAAAAQBAJ|title=Giáp: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam |last=Warren |first=James A. |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-1137098917))</ref> By 1975, they had fully transformed from the strategy of mobile light-infantry and using the people's war concept used against the United States.<ref name=":9" />
[[File:MIG21F94 so 5020.JPG|thumb|A [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] of the [[Vietnam People's Air Force]], which [[List of Vietnam War flying aces|13 out of 19]] of the VPAF's [[Flying ace|top fighter aces]] had flown in most of the successful interception missions against [[USAF]] and [[USN]] aircraft.<ref>Toperczer, 2015, pp. 228.</ref>]]

==US weapons==
The American [[M16 rifle]] and [[XM177]] carbine, which both replaced the M14, were lighter and considered more accurate than the [[AK-47]] but in Vietnam was prone to "failure to extract", in which the spent cartridge case remained stuck in the chamber after a round was fired, preventing the next round from feeding and jamming the gun.((citation needed|date=September 2021)) This was ultimately traced to an inadequately tested switch in propellants from DuPont's proprietary IMR 4475 to Olin's WC 846, that Army Ordnance had ordered out of concern for standardization and mass production capacity.((citation needed|date=September 2021))

The heavily armored, 90&nbsp;mm gun [[M48 Patton|M48A3 'Patton' tank]] saw extensive action during the Vietnam War and over 600 were deployed with U.S. forces. They played an important role in infantry support though there were a few tank versus tank battles. The [[M67 Flame Thrower Tank|M67A1 flamethrower tank]] (nicknamed the [[Zippo]]) was an M48 variant used in Vietnam. Artillery was used extensively by both sides but the Americans were able to ferry the lightweight 105&nbsp;mm [[M102 howitzer]] by helicopter to remote locations on quick notice.<ref>Hagerman, Bart. ''USA Airborne: 50th Anniversary''. Turner Publishing Company, p. 237.</ref><ref name="Tolsonarmy">((cite book |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/vietnam/airmobility/airmobility-fm.html |title=Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961–71 |work=Department of the Army |author=Tolson, John J. |year=1989 |publisher=US Government Printing Office |id=CMH Pub 90-4|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175237/http://www.history.army.mil/books/vietnam/airmobility/airmobility-fm.html|archive-date= April 26, 2011))</ref> With its ((convert|17|mi|km|adj=on)) range, the Soviet [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|130 mm M-46 towed field gun]] was a highly regarded weapon and used to good effect by the PAVN. It was countered by the long-range, American 175&nbsp;mm [[M107 Self-Propelled Gun]] (nicknamed Miller).<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWCNfR50jsc |title=ITN news reel |work=Youtube |date=16 July 2007 |access-date=29 April 2011 |archive-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107043558/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWCNfR50jsc |url-status=dead ))</ref>

The United States had air superiority, though many aircraft were lost to surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery. U.S. airpower was credited with breaking the [[Battle of Khe Sanh|siege of Khe Sanh]] and blunting the 1972 [[Easter Offensive]] against South Vietnam. At sea, the U.S. Navy had the run of the coastline, using aircraft carriers as platforms for offshore strikes and other naval vessels for offshore artillery support. Offshore naval fire played a pivotal role in the [[Battle of Huế]] in February 1968, providing accurate fire in support of the U.S. counter-offensive to retake the city.<ref>((cite book|first=George W.|last=Smith|title=The siege at Hue|publisher=Lynne Reinner Publishers|date=1999|pages=142–143))</ref>
[[File:Khu_trưng_bày_máy_bay.JPG|thumb|Captured South Vietnamese warplanes in Ho Chi Minh City]]
The Vietnam War was the first conflict that saw wide scale tactical deployment of helicopters.<ref>Dwayne A. Day, [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/Heli_at_War/HE14.htm Helicopters at War] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414001319/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/Heli_at_War/HE14.htm |date=2010-04-14)) U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission</ref> The [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois]] nicknamed "Huey" was used extensively in [[counter-guerilla]] operations both as a troop carrier and a gunship.<ref name="Tolsonarmy" /> In the latter role it was outfitted with a variety of armaments including [[M60 machine gun]]s, multi-barrelled 7.62&nbsp;mm [[Minigun]]s and unguided air-to-surface rockets.<ref name="Tolsonarmy" /> The Hueys were also successfully used in [[MEDEVAC]] and search and rescue roles.<ref name="Tolsonarmy" /> Two aircraft which were prominent in the war were the [[Lockheed AC-130|AC-130 "Spectre"]] Gunship and the [[UH-1]] "Huey" gunship. The AC-130 was a heavily armed [[Attack aircraft|ground-attack aircraft]] variant of the [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]] transport plane; it was used to provide [[close air support]], [[air interdiction]] and [[force protection]]. The AC-130H "Spectre" was armed with two 20&nbsp;mm [[M61 Vulcan]] cannons, one [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40mm]] autocannon, and one 105&nbsp;mm [[M102 howitzer]]. The Huey is a [[military helicopter]] powered by one [[turboshaft]] engine, and about 7,000 UH-1 aircraft saw service in Vietnam. At their disposal ground forces had access to [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] and [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4 Phantom II]] and others to launch [[napalm]], [[White phosphorus munitions|white phosphorus]], [[tear gas]] and [[chemical weapon]]s as well.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/opinion/vietnam-the-chemical-war.html?mtrref=www.google.ca&assetType=opinion|title=Opinion ((!)) Vietnam: The Chemical War|last=Biggs|first=David|work=The New York Times |date=25 November 2017 |access-date=2018-06-20|language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416211026/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/opinion/vietnam-the-chemical-war.html?mtrref=www.google.ca&assetType=opinion|archive-date=April 16, 2023))</ref> The aircraft ordnance used during the war included [[precision-guided munition]], [[cluster bomb]]s, a [[thickening]]–[[gelling agent]] generally mixed with petroleum or a similar fuel for use in an [[incendiary device]], initially against buildings and later mostly as an anti-personnel weapon that sticks to skin and can burn down to the bone.

The [[M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine|Claymore M18A1]], an anti-personnel mine was widely used, and is command-detonated and directional shooting 700 steel pellets in the [[kill zone]].

==Weapons of the South Vietnamese, U.S., South Korean, Australian, Philippine, and New Zealand Forces==

===Hand combat weapons===
[[File:KA-BAR.jpg|thumb|The Ka-Bar knife was the most famous edged weapon of the war.]]
* L1A1 and L1A2 bayonets – used on [[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle]]((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[M1905 bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand.<ref name="M1 Vietnam"/>
* [[M1917 bayonet]] – used on various shotguns.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[M1 Bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand.<ref name="M1 Vietnam">((cite web |url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/the-m1-garand-in-vietnam/ |title=The M1 Garand in Vietnam |date=17 January 2019 |website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719145830/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/the-m1-garand-in-vietnam/|archive-date=19 July 2019))</ref>
* [[M3 fighting knife]]((sfn|Rottman|2006|p=48))
* [[M4 bayonet]] – used on the M1 and M2 Carbine.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[M5 bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[M6 bayonet]] – used on the M14.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[M7 Bayonet]] – used on the M16.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=39))
* [[Ka-Bar]] Utility/fighting Knife – used by the US Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.((sfn|Russell|1983|p=33))((sfn|Gilbert|2006|p=66))
* [[Randall Made Knives]] – personally purchased by some US soldiers.((sfn|Russell|1983|p=37))
* [[Bow and arrow|Bow]] – used by [[Mobile Riverine Force|US Mobile Riverine Force]].<ref name="Bow">((Cite web |url=https://www.3riversarchery.com/blog/archery-in-vietnam/ |title=Archery in Vietnam? |website=3Rivers Archery |date=April 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123214402/https://www.3riversarchery.com/blog/archery-in-vietnam/|archive-date= November 23, 2022))</ref>((better source needed|date=December 2019))
* [[Crossbow]] – used by South Vietnamese [[Degar|Montagnards]]<ref>((cite web |title=Montagnard Crossbow, Vietnam |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C364947 |website=awm.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |access-date=4 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423061326/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C364947|archive-date= April 23, 2023))</ref>

===Pistols and revolvers===
* [[M1911 pistol|Colt M1911A1]] – standard US and ARVN sidearm.((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=155))((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=45))
* [[Colt Commander]] – used by US military officers and US Special forces.
* [[Browning Hi-Power]] – used by Australian and New Zealand forces (L9 pistol).((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=11)) Also used on an unofficial basis by US reconnaissance and Special Forces units.((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=40))
* [[Colt Detective Special]] – .38 Special revolver, used by some ARVN officers((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=45))
* [[Colt Police Positive Special]] – .38 Special revolver, used by USAF and [[tunnel rat]]s((sfn|Rottman|2012|p=22)) 
* [[FN Baby Browning]]- .25 ACP pistol, used as a last resort weapon by [[MACV-SOG|MACVSOG]].<ref name=":0">((Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA ((!)) Behind Enemy Lines: Guns of Vietnam's SOG Warriors |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/behind-enemy-lines-guns-of-vietnam-s-sog-warriors/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210012059/https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/behind-enemy-lines-guns-of-vietnam-s-sog-warriors/|archive-date= December 10, 2022))</ref> 
* [[High Standard HDM]] – Integrally suppressed .22LR handgun, supplemented by the Mark 22 Mod 0 in the later stages of the war.<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[Ingram MAC-10]] – compact submachine gun used by US special operations forces.<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[Luger pistol|Luger P08]] – CIA provided pistol((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=43))
* [[Smith & Wesson Model 29#Quiet Special Purpose Revolver|Quiet Special Purpose Revolver]] – .40 caliber suppressed revolver used by [[tunnel rat]]s.
* [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] – .38 Special revolver used by ARVN,((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=47)) by US Army and USAF pilots((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=56)) and by tunnel rats((sfn|Rottman|2012|p=22))
* [[Colt Python]] – .357 Magnum revolver carried by [[MACV-SOG|MACVSOG]].
* [[Smith & Wesson Model 39|Smith & Wesson Mark 22 Mod.0 "Hush Puppy"]] – Suppressed pistol used by [[United States Navy SEALs|US Navy SEALs]] and other U.S. special operations forces.<ref name="Dockery">((cite book |last=Dockery|first=Kevin|title=Weapons of the Navy SEALs|date=December 2004|publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|location=[[New York City]]|isbn=0-425-19834-0|page=382))</ref>
* [[Walther P38]] – CIA provided pistol((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=43))
* [[Walther PPK]] – Suppressed pistol used by [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group|MACVSOG]] recon skydiver team<ref name=":0" />
* [[Welrod]] -Suppressed pistol used by [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group|MACVSOG]].<ref name=":0" />

===Infantry rifles===
[[File:ARVN Rangers defend Saigon, Tet Offensive.jpg|thumb|[[Vietnamese Rangers]] with [[M16 rifle]]s in [[Saigon]] during the [[Tết Offensive]]]]
* [[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle]] – used by Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Vietnam((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=975))
[[File:JunctionCity1967SupplyDrop.jpg|thumb|A U.S. soldier with an [[M14 rifle|M14]] watches as supplies are dropped in [[Vietnam]], 1967.]]
* [[M1 Garand]] – used by the South Vietnamese((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=51–52)) and South Koreans((sfn|Russell|1983|p=34))
* [[M1 Carbine|M1, M1A1, & M2 Carbine]] – used by the South Vietnamese Military, Police and Security Forces,((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=51–52)) South Koreans,((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=973))
[[File:Female South Vietnamese Popular Force members on patrol in Bến Cát District.JPEG|thumb|South Vietnamese [[People's Self-Defense Force]] militiawomen with [[M1 carbine|M2 carbine]]s]]
* [[M14 rifle|M14, M14E2, M14A1]] – issued to most U.S. troops from the early stages of the war until 1967–68, when it was replaced by the M16.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=973))
* [[M16 rifle|M16, XM16E1, and M16A1]] – M16 was issued in 1964, but due to reliability issues, it was replaced by the M16A1 in 1967 which added the [[forward assist]] and chrome-lined barrel to the rifle for increased reliability.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/us-m16/ |title=U.S. M16: A Half-Century of America's Combat Rifle |website=www.americanrifleman.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501190622/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/us-m16/|archive-date= May 1, 2023))</ref>
* [[CAR-15#Colt Commando (AKA: CAR-15, XM177 & GAU-5)|CAR-15]] – carbine variant of the M16 produced in very limited numbers, fielded by special operations early on. Later supplemented by the improved XM177.
* [[CAR-15 XM177|XM177 (Colt Commando)/GAU-5]] – further development of the CAR-15, used heavily by [[MACV-SOG]], the US Air Force, and US Army.<ref name="Dockery"/> 
* [[Stoner 63]] – used by US Navy SEALs and USMC.<ref name="Dockery"/>
* T223 – a copy of the [[Heckler & Koch HK33]] built under license by [[Harrington & Richardson]] used in small numbers by SEAL teams. Even though the empty H&R T223 was 0.9 pounds (0.41&nbsp;kg) heavier than an empty M16A1, the weapon had a forty-round magazine available for it and this made it attractive to the SEALS.<ref name="Dockery"/> 
* [[MAS-36 rifle]] – used by South Vietnamese militias((sfn|Smith|1969|p=720))
* [[AK-47]], [[AKM]], and [[Type 56]] – Captured rifles were used by South Vietnamese((sfn|Rottman|2010|page=18)) and U.S. forces.((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=38))((sfn|Rottman|2007b|p=48))

===Rifles: sniper, marksman===
* [[M1 Garand|M1C/D Garand and MC52]] – used by CIA advisors, the USMC and the US Navy early in the war.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=974))<ref name="Sniping">((cite book|title=Sniper Rifles: From the 19th to the 21st Century|url=https://archive.org/details/sniperriflesfrom00pegl|url-access=limited|series=Weapon 6|first=Martin|last=Pegler|date=20 Nov 2010|isbn=9781849083980|publisher=Osprey Publishing|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sniperriflesfrom00pegl/page/n55 56]–59))</ref> About 520 were supplied to the ARVN and 460 to the Thai forces.<ref>((cite book|last=Thompson|first=Leroy|year=2012|title=The M1 Garand|publisher=Osprey|location=Oxford|pages=67–68|isbn=9781849086219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-C6CwAAQBAJ))</ref>
* [[M1903 Springfield|M1903A4 Springfield]] – used by the USMC early in the war, replaced by the M40.<ref name="Sniping"/>
* [[M21 Sniper Weapon System]] – sniper variant of the M14 rifle used by the US Army.((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=974–975))
* [[M40 rifle|M40]] ([[Remington Model 700]])– bolt-action sniper rifle meant to replace the M1903A4 Springfield rifle and Winchester Model 70; used by the USMC<ref name="Sniping"/>
* [[Parker-Hale M82]] – used by ANZAC forces((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=11))
* [[Winchester Model 70]] – used by the USMC<ref name="Sniping"/>

===Submachine guns===
* [[Beretta M12]] – limited numbers were used by [[Embassy of the United States, Saigon|U.S. Embassy]] security units.<ref name="Gander">((cite book |last=Gander |first=Jerry |year=2002 |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2002–2003 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=0-7106-2434-4 |pages=214, 899–906))</ref>
* [[Carl Gustaf m/45]] – used by Navy SEALs in the start of the war, but later replaced by the [[Smith & Wesson M76]] in the late 1960s. Significant numbers also used by MAC-V-SOG, South Vietnamese,<ref name="Dockery"/> and small numbers in Laos by advisors, and Laotian fighters.
* [[Smith & Wesson M76]] – copy of the Carl Gustaf m/45; few were shipped to Navy SEALs fighting in Vietnam.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1076))
* [[F1 submachine gun]] – replaced the Owen Gun in Australian service.((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=20))<ref name="Sterling">((cite book|title=The Sterling Submachine Gun|series=Weapon 65|first=Matthew |last=Moss |date=29 Nov 2018|isbn=9781472828088 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_i1tDwAAQBAJ|page=65))</ref>
* [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease gun]] – standard U.S. military submachine gun, also used by the South Vietnamese<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=41))
* [[M50 Reising|M50/55 Reising]] – limited numbers were used by MACVSOG and other irregular forces.<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[Madsen M-50]] – used by South Vietnamese forces, supplied by the CIA.((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=41))
* [[MAS-38]] submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias.((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|p=22))
* [[MAT-49]] submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias.((sfn|Smith|1969|p=720)) Captured models were used in limited numbers<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[MP 40]] submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese forces, supplied by the CIA.((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=41))
* [[Owen Gun]] – standard Australian submachine-gun in the early stages of the war, later replaced by the F1 and withdrawn from combat use by 1971.((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=20))<ref name="Sterling"/>
* [[Sten submachine gun]] – used by US special operations forces, often with a suppressor mounted.((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=38))
* [[Sterling submachine gun]] – used by Australian [[Special Air Service Regiment]] and other special operations units.<ref name="Sterling"/>
* [[Thompson submachine gun]] – used often by South Vietnamese troops, and in small quantities by US artillery and helicopter units. 
* [[Uzi]] – used by special operations forces and some South Vietnamese, supplied from Israel.((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=38))

===Shotguns===
[[File:Ithaca 37.jpg|thumb|[[Ithaca 37]]]]
Shotguns were used as an individual weapon during jungle patrol; infantry units were authorized a shotgun by TO&E (Table of Organization & Equipment). Shotguns were not general issue to all infantrymen, but were select issue weapons, such as one per squad, etc.

* [[Ithaca Model 37]] – pump-action shotgun used by the United States and ARVN.<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Thompson|2013|p=19))
* [[Remington Model 10]] – pump-action shotgun used by the United States.((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|pp=33–35&38))
* [[Remington Model 11-48]] – semi-automatic shotgun used by US Army.((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=42))
* [[Remington Model 31]] – pump-action shotgun used by the US Army, the SEALs and the ARVN.((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=42))((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|pp=34–37))
* [[Remington Model 870]] – pump-action shotgun, main shotgun used by Marines, Army, and Navy after 1966.<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Rottman|2002|p=42))((sfn|Thompson|2013|p=65))
* [[Remington 1100|Remington 7188]] – experimental select fire shotgun, withdrawn due to lack of reliability. Used by US Navy SEALs<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Thompson|2013|pp=25–26))
* [[Savage Model 69E]] – pump-action shotgun used by the US Army.((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=56))
* [[Browning Auto-5|Savage Model 720]] – semi-automatic shotgun.((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|p=39))
* [[Stevens Model 77E]] – pump-action shotgun used by Army and Marine forces. Almost 70,000 Model 77Es were procured by the military for use in SE Asia during the 1960s.((sfn|Thompson|2013|p=20)) Also very popular with the ARVN because of its small size.<ref>((cite magazine|last=Canfield|first=Bruce N. |title=Combat Shotguns of the Vietnam War|magazine=[[American Rifleman]]|date=March 2002 |pages=44–47&92–95|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/4/22/combat-shotguns-of-the-vietnam-war/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219220655/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/4/22/combat-shotguns-of-the-vietnam-war/|archive-date= February 19, 2023))</ref>
* [[Stevens Model 520/620]]((sfn|Thompson|2013|p=19))
* [[Winchester Model 1912]] – used by USMC.((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=24))
* [[Winchester Model 1200]] – pump-action shotgun used by the US Army.((sfn|Thompson|2013|pp=20–21))
* [[Winchester Model 1897]] – used by the Marines during the early stages of the war.((sfn|Thompson|2013|p=7))

===Machine guns===
* [[File:BAR-VIETNAM Soldiers Aiming.jpg|alt=South Vietnamese soldier with a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|thumb|South Vietnamese soldier with a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]][[M60 machine gun]] – standard [[General-purpose machine gun]] for US, ANZAC, and ARVN forces throughout the war.((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=20))
[[File:Marine M-60 machine gun team fighting in the Citadel.jpg|thumb|US Marine fires his M60 machine gun at an enemy position during the [[Battle of Huế]].]]
* [[Colt Machine Gun]] – experimental light machine gun deployed by SEAL Team 2 in 1970.<ref name="Dockery"/> 
* [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]] – used by the ARVN during the early stages of the war,((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=60)) as well as many that were airdropped into Laos and used by Laotian fighters.
* [[FM 24/29 light machine gun]] – used by South Vietnamese militias((sfn|Smith|1969|p=720)) 
* [[Heckler & Koch HK21]] -Used by SEALs<ref>((Cite web |title=UDT/SEAL Museum |url=http://usssatyr-arl23.com/seal2.htm |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=usssatyr-arl23.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020132010/http://usssatyr-arl23.com/seal2.htm|archive-date= October 20, 2022))</ref> 
* [[RPD machine gun]] (and Type 56) – captured and used by reconnaissance teams of Mobile Strike Forces, MAC-V-SOG and other special operation forces. Also commonly modified to cut down the barrel.((sfn|Rottman|2007b|p=48))
* [[Stoner 63|Stoner M63A Commando & Mark 23 Mod.0]] – used by Navy SEALs and tested by [[Force Recon]].<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[Minigun|M134 Minigun]] – 7.62&nbsp;mm vehicle mounted machine gun (rare)((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=38))
* [[M1919 Browning machine gun]] (and variants such as M37) – vehicle mounted machine gun.((sfn|Rottman|Spaulding|2002|p=4)) Meanwhile, still of use by many South Vietnamese infantry.((sfn|Rottman|2017|p=11))
* [[M73 machine gun]] – tank mounted machine gun.((sfn|Rottman|Spaulding|2002|p=4))
* [[M2 Browning|Browning M2HB .50cal Heavy Machine Gun]]<ref name="Dockery"/>

===Grenades and mines===
[[File:M18 Claymore Mine.jpg|thumb|Claymore anti-personnel mine in use in Vietnam]]
* [[AN-M8 smoke grenade|AN-M8]] – white smoke grenade((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56))((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451))
* [[C-4 (explosive)|C4]] explosive((sfn|Rottman|2006|p=45))
* [[Mk 2 grenade|Mark 2 fragmentation grenade]]((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=26))
* [[M1 smoke pot]]((sfn|Rottman|2006|p=45))
* [[M26 grenade|M26 fragmentation grenade]] and many subvariants((sfn|Russell|1983|p=9))((sfn|Rottman|2015|pp=56–57))
* [[M67 grenade|M59 and M67 fragmentation grenade]]((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=28))((sfn|Russell|1983|p=9,36))
* [[United States hand grenades#M6/A1, M7/A1/A2/A3 and M54|M6/M7-series riot control grenades]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451)) – Used to clear NVA/VC out of caves, tunnels and buildings<ref name=smoke>((cite web |url=http://www.modernforces.com/uniform_smoke.htm |title=Smoke Grenades |website=MACV-SOG – Living History|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524062513/http://www.modernforces.com/uniform_smoke.htm|archive-date= May 24, 2022))</ref> or stop a pursuer.((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56))
* [[United States hand grenades#M14 TH3|AN/M14 TH3 thermite grenade]] – Incendiary grenade used to destroy equipment and as a fire-starting device.((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56))
* [[United States hand grenades#M15, M16, and M34|M15 and M34 smoke grenades]] – filled with white phosphorus,((sfn|Russell|1983|p=37)) which ignites on contact with air and creates thick white smoke.((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56)) Used for signalling and screening purposes, as well as an anti-personnel weapon in enclosed spaces, as the burning white phosphorus would rapidly consume any oxygen, suffocating the victims.
* [[M18 grenade Smoke Hand Grenade]] – Signalling/screening grenade available in red, yellow, green, and purple.((sfn|Russell|1983|p=30))((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56))
* [[V40 Mini-Grenade]]((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=29))
* [[OF 37 grenade]] and [[DF 37 grenade]], French grenades used by the ARVN in the 1950s((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=43))((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=18))
* [[United States hand grenades#XM58|XM58 riot control grenade]] – A miniature riot control grenade used by MACVSOG and Navy SEALs.<ref name=smoke/>
* [[M14 mine]] – anti-personnel blast mine((sfn|Russell|1983|p=37))
* [[M15 mine]] – anti-tank mine((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=17))
* [[M16 mine]] – bounding anti-personnel fragmentation mine((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=17))
* [[M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine|M18/M18A1 Claymore]] – command-detonated directional anti-personnel mine((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=45))((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=43))
* [[M19 mine]] – anti-tank mine((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=17))

===Grenade and Rocket Launchers===
* [[M1 grenade adapter|M1/M2 rifle grenade adapters]] – used to convert a standard fragmentation grenade (M1) or smoke grenade (M2) into a rifle grenade when used with the M7 grenade launcher.
* [[M7 grenade launcher|M7 and M8 rifle grenade launcher]] – rifle grenade launcher used with respectively the M1 Garand and the M1 carbine, used by the South Vietnamese. Could fire the [[M9 rifle grenade|M9]] and [[M17 rifle grenade]]s.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=430))
*[[M79 grenade launcher]] – main U.S. grenade launcher used by all branches of the US military, ANZAC forces, and ARVN.<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=430))
* [[China Lake grenade launcher]] – pump action weapon used in very small numbers.<ref name="Dockery"/>
*[[XM148 grenade launcher]] – experimental underbarrel 40mm grenade launcher attached to the M16 rifle or XM177 carbine. Also issued to Australian [[Special Air Service Regiment]] in conjunction with the modified [[L1A1#Production and use|L1A1]] and [[Sterling Submachine Gun]].<ref>Neville, Leigh ''Guns of the Special Forces 2001 – 2015'' Casemate Publishers, 31 Mar 2016</ref> Withdrawn due to safety reasons.<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=430))
* [[M203 grenade launcher]] – one-shot 40mm underslung grenade launcher designed to attach to an M16 rifle (or XM177 carbine, with modifications to the launcher). First tested in combat April 1969.<ref name="Dockery"/>((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=430))
* [[Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher|Mark 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher]] – Hand-cranked, belt-fed, 40x46mm grenade launcher used by the US Navy.<ref name="Stoner">((cite web |last=Stoner |first=Bob |url=http://www.warboats.org/mst2bremmer/stoner_ord_notes/stonerhtml/Stoners_ord_notes.htm |title=Ordnance Notes|website=warboats.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809022546/http://www.warboats.org/mst2Bremmer/Stoner_ord_notes/stonerhtml/Stoners_ord_notes.htm|archive-date= August 9, 2007))</ref>
*[[Mk 19 grenade launcher|Mark 19 grenade launcher]] – Automatic, belt-fed, 40x53mm grenade launcher.<ref name="Stoner"/>
* [[Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher]] – Automatic, belt-fed, 40x46mm grenade launcher. Used mostly by riverine crews but also by Air Force Special Operations.<ref name="Stoner"/>
* [[XM174 grenade launcher]] – Automatic, belt-fed, 40x46mm grenade launcher used mainly by the US Army.((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=106–107))
* [[Bazooka]] – The M9 variant was supplied to the ARVN during the early years of the war,((sfn|Rottman|2010|pp=7, 34)) while the M20 "Super Bazooka" was used by the USMC and the ARVN until the full introduction of the M67 90mm recoilless rifle and of the M72 LAW.((sfn|Rottman|2012a|pp=69–70, 75–76))
* [[BGM-71 TOW]] – wire-guided anti-tank missile used in 1972 by the US, and by the ARVN from 1972 to the end of the war.((sfn|McKenna|2011|p=91))
* [[FIM-43 Redeye]] [[Man-portable air-defense system|MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence System)]] – shoulder-fired heat-seeking anti-air missile, used by the USMC.<ref>((Cite web |title=3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion- History |url=https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/Units/MACG-38/3D-LAAD-BN/History/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.3rdmaw.marines.mil|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018221808/https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/Units/MACG-38/3D-LAAD-BN/History/|archive-date= October 18, 2022))</ref>
* [[M72 LAW]] – 66mm anti-tank rocket launcher.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=987))
* [[RPG-2]] - Used by [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group|MACVSOG]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[M202 FLASH|XM202]] – experimental four-shot 66mm incendiary rocket launcher.<ref>((cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/868942.pdf |title=XM191 Multishot Portable Flame Weapon |publisher=Army Concept Team in Vietnam |pages=2–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127041430/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/868942.pdf |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |url-status=dead |year=1970))</ref>

===Flamethrowers===
* [[M2 flamethrower|M2A1-7 and M9A1-7 flamethrowers]]((sfn|Rottman|2012|p=24))((sfn|Gilbert|2006|p=67))

===Infantry support weapons===
[[File:My Tho, Vietnam. A Viet Cong base camp being. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota - NARA - 530621 edit.jpg|thumb|A US soldier carries an [[M67 recoilless rifle]] past a burning [[Viet Cong]] base camp in [[Mỹ Tho]], [[South Vietnam]], 1968]]
* [[M18 recoilless rifle]] – 57mm shoulder-fired/tripod mounted recoilless rifle, used by the ARVN early in the war.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=35))
* [[M20 recoilless rifle]] – 75mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle, used by US and ARVN forces early in the war.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=7))
* [[M67 recoilless rifle]] – 90mm shoulder-fired anti-tank recoilless rifle, used by the US Army, US Marine Corps, ANZAC and ARVN selected forces.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=7))((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=143))((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=22))
* [[M40 recoilless rifle]] 106mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=7))((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=143))
* [[M2 mortar]] – 60mm mortar, used with the lighter but less accurate and lower-range M19 mortar.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=15))
* [[M19 mortar]] – 60mm mortar, used with the older, heavier M2 mortar.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=15))((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=78))
*[[Brandt Mle 27/31]] – 81mm mortar, used by ARVN forces((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=9))
*[[M1 mortar]] – 81mm mortar, used by ARVN forces.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=9))
* [[M29 mortar]] – 81mm mortar, used by US and ARVN forces.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=9))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=56))
* [[L16 81mm mortar|L16A1 mortar]] – 81mm, used by ANZAC forces.((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=20))
* [[82-BM-37]] – captured 82mm mortar, few used by USMC with US rounds.((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=44))
* [[M30 107 mm Mortar|M30 mortar]] 107mm mortar, used by US and ARVN forces.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=32))((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=56))
** M98 Howtar, variant of the latter mounted on a [[M116 howitzer]] carriage.((sfn|Gilbert|2006|pp=68–69))

===Artillery===
[[File:Self-propelled-howitzer-vietnam.jpg|thumb|[[Self-propelled artillery|Self-propelled]] [[M109 howitzer|Howitzer M109]] in Vietnam]]
* [[M45 Quadmount|M55 quad machine gun]] – used to defend US Army bases and on vehicles((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=36))
* [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] – used on riverine crafts((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=136))
* [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]] – used on riverine crafts((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=136))
* [[M101 howitzer|105 mm Howitzer M101A1/M2A1]]((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=28))((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))
* [[M102 howitzer|105 mm Howitzer M102]]((sfn|Foster|2007|pp=8, 25))((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))
* [[M114 155 mm howitzer|155 mm Howitzer M114]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))((sfn|Foster|2007|pp=25, 28))
* [[M53 155mm Self-Propelled Gun|M53]] Self-propelled 155mm gun((sfn|Green|1996|p=71))
* [[M55 Self Propelled Howitzer|M55]] Self-propelled 8-inch howitzer((sfn|Green|1996|p=71))
* [[M107 self-propelled gun|M107]] Self-propelled 175mm gun((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))((sfn|Foster|2007|p=14))((sfn|Green|1996|p=72))
* [[M108 howitzer|M108]] Self-propelled 105&nbsp;mm howitzer((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))
* [[M109 howitzer|M109]] Self-propelled 155&nbsp;mm howitzer((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=38))
* [[M110 howitzer|M110]] Self-propelled 8-inch howitzer((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71))((sfn|Foster|2007|p=14))
* [[OTO Melara Mod 56|L5 pack howitzer]] 105&nbsp;mm pack howitzer used by Australia<ref>((cite web |title=L5 105mm Pack Howitzer |website=5rar.asn.au |url=http://www.5rar.asn.au/gallery/103-battery1.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311030959/https://www.5rar.asn.au/gallery/103-battery1.htm|archive-date=March 11, 2023))</ref> and New Zealand<ref name="NZ">((cite web |url=https://www.armymuseum.co.nz/blog/gunners-day-feature-italian-l5-105mm-pack-howitzer.html |publisher=National Army Museum |title=Gunners' Day Feature: Italian L5 105mm Pack Howitzer |website=armymuseum.co.nz |date=26 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205070755/https://www.armymuseum.co.nz/blog/gunners-day-feature-italian-l5-105mm-pack-howitzer.html|archive-date= February 5, 2018))</ref>
* [[MIM-23 Hawk]] – medium-range surface to air missile used in very small quantities by the US Marines.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4291974;view=1up;seq=389 Use of Hawk Missiles in Vietnam]. // Department of Defense appropriations for 1970, pt. 5, pp. 377–378.</ref>

====Artillery ammunition types====
* HE ([[Explosive#High|High explosive]]) – standard artillery round.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=72))
* [[High-explosive anti-tank]] round – fired by 105 mm guns.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=72))
* [[White phosphorus munitions|White phosphorus]] – used for screening or incendiary purposes.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=72))
* [[Shell (projectile)#Smoke|Smoke shells]] – used for screening.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=72))
* [[Airborne leaflet propaganda|Leaflet shell]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=72))
* [[Beehive anti-personnel round|Beehive flechette rounds]] – antipersonnel rounds.((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=72–73))
* [[Dual-purpose improved conventional munition|Improved conventional munition]] – antipersonnel shell with submunitions.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=73))

===Aircraft===
(listed alphabetically by modified/basic mission code, then numerically in ascending order by design number/series letter)
* [[Douglas A-1 Skyraider|A-1 Skyraider]] – ground attack aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=44–47))
* [[A-3 Skywarrior]] – carrier-based bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk|A-4 Skyhawk]] – carrier-based strike aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=108–111))
* [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|A-6 Intruder]] – carrier-based all weather strike aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=68–69))
* [[LTV A-7 Corsair II|A-7 Corsair II]] – carrier-based strike aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=156–157))
* [[A-26 Invader]] – light bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=48–49))
* [[Cessna A-37 Dragonfly|A-37 Dragonfly]] – ground attack aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=36–37))
* [[Douglas AC-47 Spooky|AC-47 Spooky]] – gunship((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=50–53))
* [[Fairchild AC-119|AC-119G "Shadow"]] – gunship((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=60–61))
* [[Fairchild AC-119|AC-119K "Stinger"]] – gunship((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=60–61))
* [[Lockheed AC-130|AC-130 "Spectre"]] – gunship((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=84–89))
* [[Helio AU-24 Stallion|AU-24 Stallion]] – ground attack aircraft((sfn|Nalty|2001|p=412))
* [[File:B-52 U Tapao.jpg|alt=B-52 Stratofortress at Thailand Air Base|thumb|B-52 Stratofortress at Thailand Air Base]][[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 Stratofortress]] – heavy bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=22–27))
* [[Martin B-57 Canberra|B-57 Canberra]] – medium bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=100–105))
* [[English Electric Canberra|Canberra B.20]] – [[Royal Australian Air Force]] medium bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=100–105))
* [[Grumman C-1 Trader|C-1 Trader]] – cargo/transport aircraft
* [[Grumman C-2 Greyhound|C-2 Greyhound]] – cargo/transport aircraft
* [[Lockheed C-5 Galaxy|C-5 Galaxy]] – strategic lift cargo aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=82–83))
* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou|C-7 Caribou]] – tactical cargo aircraft, used by the U.S. Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and the South Vietnamese Air Force((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=42–43))
* [[Curtiss C-46 Commando|C-46 Commando]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=20))
* [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=50–53))
* [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster|C-54]] – transport aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=20))
* [[Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar|C-119 Boxcar]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=60–61))
* [[Lockheed C-121 Constellation|C-121 Constellation]] – transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=92–93))
* [[C-123 Provider]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=62–65))
* [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster II|C-124 Globemaster II]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–57))
* [[C-130 Hercules]] – cargo/transport plane((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=84–89))
* [[Douglas C-133 Cargomaster|C-133 Cargomaster]] – cargo/transport aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=54–55))
* [[Lockheed C-141 Starlifter|C-141 Starlifter]] – strategic cargo aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=90–91))
* [[Grumman E-1 Tracer|E-1 Tracer]] – carrier-based airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=27))
* [[Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye|E-2 Hawkeye]] – carrier-based airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=27))
* [[A-3 Skywarrior|EA-3 Skywarrior]] – carrier-based tactical electronic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler|EA-6B Prowler]] – carrier-based electronic warfare & attack aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=68–69))
* [[Martin B-57 Canberra|EB-57 Canberra]] – tactical electronic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=100–105))
* [[B-66 Destroyer|EB-66]] – tactical electronic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star|EC-121]] – radar warning or sensor relay aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=92–93))
* [[Douglas F3D Skyknight|EF-10 Skyknight]] – tactical electronic warfare aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=12))
* [[A-3 Skywarrior|EKA-3B Skywarrior]] – carrier-based tactical electronic warfare aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4 Phantom II]] – carrier and land based fighter-bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=112–117))
* [[Northrop F-5|F-5 Freedom Fighter]] – light-weight fighter used in strike aircraft role((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=136–139))
* [[Grumman F8F Bearcat|F8F Bearcat]] – piston fighter-bomber, used by the South Vietnamese Air Force until 1964.<ref>((cite web |title=F8F Bearcat post-WWII service |url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/f8f-bearcat-post-wwii-service/ |website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com |date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221029012931/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/f8f-bearcat-post-wwii-service/|archive-date=29 October 2022))</ref>
* [[Vought F-8 Crusader|F-8 Crusader]] – carrier and land based fighter-bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=158–159))
* [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] – carrier-based fighter, made its combat debut during [[Operation Frequent Wind]], the evacuation of Saigon, in April 1975.<ref>((Cite book |last=Tobin |first=Thomas |title=USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume IV Monograph 6: Last Flight from Saigon|publisher=US Government Printing Office |year=1978 |isbn=978-1-4102-0571-1 |pages=98, 123 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a439990.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510115804/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a439990.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=May 10, 2020))</ref>
* [[North American F-100 Super Sabre|F-100 Super Sabre]] – fighter-bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=126–129))
* [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger|F-102 Delta Dagger]] – fighter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=18))
* [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|F-104 Starfighter]] – fighter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=18))
* [[Republic F-105 Thunderchief|F-105 Thunderchief]] – fighter-bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=140–143))
* [[General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark|F-111 Aardvark]] – medium bomber((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=66–67))
* [[HU-16 Albatross]] – rescue amphibian((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=72–73))
* [[A-3 Skywarrior|KA-3 Skywarrior]] – carrier-based tactical aerial refueler aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|KA-6 Intruder]] – carrier-based tactical aerial refueler aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=68–69))
* [[KC-130|KC-130 Hercules]] – tactical aerial refueler/assault transport aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=474))
* [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135 Stratotanker]] – aerial refueling aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=28–29))
* [[Cessna O-1 Bird Dog|O-1 Bird Dog]] – light observation airplane((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=38–39))
* [[Cessna O-2 Skymaster|O-2 Skymaster]] – observation aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=40–41))
* [[Grumman OV-1 Mohawk|OV-1 Mohawk]] – battlefield surveillance and light strike aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=74–75))
* [[North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco|OV-10 Bronco]] – light attack/observation aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=134–135))
* [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|P-2 Neptune]] – maritime patrol aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=94–95))
* [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|P-3 Orion]] – maritime patrol aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=22))
* [[Martin P5M Marlin|P-5 Marlin]] – antisubmarine seaplane((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=106–107))
* [[Beechcraft Bonanza#QU-22 Pave Eagle|QU-22 Pave Eagle]] (Beech Bonanza) – electronic monitoring signal relay aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=22))
* [[A-3 Skywarrior|RA-3B Skywarrior]] – carrier-based tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[RA-5C Vigilante]] – carrier-based tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=130–131))
* [[RB-47 Stratojet]] – photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=340))
* [[Martin B-57 Canberra|RB-57 Canberra]] – tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=100–105))
* [[B-66 Destroyer|RB-66]] – tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=56–59))
* [[F-4|RF-4 Phantom II]] – carrier and land-based tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=112–117))
* [[Vought F-8 Crusader|RF-8 Crusader]] – carrier-based tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=158–159))
* [[McDonnell F-101 Voodoo|RF-101 Voodoo]] – tactical photographic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=118–119))
* [[Lockheed T-33|RT-33A]] – reconnaissance jet((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=11))
* [[Grumman S-2 Tracker|S-2 Tracker]] – carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft
* [[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird|SR-71 Blackbird]] – strategic reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=96–97))
* [[North American T-28 Trojan|T-28 Trojan]] – trainer/ground attack aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=132–133))
* [[Cessna T-41 Mescalero|T-41 Mescalero]] – trainer aircraft((sfn|Nalty|2001|p=161))
* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter|U-1 Otter]] – transport aircraft((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=61))
* [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] – reconnaissance aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=98–99))
* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver|U-6 Beaver]] – utility aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=22))
* [[Beechcraft L-23 Seminole|U-8 Seminole]] – transport/electronic survey aircraft((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=61))((sfn|Nalty|2001|p=148))
* [[Helio Courier|U-10 Helio Courier]] – utility aircraft((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=22))
* [[Cessna 185 Skywagon|U-17 Skywagon]] – utility aircraft((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=15))
* [[Beechcraft King Air|U-21 Ute]] – liaison and electronic survey((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=61))((sfn|Nalty|2001|p=148))((sfn|Nalty|2001|p=434))
* [[Lockheed YO-3|YO-3 Quiet Star]] – light observation airplane((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=100–101))
[[File:USS Garrett County (AGP-786) at anchor in the Mekong Delta ca late 1960s.jpg|thumb|[[USS Garrett County (LST-786)|USS ''Garrett County'']] at anchor in the [[Mekong Delta]] with two [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1B Iroquois]] helicopters on deck]]

====Helicopters====
(listed numerically in ascending order by design number/series letter, then alphabetically by mission code)
* [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 Iroquois]] "Huey" – utility transport and gunship helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=18–21))
* [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1G HueyCobra]] – attack helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=18–21))
* [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|AH-1J SeaCobra]] – twin-engine attack helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=18–21))
* [[Bell UH-1N Twin Huey|UH-1N Iroquois]] – twin-engine utility helicopter((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=53))
* [[Kaman H-2 Seasprite|UH-2 Seasprite]] – carrier-based utility helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=472))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=80–81))
* [[Sikorsky S-61R|CH-3 Sea King]] – long-range transport helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=152–155))
* [[Sikorsky S-61R|HH-3 "Jolly Green Giant"]] – long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=152–155))
* [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|SH-3 Sea King]] – carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=152–155))
* [[Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|OH-6A Cayuse]] "Loach" (from LOH – Light Observation Helicopter) – light transport/observation (i.e. scout) helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=471))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=76–77))
* [[Bell H-13 Sioux|OH-13 Sioux]] – light observation helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))
* [[Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw|UH-19 Chickasaw]] – utility transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))
* [[CH-21 Shawnee]] – cargo/transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))
* [[Hiller OH-23 Raven|OH-23 Raven]] – light utility helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))
* [[CH-34 Choctaw]] – cargo/transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=146–147))
* [[CH-37 Mojave]] – cargo/transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=469))
* [[Kaman HH-43 Huskie|HH-43 Huskie]] – rescue helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=471))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=78–79))
* [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-46 Sea Knight]] – cargo/transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=472))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=30–31))
* [[CH-47 Chinook]] – cargo/transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=470))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=32–35))
* [[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion|CH-53 Sea Stallion]] – heavy-lift transport helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=472))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=148–151))
* [[Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low|HH-53]] "Super Jolly Green Giant" – long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=148–151))
* [[Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe|CH-54 Tarhe]] "Sky Crane" – heavy lift helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=470))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=144–145))
* [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|OH-58A Kiowa]] – light transport/observation helicopter((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=471))

===Aircraft ordnance===
((see also|List of Bombs in the Vietnam War))
* [[Precision-guided munition|GBUs]]
* [[Cluster bomb|CBUs]]
* [[BLU-82|BLU-82 Daisy cutter]]
* [[Napalm]]
* Bomb, 250&nbsp;lb, 500&nbsp;lb, 750&nbsp;lb, 1000&nbsp;lb, HE (high explosive), general-purpose
* Rocket, aerial, HE (High Explosive), 2.75&nbsp;inch

===Aircraft weapons===
[[File:HH-3-minigun-vietnam-19681710.jpg|thumb|A [[minigun]] being fired from a combat search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam]]
* [[M60 machine gun|M60D machine gun]] – 7.62mm (helicopter mount)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=695))
* [[Minigun]] – 7.62&nbsp;mm (aircraft and helicopter mount)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=696))
* [[Colt Mk 12 cannon]] – 20&nbsp;mm (aircraft mount)((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=108, 156 & 158))
* [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404|M3 cannon]] – 20&nbsp;mm (aircraft mount)<ref>((cite book|title=US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War|url=https://archive.org/details/navyaskyraiderun00libg|url-access=limited|series=Combat Aircraft 77|first1=Rick|last1=Burgess|first2=Zip |last2=Rausa |date=10 Mar 2009|isbn=9781846034107|publisher=Osprey Publishing|page=[https://archive.org/details/navyaskyraiderun00libg/page/n47 90]))</ref>
* [[M39 cannon]] – 20&nbsp;mm (aircraft mount)((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=126–129))
* [[M61 Vulcan]] – 20&nbsp;mm (aircraft mount),((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=696)) M195 was used on AH-1((sfn|Bernstein|2003|page=43))
* [[M197 Gatling gun]] – 20&nbsp;mm (used on AH-1J helicopters)<ref>((cite book|title=Huey Cobra Gunships|url=https://archive.org/details/hueycobragunship00bish|url-access=limited|series=New Vanguard 125|first=Chris |last=Bishop |date=10 Aug 2006|isbn=9781841769844|publisher=Osprey Publishing|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hueycobragunship00bish/page/n51 12]–13, 33))</ref>
* [[M75 grenade launcher]] – 40&nbsp;mm (helicopter mount)((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=55))
* [[M129 grenade launcher]] – 40&nbsp;mm (helicopter mount)((sfn|Bernstein|2003|page=26))
* [[AIM-4 Falcon]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=34))
* [[AIM-7 Sparrow]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=34–35))
* [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=34–35))
* [[AGM-12 Bullpup]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=35))
* [[SS.11|AGM-22]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=36))
* [[AGM-45 Shrike]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=35–36))
* [[AGM-62 Walleye]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=930))
* [[AGM-78 Standard ARM]]((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=140–143))
* [[AGM-65 Maverick]]((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=159))

===Chemical weapons===
*[[Rainbow Herbicides]]
*[[Agent Orange]] – While developed to be used as a herbicide to destroy natural obstacles and tree camouflage, it was later revealed that it posed health risks to those exposed to it.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=935))
*[[Agent Blue]] – Used to destroy agricultural land that was believed to be used to grow food for the VC/NVA.
*[[Agent Green]]
*[[Agent White]]
*[[Napalm]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=788–790))
*[[CS gas|CS-1 riot control agent]] – "Teargas", used in grenades, cluster bomblets or (rarely) shells.((sfn|Rottman|2012|p=12))
* [[Phenacyl chloride|CN gas]] – "teargas"((sfn|Rottman|2006|p=49))

===Vehicles===
In addition to cargo-carrying and troop transport roles, many of these vehicles were also equipped with weapons and sometimes armor, serving as "[[gun truck]]s" for convoy escort duties.((sfn|Rottman|2011c|pp=5–6))
* [[M274 ½-ton 4×4 utility platform truck|M274 Truck, Platform, Utility, 1/2 Ton, 4X4]] – Commonly called a "Mechanical Mule".((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=30))((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=24))
* [[Land Rover series|Land Rover (short and long wheelbase)]] – Australian and New Zealand forces.<ref>((cite web |title=Rear view of a Land Rover used by the Australian army in South Vietnam. |website=awm.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |access-date=16 January 2019 |date=1971 |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1229515|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308055816/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1229515|archive-date= March 8, 2021))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Land Rover at Bien Hoa|url=https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/land-rover-bien-hoa|website=vietnamwar.govt.nz |publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] |access-date=16 January 2019 |date=28 April 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308080900/https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/land-rover-bien-hoa|archive-date= March 8, 2023))</ref>
* [[Jeep CJ|CJ-3B and M606]] – 1/4 ton jeep<ref>((cite web |title=Jeeps in Vietnam, 1961–1975: CJ-3B, M606 and J4 |url=https://cj3b.info/Military/Vietnam61to75.html |website=cj3b.info |date=September 2015 |first=Derek |last=Redmond|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202072208/http://cj3b.info/Military/Vietnam61to75.html|archive-date=December 2, 2021))</ref>
* [[M151]] – ¼ ton jeep.((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=37))((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=10))((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=67))
* [[Dodge M37]] – 3/4 ton truck.((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=10))
* [[M76 Otter]] – 1¼-ton amphibious cargo carrier used by USMC.((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=21))
* [[M116 Husky]] – 1¼-ton amphibious cargo carrier, tested by USMC.((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=28))
* [[M116 Husky|M733]] – 1¼-ton amphibious personnel carrier, M116 variant, tested by USMC.((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=28))
* [[M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck]]((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=30))
* [[2½-ton 6×6 truck#GMC M135|M135 2½-ton truck]]((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=30))
* [[M54 5-ton 6x6 truck]]((sfn|Rottman|2011c|pp=30–31))
* [[M548]] – 6-ton tracked cargo carrier((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=34))((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=32))
* [[M520 Goer]] – 4x4 8-ton cargo truck.((sfn|Rottman|Spaulding|2002|p=49))
* [[M123 and M125 10-ton 6x6 trucks]]((sfn|Rottman|2011c|p=10))

====Other vehicles====
* [[Caterpillar D7]]E bulldozer – used by US Army((sfn|Rottman|2008|p=59))
* Various [[grader]]s and [[bulldozer]]s used by the USMC((sfn|Gilbert|2006|p=36))
* [[ERDLator]]((sfn|Gilbert|2006|p=36))

===Combat vehicles===
====Tanks====
* [[M24 Chaffee]] – light tank; main ARVN tank early in the war,((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=59)) used at least as late as the [[Tet Offensive]].
* [[M41 Walker Bulldog|M41A3 Walker Bulldog]] – light tank, replaced the M24 Chaffee as the main ARVN tank from 1965.((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=38))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=4))
* [[M48 Patton]] – main tank of the US Army and Marines((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=16)) throughout the war, and also used by ARVN forces from 1971.((sfn|Green|1996|p=4))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=7))
* [[M67 Flame Thrower Tank|M67 "Zippo"]] – flamethrower variant of the M48 Patton, used by USMC.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=16))
* [[M551 Sheridan]] – Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle/Light Tank, used by the US Army from 1969.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=26))
* [[Centurion tank|Centurion]] Mk 5 Main Battle Tank – used by the Australian Army,((sfn|Dunstan|1985|pp=39–40)) with AVLB and ARV variants.((sfn|Green|1996|p=54))

====Other armored vehicles====
* [[C15TA Armoured Truck]] – used by the ARVN early in the war((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=4))
* [[LVTP5]] (aka AMTRACs) – amphibious tractors/landing craft used by USMC((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=16))((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=62)) and later by [[Republic of Vietnam Marine Division|RVNMD]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=7))
* [[Daimler Dingo#Variants|Lynx Scout Car Mk II]] – used by the ARVN((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=4))
* [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]] – APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=23))((sfn|Green|1996|p=4))((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=61–62))
* [[M113 ACAV]] – Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=19))
* [[M163 VADS|M163 Vulcan]] – self-propelled anti-aircraft tank((sfn|Green|1996|p=50))
* [[M114 reconnaissance carrier|M114]] – reconnaissance vehicle((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=62))
* [[M132 Armored Flamethrower]]((sfn|Rottman|2010|p=37))
* [[M106 mortar carrier]]((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=12))
* [[M3 Scout Car]] – used by South Vietnamese forces early in the war.((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=54))
* [[M3 Half-track]] – used by South Vietnamese forces early in the war.((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=54))
* [[Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando]] – replaced ARVN M8 armored cars in 1967.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=13)) Also used by US forces as M706 Commando.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=32))
* [[M8 Greyhound]] Used by ARVN forces early in the war.((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=54))
* [[M56 Scorpion]] – limited use in 1965–1966<ref>((cite book|title=M50 Ontos and M56 Scorpion 1956–70: US Tank Destroyers of the Vietnam War|series=New Vanguard 240 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|first=Kenneth W |last=Estes|year=2016|isbn=9781472814739|url=https://archive.org/details/m50ontosm56scorp0000este|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/m50ontosm56scorp0000este/page/43 43]))</ref>
* [[M50 Ontos]] – self-propelled 106&nbsp;mm recoilless rifle carrier used by the USMC until 1969.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=16))((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=36))
* [[M42 Duster]] – M41 based hull, with a twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm antiaircraft gun]] mounted on an open turret((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=23))
* [[M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle]] – modified [[M60 Patton]] tank equipped with dozer blade, short-barrelled [[Royal Ordnance L9|165mm M135]] Demolition Gun, and A-Frame crane.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=39))
* [[M60 AVLB]] – armored vehicle launched bridge using M60 Patton chassis.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1088))((sfn|Green|1996|p=22-23))
* [[M103 (heavy tank)#Variants|M51 Armored Recovery Vehicle]] – fielded by US Marines.((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=16))
* [[M578 light recovery vehicle]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=19))
* [[M88 Recovery Vehicle]] – armored recovery vehicle based on M48 chassis.((sfn|Green|1996|pp=19–21))
* [[Wickums]] [[Armoured train|armored]] [[draisine]] used by the ARVN.((sfn|Mesko|1982|p=15))

===Naval craft===
[[File:Fast Patrol Craft (Swift boat) slow.jpg|thumb|Fast Patrol Craft]]
* [[Landing Craft Mechanized|LCM-6]] and [[LCM-8]] – with several modifications:
** LCMs modified as a [[river monitor]]s((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=979))
** [[Armored Troop Carrier (LCM)|Armored Troop Carrier]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=980))
** Command and Communication Boat (CCB)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=980))
** other variants included [[helipad]] boats and tankers((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=980))
* [[Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel|LCVP]] – Landing craft vehicle personnel, some made by the French ''Services Techniques des Construction et Armes Navales''/''France Outremer'' and known as FOM((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=980))
* [[Fast Patrol Craft|Swift Boat]] – Patrol Craft Fast (PCF)((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=1081–1083))
* [[Assault Support Patrol Boat|ASPB]] – assault support patrol boat((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=979))
* [[Patrol Boat, River|PBR]] – Patrol Boat River, all-fiberglass boats propelled by twin water jets, used by the US Navy((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=979))
* [[Hurricane Aircat]] – [[airboat]] used by ARVN and US Army((sfn|Rottman|2007b|p=50))

===Communications===
[[File:KY38Manpack.jpg|thumb|Soldier using an [[AN/PRC-77]] radio transceiver with the KY-38 [[secure voice]] encryptor (below), part of the [[NESTOR (encryption)|NESTOR]] system]]

====Radios====
The geographically dispersed nature of the war challenged existing military communications. From 1965 to the final redeployment of tactical units, numerous communications-electronics systems were introduced in Vietnam to upgrade the quality and quantity of tactical communications and replace obsolete gear:
* AN/PRT-4 and PRR-9 squad radios – replaced the [[AN/PRC-6]].((sfn|Myer|1982|p=81))
* [[AN/PRC-6]] and [[AN/PRC-10]] – older short range radios, used for outposts((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=42))((sfn|Myer|1982|p=10))
* [[AN/PRC-77|AN/PRC-25 and 77]] – short-range FM radios that replaced the AN/PRC-8-10.((sfn|Myer|1982|p=79))((sfn|Rottman|2011a|p=41))
* [[AN/VRC-12]] series (VRC-43, VRC-45, VRC-46, VRC-47, VRC-48)((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=63)) – FM radios that replaced the RT-66-67-68/GRC (including AN/GRC 3–8, VRC 7–10, VRC 20–22, and VRQ 1–3 sets).((sfn|Myer|1982|p=81))
* AN/GRC-106 – AM radios and teletypewriter that replaced the AN/GRC-19.((sfn|Myer|1982|p=82))
* [[Field telephone#Field telephones used by the United States Army|TA-312 and TA-1 field telephones]].((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=63))

====Encryption systems====
((More citations needed section|date=December 2018))
Encryption systems developed by the [[National Security Agency]] and used in Vietnam included:<ref name=boaklectures>((cite book |url=https://www.governmentattic.org/18docs/Hist_US_COMSEC_Boak_NSA_1973u.pdf |title=A History of U.S. Communications Security (The David G. Boak Lectures) |publisher=National Security Agency (NSA)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413072408/https://www.governmentattic.org/18docs/Hist_US_COMSEC_Boak_NSA_1973u.pdf|archive-date= April 13, 2023)) Volume I (1973), Volume II (1981), partially released 2008, additional portions declassified October 14, 2015.</ref>

* [[NESTOR (encryption)|NESTOR]] – tactical [[secure voice]] system, including the TSEC/KY-8, 28 and 38 was used with the PRC-77 and VRC-12
* [[KW-26]] – protected higher level teletype traffic 
* [[KW-37]] – protected the U.S. Navy fleet broadcast
* [[KL-7]] – provided offline security
* A number of paper encryption and [[authentication]] products, including [[one time pad]]s and the [[:File:KAL-55B Tactical Authentication System (Vietnam War era) – National Cryptologic Museum – DSC08013.JPG|KAL-55B Tactical Authentication System]]<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/kal55.html |title=KAL-55B |website=www.jproc.ca|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426025405/http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/kal55.html|archive-date= April 26, 2023))</ref>

==Weapons of the PAVN/VC, China, Soviet and North Korea Forces==
((main|Viet Cong and PAVN logistics and equipment))
The PAVN and the Southern communist guerrillas, the [[Viet Cong]] (VC) as they were commonly referred to during the war, largely used standard [[Warsaw Pact]] weapons. Weapons used by the PAVN also included Chinese Communist variants, which were referred to as CHICOM's by the US military. Captured weapons were also widely used; almost every small arm used by SEATO may have seen limited enemy use. During the early 1950s, US equipment captured in Korea was also sent to the Viet Minh.

===Small arms===
[[File:Viet Cong soldier DD-ST-99-04298.jpg|thumb|right|[[Viet Cong]] guerrilla stands beneath a Viet Cong flag carrying an [[AK-47]] rifle.]]
[[File:MP Inspects Captured AK-47 Vietnam.jpg|thumb|A U.S. Army M.P. inspects a Soviet [[AK-47]] recovered in Vietnam in 1968.]]
[[File:Pavnbattle.jpg|thumb|[[People's Army of Vietnam|PAVN]] troops with [[PPSh-41]]]]
[[File:Vietcong1968.jpg|thumb|VC soldier with [[SKS]]]]

====Hand combat weapons====
[[File:KA-BAR.jpg|thumb|The [[Ka-Bar]] knife was also used by the PAVN & Viet Cong]]
* A wide variety of bayonets meant for fitting on the many types of rifles used by the NVA and VC.
* [[Type 30 bayonet]]<ref name="Post-war"/>
* [[Spear]]s, used during "suicide attacks"((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=12))

====Handguns and revolvers====
* [[Makarov PM]] (and Chinese Type 59)((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=25))((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=33))
* [[Mauser C96]] – Locally produced copies were used alongside Chinese copies and German variants supplied by the Soviets.<ref name="wwiiGerman">((cite web |url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/wwii-german-weapons-during-the-vietnam-war/ |title=WWII German weapons during the Vietnam War |date=10 July 2015 |website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com |access-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921182548/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/wwii-german-weapons-during-the-vietnam-war/|archive-date=21 September 2022))</ref>
* [[Nagant M1895]]<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=535 |title=Nagant Model 1895 (M1895) |website=www.militaryfactory.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130183326/https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=535|archive-date= November 30, 2022))</ref> 
* [[M1911 pistol]]((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=25))
* [[Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A|M1935A pistol]]((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=25))
* [[Škorpion|SA vz. 61]] – automatic pistol<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.nam-valka.cz/zbrane/vz61.html |title=Samopal vz.61 Škorpion / NAM 64–75 |website=www.nam-valka.cz|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827051931/http://www.nam-valka.cz/zbrane/vz61.html|archive-date= August 27, 2022))</ref>
* [[Tokarev TT-33]] – Standard pistol, including Chinese [[Type 54 pistol|Type 51 and Type 54 copies]] including [[Zastava M57]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=33))
* [[Walther P38]] – Captured by the Soviets during [[World War II]] and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid<ref name="wwiiGerman"/>
* Home-made pistols, such as copies of the M1911, Luger<ref name=":3">((cite web |last=McCollum |first=Ian |date=27 January 2016 |title=Viet Cong Handmade Luger Lookalike |url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/viet-cong-handmade-luger-lookalike |access-date=12 December 2017 |work=ForgottenWeapons.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204150014/https://www.forgottenweapons.com/viet-cong-handmade-luger-lookalike/|archive-date= February 4, 2023))</ref> or of the Mauser C96 (''Cao Dai 763'') or crude one-shot guns, were also used by the Viet Cong early in the war.<ref name="wwiiGerman"/><ref name="homemade"/>

====Automatic and semi-automatic rifles====
* [[SKS]] (Chinese Type 56) semi-automatic carbine((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=23))
* [[AK-47]] – from the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact countries, China and North Korea((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
** [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]] – Chinese-made standard rifle((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
** [[Type 58 assault rifle|Type 58]] – Limited use from North Korea((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))<ref name="NKSA">((cite web |title=North Korean Small Arms |url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1785&page=3 |website=Small Arms Defense Journal |access-date=27 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206091531/http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/north-korean-small-arms/3/|archive-date= December 6, 2021))</ref>
** [[Kbkg wz. 1960|PMK]] – Polish-made [[AK-47]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
* [[AKM]] – from the Soviet Union, common modernized variant of the AK-47((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=37))<ref>((cite book |page=[https://archive.org/details/operationiraqifr00boyn/page/110 110] |title=Operation Iraqi Freedom: What Went Right, What Went Wrong, and Why|author=Walter J. Boyne|year=2003|publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-7653-1038-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/operationiraqifr00boyn |url-access=registration))</ref>
** [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965|PM md. 63/65]] – Romanian variant of AKM<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.gunboards.com/threads/was-the-k63-type-63a-type-68-used-during-the-vietnam-war.991970/ |title=Was the K63 / Type 63a / Type 68 used during the Vietnam War |website=Gunboards Forums|date=9 May 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717101811/https://www.gunboards.com/threads/was-the-k63-type-63a-type-68-used-during-the-vietnam-war.991970/|archive-date= July 17, 2021))</ref>
** [[AMD-65]] – Very limited use from Hungary<ref>((cite web |title=Hungarian AMD-65 carbine |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30030077 |website=iwm.org.uk |publisher=[[Imperial War Museum]] |access-date=19 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017032834/https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30030077|archive-date=October 17, 2021))</ref>
* [[M1 Carbine|M1/M2 carbines]] – common and popular captured semi-automatic rifles((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=23))
* [[M1 Garand]]- Captured from South Vietnamese forces<ref name=":1">((Cite web |last=Laemlein |first=Tom |date=2021-10-26 |title=Small Arms of the Viet Cong |url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/small-arms-of-the-viet-cong/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Armory Life |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128210842/https://www.thearmorylife.com/small-arms-of-the-viet-cong/|archive-date= November 28, 2022))</ref> ((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[vz. 52 rifle]] semi-automatic rifle, very rarely used((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
* [[Vz. 58]] assault rifle((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
* [[StG 44|Sturmgewehr 44]] Limited<ref name="wwiiGerman"/>
* [[Type 63 assault rifle]] – Limited use, received during the 1970s((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=976))
* [[M14 rifle|M14]], [[M16 rifle|M16A1]] – captured from US and South Vietnamese forces.((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=25))((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=28))
* [[MAS-49 rifle]] – captured French rifle from First Indochina War<ref> ((cite web|url=https://enemymilitaria.com/product/north-vietnamese-army-viet-cong-weapons-manual-1963-rifles/|publisher= Enemy Militaria|title=North Vietnamese Army Viet Cong Weapons Manual 1963 – Rifles))</ref>

====Rifles: bolt-action, marksman====
* [[Arisaka]] rifles – Used by Viet Cong early in the war.<ref name="Early VC" />
* [[Berthier rifle|Berthier]] rifles- Used by Viet Cong early in the war<ref name=":1" />
* [[Chiang Kai-shek rifle]] – Used by recruits and militias((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=25))
* [[Mosin–Nagant]] – Bolt-action rifles and carbines from the Soviet Union and China (especially M44).((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=22))((sfn|Rottman|2009|pp=28–29))
* [[Karabiner 98k|Mauser Kar98k]] – Bolt-action rifle, captured from the French during the [[First Indochina War]] and also provided by the Soviets as military aid.<ref name="wwiiGerman"/>
* [[MAS-36 rifle]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=33))
* [[Lee–Enfield]] – Used by the Viet Cong<ref>((cite news |newspaper=Madera Tribune |volume=76 |issue=190 |date=9 February 1968 |title=Ragtag Viet Cong Become A 20th Century Army |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19680209.2.30&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |archiveurl=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230515050511/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19680209.2.30&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url-status=live ))</ref>
* [[Lebel rifle]] – Used earlier in the war.((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=25))((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=33))
* [[M1903 Springfield]] – Used by Viet Cong forces((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=21))
* [[M1917 Enfield]] – Used by Viet Cong forces<ref>((cite web |title=Model 1917 Enfield Rifle: North Vietnamese Military Forces |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C153794 |website=awm.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123102353/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C153794|archive-date= January 23, 2022))</ref>
* [[Dragunov sniper rifle|SVD Dragunov]] – Soviet semi-automatic sniper rifle in limited use((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=134))
* [[vz. 24]] – Used by Viet Cong forces.<ref>((cite book|last=Ball|first=Robert W. D.|title=Mauser Military Rifles of the World|year=2011|location=Iola|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=9781440228926|pages=116–118))</ref>
* Older or rarer rifles were often modified by the Viet Cong early in the war: [[Fusil Gras mle 1874|Gras mle 1874]] carbines were rechambered to [[.410 bore]] while [[Destroyer carbine]]s were modified to accept the magazine of the Walther P38.<ref name="Early VC"/>
* Home-made rifles, often spring-action rifles made to look like a M1 Garand or a M1 Carbine, were also used by the Viet Cong.<ref name="homemade">((cite magazine |magazine=Military Surplus Magazine|date=22 October 2015 |title=Viet Cong Weaponry: 14 Small Arms From the Vietnam War |url=https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/viet-cong-weaponry-14-vietnam-war/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027141541/https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/viet-cong-weaponry-14-vietnam-war/|archive-date=27 October 2022|first=W. Darrin |last=Weaver))</ref>

====Submachine guns====
* [[K-50M]] submachine gun (Vietnamese edition, based on Chinese version of Russian PPSh-41, under licence)((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=44))
* [[MAT-49]] submachine gun – Captured during the French-Indochina War. Many were converted from 9x19mm to 7.62x25 Tokarev<ref name="Dockery"/>
* [[PPSh-41]] submachine gun (both Soviet, North Korean and Chinese versions)((sfn|Rottman|2009|pp=29–30))<ref name="NKSA"/>
* [[PPS-43]] submachine gun (both Soviet and Chinese versions)((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
* [[M3 submachine gun]] Limited use((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[Thompson submachine gun]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32)) – including Vietnamese copies((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=59))
* [[MP-40|MP 40]]((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=42)) Provided by the Soviet Union as a military aid.
*[[Smith & Wesson Model 76|Smith and Wesson M76]] submachine gun - captured from US forces <ref name="Early VC">((cite web |title=Early VC Small Arms |first=J. David |last=Truby |website=SmallArmsReview.com |date=29 November 2013 |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2231 |access-date=5 February 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020823/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2231 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[MAS-38]] submachine gun – Captured from the French in the Indochina War.((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=91))
* [[PM-63]] submachine gun – Used by tank crews<ref name="MT">((cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/firearms/pm63_rak.htm |title = PM-63 RAK Submachine Gun ((!)) Military-Today.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031130142/http://www.military-today.com/firearms/pm63_rak.htm|archive-date= October 31, 2022))</ref>
* [[M56 submachine gun]] – limited use, received from Yugoslavia<ref> ((cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/m56-yugoslavia%E2%80%99s-favorite-submachine-gun-was-part-german-and-part-soviet-183241|publisher= [[The National Interest]]|date= April 20, 2021|last=Suciu|first=Peter|title=M56: Yugoslavia's Favorite Submachine Gun Was Part German and Part Soviet|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203232739/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/m56-yugoslavia%E2%80%99s-favorite-submachine-gun-was-part-german-and-part-soviet-183241|archive-date= December 3, 2022))</ref>
* Vietnamese home-made submachine guns, inspired by the [[Sten]] or the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]], were used by the Viet Cong early in the war.<ref name="homemade"/><ref name="Early VC"/>

====Shotguns====
*  Homemade shotguns, some inspired by the [[Browning Automatic Rifle|BAR]] or the [[Arisaka Type 99]], were used by the Viet Cong early in the war. <ref>((cite web|title=Vietnam War Rare NVA & Viet cong Weapons|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TsVMqsI-o|website=youtube.com|language=en|format=video|date=October 13, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031141536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TsVMqsI-o|archive-date=October 31, 2022|access-date=October 31, 2022|url-status=bot: unknown))</ref> <ref name="homemade"/>
*Various models captured from ARVN and US forces<ref name="Early VC"/>
* [[Remington Model 10]] – pump-action shotgun used by the Viet Cong((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|p=34))

====Machine guns====
* [[Bren]] light machine gun, used by Viet Cong<ref name="wwiiGerman"/>
* [[Degtyarev DP]] (''DPM'' and ''RP-46'' variants and Chinese ''Type 53'' and ''Type 58'' copies)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
* [[DShK]] heavy machine gun (including Chinese Type 54)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=26))
* [[FM-24/29]] – used by Viet Cong Forces((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=44–45))
* [[KPV heavy machine gun]]((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=94))
* [[Lewis gun]]<ref name="Sken9">((harvp|Skennerton|2001|p=9))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last= Huard |first= Paul |date=2016-04-16 |title=The Lewis Gun Was a New Kind of Killing Machine |url=https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-lewis-gun-was-a-new-kind-of-killing-machine-acd201e13183 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=War Is Boring |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317160806/https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-lewis-gun-was-a-new-kind-of-killing-machine-acd201e13183|archive-date=March 17, 2023))</ref>
* [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]]<ref>((cite book |title=The Browning Automatic Rifle |series=Weapon 15 |first1=Robert R. |last1=Hodges |first2=Robert R. Jr. |last2=Hodges |date=20 Apr 2012 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |isbn=9781849087612 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LH6ICwAAQBAJ |page=67))</ref>
* [[M1917 Browning machine gun]] – at least 1 used by the Viet Cong((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|p=210))
* [[M1919 Browning machine gun]] – captured from ARVN/US forces((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
* [[M60 machine gun]] – captured from ARVN/US forces((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
*[[M2 Browning]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31)) – captured from ARVN/US forces
*[[MG 34]] – captured by the Soviets during World War II and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid<ref name="wwiiGerman"/>
*[[FG 42]] – Limited use, captured by the Soviets during World War II and supplied in the 1950s<ref name="wwiiGerman" />
* [[PM M1910|Maxim machine-gun M1910]]((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
* [[PK machine gun|PK]] Very limited use general-purpose machine gun from Soviet Union<ref>((cite web |title=Arsenal ((!)) The NVA's 'Quick Change' Machine Gun |url=https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-nvas-quick-change-machine-gun.htm |work=Vietnam Magazine |first=Carl O. |last=Schuster |date=December 2016 |access-date=21 December 2016 |via=HistoryNet|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515021655/https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-nvas-quick-change-machine-gun/?f|archive-date=May 15, 2022))</ref> 
* [[Reibel machine gun|Reibel Machinegun]]<ref>((Cite web |last=Laemlein |first=Tom |date=2021-11-16 |title=Heavy Weapons of the Viet Cong |url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/heavy-weapons-of-the-viet-cong/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Armory Life |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202123606/https://www.thearmorylife.com/heavy-weapons-of-the-viet-cong/|archive-date= December 2, 2022))</ref> 
* [[RPD machine gun|RPD]] light machine gun (and Chinese Type 56 and North Korean Type 62 copies) – first used in 1964((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=88–89))((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=29))<ref name="NKSA"/>
* [[RPK]] light machine gun of Soviet design((sfn|Dye|Laemlein|2015|p=183))
* [[SG-43 Goryunov|SG-43/SGM]] medium machine guns including ''Type 53'' and ''Type 57'' Chinese copies of these guns((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
* [[Type 11 light machine gun]]<ref>((cite web |title=Type 11 Light Machine Gun|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C236596 |website=awm.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |access-date=4 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423142342/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C236596|archive-date= April 23, 2023))</ref>
* [[MG 08|Type 24 machine gun]] (Chinese-made MG-08) – used by the Viet Cong Forces((sfn|Smith|1969|p=719))
* [[Type 67 machine gun]]<ref name="Willbanks2004">((cite book |author=James H. Willbanks |title=Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact |url=https://archive.org/details/machinegunsillus00will |url-access=limited |year=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-480-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/machinegunsillus00will/page/n150 134]))</ref>
* [[Type 92 heavy machine gun]]<ref>((cite web |title=Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C236598 |website=awm.gov.au |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |access-date=4 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308091959/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C236598|archive-date= March 8, 2021))</ref>
* [[Type 99 light machine gun]]((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=47))((sfn|Smith|1969|p=719))
* [[Uk vz. 59]] general-purpose machine gun<ref>((cite magazine |last=Scarlata |first=Paul |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Eastern Bloc Firestorm: The Czech UK vz. 59 Machine Gun |url=https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/uk-vz-59/ |magazine=Military Surplus Magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419051233/https://www.tactical-life.com/guns/uk-vz-59/|archive-date= April 19, 2023))</ref>
* [[ZB vz. 26]] light machine gun (included Chinese copies)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=27))((sfn|Smith|1969|p=719))

====Grenades, mines, and booby traps====
* Home-made grenades and [[Improvised explosive device|IEDs]]<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30023800 |title=Grenade Improvised (Viet Cong) |website=iwm.org.uk |publisher=[[Imperial War Museum]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021234338/https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30023800|archive-date= October 21, 2021))</ref>
* [[F1 grenade (Russia)|F1 grenade]] (Chinese Type 1)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=32))
* [[M26 grenade|M29 grenade]] – captured((sfn|Conboy|1992|pp=22–23))
* [[M79 grenade launcher]] – captured from US or ARVN forces((sfn|Rottman|2007a|pp=23–24))
* [[RG-42]] grenade (Chinese Type 42)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451))((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
* [[RGD-1]] and [[RGD-2]] smoke grenades((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451))
* [[RGD-5]] grenade (Chinese Type 59)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=31))
* [[RKG-3 anti-tank grenade]] (Chinese Type 3)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451))((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=60))
* [[Stielhandgranate#Type 23|Type 67]] and [[RGD-33 grenade|RGD-33]] stick grenades((sfn|Rottman|2015|p=56))((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=451))
* [[M9 rifle grenade|Type 64]] rifle grenade – fired from ''AT-44'' grenade launchers, fitted to [[Mosin-Nagant]] carbines((sfn|Rottman|2009|pp=28–29))
* [[Type 89 grenade discharger]]<ref name="Post-war">((cite web |title=Mukden Arsenal after WWII |date=April 3, 2017 |url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/mukden-arsenal-after-wwii/ |website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116175413/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/mukden-arsenal-after-wwii/|archive-date= November 16, 2020))</ref>

====Flamethrowers====
* [[LPO-50]] flamethrower<ref>((cite book|title=The Flamethrower|series=Weapon 41|first=Chris |last=McNab |date=20 Aug 2015|isbn=9781472809025|publisher=Osprey Publishing|pages=70–72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onyXCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70))</ref>
** [[LPO-50|Type 74]] Chinese-built copy<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/north-vietnams-flame-thrower.htm |title=North Vietnam's Flame Thrower |first=Carl O. |last=Schuster |date=February 18, 2020 |website=HistoryNet|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123212244/https://www.historynet.com/north-vietnams-flame-thrower.htm|archive-date= January 23, 2022))</ref>

====Rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, anti-tank rifles and lightweight guided missiles====

[[File:SA-7 being used in Vietnam.jpg|thumb|North Vietnamese soldier preparing to fire an [[9K32 Strela-2|SA-7]]]]

* [[Recoilless rifle]]s were known as DKZ (''Đại-bác Không Giật'').((sfn|Rottman|2006|p=12))
*[[RPG-2]] recoilless rocket launcher (both Soviet, Chinese and locally produced B-40 and B-50 variants used)((sfn|Rottman|2010a|pages=19, 40–41))
*[[RPG-7]] recoilless rocket launcher((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=144))
*[[Bazooka|Type 51]] (Chinese copy of the M20 Super Bazooka) – used by Viet Cong as late as 1964((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=987))
*[[B-10 recoilless rifle]]((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=142–143))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=26))
*[[B-11 recoilless rifle]]((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=142–143))
*[[SPG-9]] 73&nbsp;mm recoilless rifle((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=26))
*[[M18 recoilless rifle]] (and Chinese Type 36 copy) and captured from US or ARVN forces((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=26))((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=141–142))
*[[M20 recoilless rifle]] (and Chinese Type 52 and Type 56 copies) and captured from US or ARVN forces((sfn|Rottman|2007a|p=26))((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=142))
*[[PTRD]] Limited use by the Viet Cong Forces.<ref name="wwiiGerman" />
*[[9K32 Strela-2]] (SA-7) anti-aircraft weapon((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=153))
*[[9M14 Malyutka]] (AT-3 Sagger)((sfn|Ezell|1988|pp=146–147))

[[File:North Vietnamese SA-2.jpg|thumb|North Vietnamese [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] crew in front of a [[S-75 Dvina|SA-2]] launcher]]

===Mortars===
[[File:KS-19.jpg|thumb|The [[100 mm air defense gun KS-19|KS-19]]]]
* [[Brandt Mle 1935]] – 60mm mortar((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[M2 mortar]] (including Chinese Type 31 and Type 63 copies) – 60mm mortars((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[M19 mortar]] – 60mm mortar((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[M1 mortar]] – 81mm((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[M29 mortar]] – 81mm((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[Brandt Mle 27/31]] – 81mm mortar((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
*[[82-BM-37|82-PM-37]] (including Chinese Type 53 copy)- 82mm mortar((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[Type 67 mortar]] – 82mm mortar((sfn|Higgins|2015|p=78))
* [[107mm M1938 mortar|M1938 107mm mortar]]
* [[120-PM-43 mortar]]((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))
* [[160mm Mortar M1943|M1943 160mm mortar]] (including Chinese Type 55 copy)((sfn|Rottman|2009|p=32))

===Field artillery rocket launchers===
Field artillery rockets were often fired from improvised launchers, sometimes a tube fixed with bamboo.((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=987))
* [[Model 102A3 rockets|102mm 102A3 rockets]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=988))
* [[Type 63 multiple rocket launcher|107mm Type 63]] [[Multiple rocket launcher|MRL]] – used with one-tube or 12-tube launchers((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=988))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=12))
* single-tube 122mm 9M22M rocket taken from [[BM-21 Grad]] MRL((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=988))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=12))
* single-tube 140mm M14-OF rocket taken from [[BM-14]] MRL((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=988))

===Field guns and howitzers===
* [[57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=18))
* [[Type 92 battalion gun|70 mm Type 92 battalion gun]]((sfn|Ott|1995|p=13))((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
*[[Type 41 75 mm mountain gun]], supplied by China((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
* [[7.5 cm Pak 40]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=17))
* [[M116 howitzer|75mm M116 pack howitzer]],((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251)) supplied by China
* [[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)]] (and Chinese Type 54)((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
* [[85 mm divisional gun D-44]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))
* [[100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))
* [[Type 91 10 cm howitzer]], supplied by China((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=92))
* [[M101 howitzer]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))
* [[122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19)]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))
* [[122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))
* [[D-74 122 mm field gun]]((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=59))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))
* [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))((sfn|Ott|1995|p=227))
* [[152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1251))
* [[152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)]]((sfn|Ezell|1988|p=153))
* [[M114 155 mm howitzer]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=54))

===Anti-aircraft weapons===
* [[ZPU-4|ZPU-1/2/4]] single, double, and quad 14.5&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft machine guns((sfn|Smith|1969|p=718))
* [[ZU-23-2|ZU-23]] twin 23&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft cannon((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=52))
* [[37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)|M1939 37&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun]] (and Chinese Type 55)((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=100))((sfn|Rottman|2005|p=61))
* [[57 mm AZP S-60|S-60]] 57&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=41))((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=100))
* [[85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)|85mm air defense gun M1944]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=52))
* [[100 mm air defense gun KS-19]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=52))
* [[8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41]]<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/13703647.htm |title=The Rise of North Vietnam's Air Defenses |last=Schuster |first=Carl O. |date=2016-07-27 |website=HistoryNet |language=en-US |access-date=2020-01-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424035026/https://www.historynet.com/13703647/?f|archive-date=April 24, 2023))</ref>
* [[S-75 Dvina]] Soviet high-altitude air defence system((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=1079–1080))((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=22))
* [[S-125 Neva/Pechora|S-125 Neva]] Soviet high-altitude air defence system((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=23))

===Aircraft===
* [[Aero Ae-45]] trainer aircraft((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|pp=10–11))
* [[Aero L-29 Delfín]] trainer aircraft((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=19))
* [[Antonov An-2|An-2]] utility aircraft((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=45))
* [[Cessna A-37 Dragonfly]] attack aircraft – limited use of captured or defected((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=25))
* [[Ilyushin Il-12]] transport aircraft((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=48))
* [[Ilyushin Il-14]] transport aircraft((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=48))
* [[Ilyushin Il-28]] jet bomber((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=49))
* [[Lisunov Li-2]] transport aircraft((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=48))
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]] (and Chinese F-4) jet trainer((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=104))
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]] (and Chinese F-5) jet fighter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=120–121))((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=34))
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|MiG-19]] (and [[Shenyang J-6|Chinese F-6]]) jet fighter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=122–123))
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] jet fighter((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|pp=122–125))
* [[North American T-28 Trojan]] – 1 ex-Laotian used in 1964((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|pp=8–9))
* [[Yakovlev Yak-18]] trainer aircraft((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=11))
* [[Zlín Z 26]] trainer aircraft((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=11))

===Aircraft weapons===
* [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23]]((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=124))
* [[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30]]((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=122))
* [[Nudelman N-37]]((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=36))
* [[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23]]((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=120))
* [[K-5 (missile)]] (RS-2US)((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=34–35))<ref name="MiG-21">((Harvard citation no brackets|Toperczer|2001b|pages=[https://archive.org/details/migunitsvietnamw00tope/page/n94 93]–94))</ref>
* [[K-13 (missile)]] (R-3S)((sfn|Tucker|2011|pp=34–35))((sfn|Nalty|Watson|Neufeld|1981|p=124))<ref name="MiG-21"/>

===Helicopters===
* [[Mil Mi-4|Mi-4]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=473))
* [[Mil Mi-6|Mi-6]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=473))
* [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8]]<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=150 |title=Mil Mi-8 (Hip) |website=www.militaryfactory.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004948/https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=150|archive-date= March 21, 2023))</ref>

===Tanks===
* [[M24 Chaffee]] – light tank, captured from the French and used for training early in the war((sfn|Robinson|1983|p=91))
* [[M41 Walker Bulldog]] – light tank, captured from the ARVN.((sfn|McKenna|2011|p=260))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=10))
* [[M48 Patton]] – captured from the ARVN.<ref name="B&B53"/>
* [[PT-76]] [[Amphibious vehicle|amphibious tank]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1088))((sfn|McKenna|2011|p=61))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=8))
* [[SU-76]] self-propelled gun((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1088))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=8))
* [[SU-100]] self-propelled guns in limited numbers.((sfn|Grandolini|1998|pp=10, 65))
* [[SU-122]] self-propelled gun in limited numbers((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1088))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|pp=10, 65))
* [[T-34-85]] medium tank, from 1959((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1088))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=37))
* [[T-54/55|T-54]] main battle tanks,((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=40))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=8)) used from 1965((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=17))
* [[Type 59 tank|Type 59]] main battle tanks((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=40))
* [[Type 63 (tank)|Type 63]] [[Amphibious vehicle|amphibious tank]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=35))
* [[ZSU-57-2]] anti-aircraft self-propelled systems((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=35))
* [[ZSU-23-4]] anti-aircraft self-propelled systems((sfn|Dunstan|1985|p=40))

===Other armored vehicles===
* [[BTR-40]] APC((sfn|Grandolini|1998|pp=24–25))
* [[BTR-50]] APC((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=8))
* [[BTR-60]]PB APC((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=38))
* [[BTR-152]] APC((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=11))
* [[M3 Half-track]] and [[M8 Greyhound|M8 Light Armored Car]] – first NVA armored vehicles. Used to protect Air Bases in the North.((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=16))
* [[M113 armored personnel carrier]] – captured from the ARVN((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=10))
* [[T-54/T-55 operators and variants#Bridge-layer|MTU-20]] armored bridge-layer((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=40))
* [[Type 63 (armoured personnel carrier)|Type 63]] APC((sfn|Conboy|1992|p=45))((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=37))

===Support vehicles===
* [[AT-L]] light artillery tractor((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=41))
* AT-S and [[ATS-59]] medium artillery tractors((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=41))<ref name="B&B54"/>
* [[Beijing BJ212]]<ref name="B&B53">((cite magazine|language=fr|title=Objectif Saigon ! 2e partie: Surprise sur les Hauts Plateaux|magazine=Batailles & Blindés|issue=53|date=February 2013|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|first=Albert|last=Grandolini|pages=8–21))</ref>
* [[GAZ-46]] light amphibious car((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=50))
* [[GAZ-51]] truck (and Chinese copy)((sfn|Rottman|2011b|p=10))
* [[GAZ-63]] truck((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=25))<ref name="Sherwood2004, p. 34"/>
* [[GAZ-69]]((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=16))
* [[IFA W 50]]<ref name="B&B53"/>
* [[KrAZ-255]] heavy truck((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=48))
* ((ill|Mazur D-350|pl)) artillery tractor((sfn|Grandolini|1998|pp=47–48))
* [[MAZ-200|MAZ-502]] truck<ref name="Sherwood2004, p. 34">((cite book|title=Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War|first=John Darrell |last=Sherwood|date=May 2004|isbn=9780814798423|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCoUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|publisher=[[New York University Press]]|page=34))</ref>
* [[M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck|M35]] truck series (captured)<ref name="B&B54"/>
* [[M54 5-ton 6x6 truck|M54]] truck series (captured)<ref name="B&B54"/>
* [[M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck|M151 jeep]] (captured)<ref name="B&B53"/>
* [[ZIS-150]] truck (and Chinese CA-10)<ref name="B&B54">((cite magazine|language=fr|title=Objectif Saigon ! 3e partie: La chute du régime sud-vietnamien|magazine=Batailles & Blindés|issue=54|date=April 2013|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|first=Albert|last=Grandolini|pages=66–79))</ref>
* [[UralZIS-355M]] truck<ref name="Sherwood2004, p. 34"/>
* [[ZIL-130]] truck((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=41))
* [[ZIS-151|ZIL-151]] truck((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=28))
* [[ZIL-157|ZIL-157 and ZIL-157K]] trucks (and Chinese CA-30)((sfn|Toperczer|2001a|p=34))<ref name="B&B51">((cite magazine|language=fr|title=Objectif Saigon ! 1re partie: Le renouveau nord-vietnamien|magazine=Batailles & Blindés|issue=51|date=October 2012|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|first=Albert|last=Grandolini|pages=66–79))</ref>
* [[BAV 485|ZiS-485]] amphibious vehicle((sfn|Grandolini|1998|p=49))<ref name="B&B54"/>

===Naval craft===
* [[Shantou-class gunboat|Swatow-class gunboats]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1321))
* [[P 4-class torpedo boat|P4 and P6 torpedo boats]]((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=1321))
* Countless civilian-type [[sampan]]s – mainly used for smuggling supplies and weapons((sfn|Tucker|2011|p=705))

==See also==
* [[NLF and PAVN strategy, organization and structure]]
* [[NLF and PAVN logistics and equipment]]
* [[NLF and PAVN battle tactics]]
* [[Weapons of the Laotian Civil War]]
* [[Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War]]
*[[Weapons of the First Indochina War]]

==References==
===Citations and notes===
((reflist))

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* ((cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon L.|year=2010a|title=The Rocket Propelled Grenade |series=Weapon 2 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-84908-153-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDa1CwAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book|title=Vietnam Infantry Tactics|series=Elite 186 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|first=Gordon L. |last=Rottman|date=20 Jun 2011a|isbn=9781849085052 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTu3CwAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book|title=US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam|series=Warrior 159|first=Gordon L.|last=Rottman |date=20 Sep 2011b|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9781849085137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDy3CwAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book|title=Vietnam Gun Trucks|series=New Vanguard 184|first=Gordon L. |last=Rottman |date=20 Sep 2011c|isbn=9781849083553|publisher=Osprey Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E1a3CwAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book|title=Tunnel Rat in Vietnam|series=Warrior 161|first=Gordon L.|last=Rottman |date=20 Feb 2012|isbn=9781849087834 |publisher=Osprey Publishing))
* ((cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon L. |date=2012a |title=The Bazooka |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-1849088015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dae6CwAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book|title=Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments|series=Elite 216|first=Gordon L.|last=Rottman |date=26 Jan 2017|isbn=9781472819055|publisher=Osprey Publishing))
* ((cite book|title=Vietnam Armor in Action|first1=Gordon L.|last1=Rottman |first2=Donald|last2=Spaulding|date=2002|isbn=9789623616829|publisher=Concord Publications|series=Armor at War 7040))
* ((cite book|first=Lee E.|last=Russell |title=Armies of the Vietnam War 2|series=Men at arms 143|publisher=Osprey Publishing |date=28 Jul 1983|isbn=9780850455144))
* ((cite book|title=A Bright Shining Lie – John Paul Van and the American War in Vietnam |first=Neil|last=Sheehan|edition=ebook|publisher=Vintage|date=October 20, 2009|orig-year=September 12, 1988 |isbn=978-0679724148|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/brightshininglie0000shee_r0g3))
* ((cite book|last=Smith|first=Joseph E.|title=Small Arms of the World|edition=11th |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|publisher=The Stackpole Company |year=1969 |isbn=9780811715669|url=https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit|url-access=registration))
* ((cite book|title=US Combat Shotguns|series=Weapon 29|first=Leroy |last=Thompson|date=20 Aug 2013 |isbn=9781780960142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnGICwAAQBAJ|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]))
* ((cite book|title=MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War|series=Combat Aircraft 25|publisher=Osprey Publishing|first=István|last=Toperczer|date=25 Sep 2001a|isbn=9781841761626))
* ((cite book|last=Toperczer|first=István|date=25 Dec 2001b|title=MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War |series=Combat Aircraft 29 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=9781841762630 |url=https://archive.org/details/migunitsvietnamw00tope |url-access=limited))
*((cite book |title=MiG Aces of the Vietnam War|last=Toperczer|first=Istvan|year=2015|publisher=Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.|location=USA|isbn=978-0-7643-4895-2))
* ((cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History|edition=2nd |editor-first=Spencer C.|editor-last=Tucker|isbn=978-1-85109-960-3|date=May 2011|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000unse_h8u1))

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