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 …

2021年10月26日 · A Marine poses with weapons captured from the VC during August 1965: A Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine and two French MAT-49 SMGs. Image: NARA. American troops found that was a defining element of the Viet Cong (VC) guerrilla.

2022年12月19日 · Viet Cong troops fire a 12.7 mm DShK machine gun at U.S. aircraft during an air raid on a South Vietnamese village. An essential element in NVA and VC air defense, the DShK was dreaded among Americans as the “.51-caliber” and the “eater of helicopters.” (Central Press/Getty Images)

During the Vietnam War, both the Viet Cong and the People’s Army of Vietnam (the North Vietnamese Army) made heavy use of the weapon, thanks to support from the Soviet Union and from the People’s Republic of China.

2011年8月2日 · Most of the weapons, uniforms and equipment used by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces were manufactured by the Soviet Union and China. The portable, shoulder-fired SA-7 Grail missile...

2018年7月11日 · Troops in the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) or the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) had access to more standard-issue clothing and weapons, while Viet Cong often used improvised weapons and wore peasant clothing to blend in to the South Vietnamese population.

2021年11月16日 · T he Viet Cong (VC) were many things: a communist political group and revolutionary front, a terrorist group, and the army of a guerrilla war. Ultimately, in combat operations, the Viet Cong were a light infantry force. A Czech-made ZB vz. 26 light machine gun (7.92x57mm) in a Viet Cong AA position. Many were provided from Chinese stocks.

2018年12月12日 · The Vietnam War was fought between firstly the French and Viet Minh guerrillas, then later between the US, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), and the Vietcong (VC) guerrillas. The VC and NVA forces in the war were equipped with a wide variety of weapons from all corners of the globe.

2014年5月27日 · In the Vietnam War, most of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong’s weapons and equipments came from Soviet Union and China. For instance, AK-47, which was officially used by the Soviet Armed Forces, became the primary infantry weapon of NVA and the Viet Cong.

2023年6月23日 · From the advanced firepower of the United States to the guerrilla warfare tactics of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army, these weapons shaped the course of history and forever impacted the nature of warfare.