Nnjane's book of infantry weapons vietnamese

Canfields work is an excellent, technical coverage of all manportable weapons of the war, and, yet, manages to retain the human connection with the men actually involved in the slogging, day to day use of all weapons. The m48 tank, with mounted machine guns, could travel up to 30 mph and was used to. During the vietnam war 19651975 and the cambodian vietnamese war 19771989, the vietnam peoples ground forces relied almost entirely on sovietderived weapons and equipment systems. Weapons and field gear of the north vietnamese army and viet cong. With the end of the cold war in 1992 soviet military equipment subsidies ended and vietnam began the use of hard currency and barter to buy weapons and equipment. Learn about the firearms, bombs, tanks, ships, planes and other equipment used by both. Since i already own several books about the nva and vc forces, i found this book particularly interesting since i was actually able to see the equipment that the. Wikicommons amercian soldiers went into battle in vietnam armed with more than a dozen different types of infantry weapons.

Infantry weaponsoften referred to as small armshave fascinated soldiers and. This article is about the weapons used in the vietnam war, which involved the peoples 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 army of the republic of vietnam arvn, united states, republic of korea, philippines, thailand, and. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Weapons and equipment vietnam war pritzker military museum. Janes infantry weapons 198889 by non stated and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. There are a total of 116 vietnam war guns 1955 1975 in the military factory. This article is about the weapons used in the vietnam war, which involved the peoples army of vietnam pavn or north vietnamese army nva, national. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Vietnam era rifles used by the us military and allies. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.