Engineering:Weapons of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War

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This article is about the weapons used in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, involved the Vietnam (Army: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)), People's Republic of Kampuchea (Army: Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (KPRAF)) which of the Khmer Rouge (Army:Kampuchean Revolutionary Army), Khmer People's National Liberation Front (Army: Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces), FUNCINPEC and Thailand (Army: Royal Thai Armed Forces (Thai: กองทัพไทย; RTGS: Kong Thap Thai)) (border clashes)

From Vietnam and People's Republic of Kampuchea supported by Soviet Union and other country socialist.

From Khmer Rouge supported by China , Khmer People's National Liberation Front and FUNCINPEC supported by United States and United Kingdom

Weapons of the Vietnam, People's Republic of Kampuchea

Vietnam

Army

Hand combat weapons

  • Bayonet scabbard used on the Mosin–Nagant rifle (Soviet Union supply)
  • Bolo knife (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • Ka-Bar (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • M3 fighting knife used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M4 bayonet used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M5 bayonet used on the M1 Garand (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M1905 bayonet used on the M1 Garand and Springfield M1903 (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • Pattern 1907 bayonet used on the Lee–Enfield rifle (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • (name) bayonet used on the SKS (Soviet Union supply)
  • M6 bayonet used on the M14 rifle (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • M7 bayonet used on the M16 rifle (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • 6H2 bayonet and 6H3 bayonet used on the AK-47 (Soviet Union supply)
  • 6H4-type bayonet and Type II bayonet used on the AKM (Soviet Union supply)
  • Type II bayonet used on the Type 56 (China supply from Vietnam War)
  • vz. 58 edged bayonet used on the vz. 58 (Czechoslovakia supply)

Sidearms

Pistols and revolvers

Shotguns

  • IZh-58 (Soviet Union supply)
  • Remington Model 10 (Captured from Vietnam War)

Rifles

Bolt-action rifles

Carbines

Semi-automatic rifles

  • M1 Garand (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • MAS-49 rifle (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • M14 rifle (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • SVD Dragunov (Soviet Union supply)

Assault rifle

Automatic weapons

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Explosives and grenades

Mortars

  • 82-BM-41 (Soviet Union supply)
  • 120-PM-38 (Soviet Union supply)
  • 120-PM-43 mortar (Soviet Union supply)
  • 160mm Mortar M1943 (Soviet Union supply)
  • Brandt M1927/31 (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • Brandt M1935 (Captured from First Indochina War)
  • M1 mortar (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M2 mortar (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M29 mortar (Captured from Vietnam War)

Anti-tank weapons

Artillery

Armoured Personnel Carrier

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured Scout Car

Tank

  • T-34 (Soviet Union supply)
  • T-54/55 (Soviet Union supply)
  • T-62 (Soviet Union supply) (preparatory)
  • PT-76 (Soviet Union supply)
  • M24 Chaffee (Captured from First Indochina War and Vietnam War)
  • M41 Walker Bulldog (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • M48 Patton (Captured from Vietnam War) (preparatory)
  • Type-59 (China supply from Vietnam War)
  • Type 62 (China supply from Vietnam War)
  • Type-63 (China supply from Vietnam War)

Support vehicles

Communications

Radios

Vietnam People's Air Force

Aircraft

Helicopter

Air defence weapons

Navy

Destroyer escort

  • USS Forster (DE-334) (Vietnam call: HQ-3 Dai Ky ) (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS Absecon (AVP-23) (Vietnam call: HQ-01 Pham Ngu Lao) (Captured from Vietnam War)

Frigates

Minesweeper

  • USS Prowess MSF-280 (Vietnam call: HQ-05) (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS Sentry (AM-299) (Vietnam call: HQ-07) (Captured from Vietnam War)

Patrol Craft Fast

Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM), Landing Ship Medium (LSM) and Landing Ship, Tank (LST)

  • USS LSM-85 (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS LSM-226 (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS LSM-276 (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS LSM-313 (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS Bulloch County (LST-509) (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS Maricopa County (LST-938) (Vietnam call: HQ-501 Trần Khánh Dư) (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • USS Coconino County (LST-603) (Vietnam call: HQ-503) (Captured from Vietnam War)
  • LCM 8 (Captured from Vietnam War)

People's Republic of Kampuchea

Army

Hand combat weapons

  • Bayonet scabbard used on the Mosin–Nagant rifle (Soviet Union supply)
  • M3 fighting knife used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M4 bayonet used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M5 bayonet used on the M1 Garand (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M1905 bayonet used on the M1 Garand and Springfield M1903 (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • Pattern 1907 bayonet used on the Lee–Enfield rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • (name) bayonet used on the SKS (Soviet Union supply)
  • M7 bayonet used on the M16 rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War and)
  • 6H2 bayonet and 6H3 bayonet used on the AK-47 (Soviet Union supply)
  • 6H4-type bayonet and Type II bayonet used on the AKM (Soviet Union supply)
  • Type II bayonet used on the Type 56 (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)

Sidearms

Pistols and revolvers

Rifles

Carbines

Assault rifle

Automatic weapons

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Explosives and grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Artillery

  • 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Soviet Union supply)
  • 85 mm divisional gun D-44 (Soviet Union supply)
  • 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) (Soviet Union supply)
  • 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Soviet Union supply)
  • D-74 122 mm Field Gun (Soviet Union supply)
  • 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) (Soviet Union supply)
  • 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) (Soviet Union supply)
  • M101 105 mm howitzer (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • M114 155 mm howitzer(Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • 107mm Type 63 MRL - used with single-tube or 12-tubes launcher (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • BM-14 (Soviet Union supply)
  • BM-21 Grad (Soviet Union supply)
  • M108 Self-propelled howitzer (Probably inherited from the Khmer National Army)
  • M109 Self-propelled howitzer (Probably inherited from the Khmer National Army)

Armoured Personnel Carrier

Infantry fighting vehicles

Tank

  • T-54/55 (Soviet Union supply)
  • PT-76 (Soviet Union supply)
  • M41 Walker Bulldog (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • M48 Patton (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • Type-59 (Donated by Vietnam and captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • Type 62 (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • Type-63 (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)

Support vehicles

Air Force

Aircraft

Helicopter

Air defence weapons

Navy

Weapons of the Khmer Rouge, Khmer People's National Liberation Front, FUNCINPEC, Thailand

Khmer Rouge

Army

Hand combat weapons

  • Bayonet scabbard used on the Mosin–Nagant rifle (Soviet Union supply)
  • M3 fighting knife used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M4 bayonet used on the M1 Carbine (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M5 bayonet used on the M1 Garand (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M1905 bayonet used on the M1 Garand and Springfield M1903 (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • Pattern 1907 bayonet used on the Lee–Enfield rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • (name) bayonet used on the SKS (Soviet Union supply)
  • M7 bayonet used on the M16 rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 6H2 bayonet and 6H3 bayonet used on the AK-47 (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 6H4-type bayonet and Type II bayonet used on the AKM (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • Type II bayonet used on the Type 56 (China supply)

Sidearms

Pistols and revolvers

Shotguns

  • IZH-43 double barrel shotgun (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)

Rifles

Bolt-action rifles

Carbines

  • SKS (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • Type 56 carbine Used extensively (China supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M1/ M2 Carbine (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)

Semi-automatic rifles

  • M1 Garand (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)

Assault rifle

Automatic weapons

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Browning M2 (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • Type 53/57 Chinese variant of SG-43 and SGM
  • Type 54 Chinese variant of DShKM
  • DShK machine gun (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • KPV heavy machine gun (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)

Explosives and grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

  • B-10 recoilless rifle (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • B-11 recoilless rifle (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M18 recoilless rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M20 recoilless rifle (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)
  • RPG-2 (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War) (Including Chinese Type 56 RPG variant.)
  • RPG-7 (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)[2]
  • Type 69 RPG (China supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M72 LAW (Captured from Cambodian Civil War)

Artillery

  • 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 85 mm divisional gun D-44 (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • T-12 100mm anti-tank gun (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • D-74 122 mm Field Gun (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) (Soviet Union supply)
  • M101 105 mm howitzer (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • M114 155 mm howitzer (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)
  • 107mm Type 63 MRL - used with single-tube or 12-tubes launcher (China supply)
  • BM-21 Grad (Soviet Union supply from Cambodian Civil War)

Armoured Personnel Carrier

Tank

Support vehicles

  • Jiefang CA-10 (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • Jiefang CA-30 (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)
  • M35 truck series (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army) (preparatory)
  • M54 truck series (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army) (preparatory)
  • M151 jeep (Captured from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army)

Air Force

Aircraft

Helicopter

Air defence weapons

Navy

Khmer People's National Liberation Front

Army

Thailand (border clashes)

Army

Hand combat weapons

Sidearms

Pistols and revolvers

Shotguns

Rifles

Semi-automatic rifles

  • M14 rifle

Assault rifle

Automatic weapons

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Explosives and grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Artillery

  • M101 howitzer
  • M114 155 mm howitzer

Armoured Personnel Carrier

Tank

  • M24 Chaffee
  • M41 Walker Bulldog
  • M48 Patton
  • Type 62

Support vehicles

Royal Thai Air Force

Aircraft

Helicopter

  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"

Air defence weapons

References

  1. News, VietNamNet. "Điểm mặt các loại vũ khí chiến lợi phẩm ta thu được sau Chiến thắng 30-4" (in vi). https://infonet.vietnamnet.vn/chuyen-de/diem-mat-cac-loai-vu-khi-chien-loi-pham-ta-thu-duoc-sau-chien-thang-30-4-223498.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Ross, Russell, ed (1987). Cambodia, a Country Study. Area Handbook Series (Third ed.). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, American University. pp. 279–313. ISBN 978-0160208386. 
  3. African Defence Journal: Article "Panhard Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Vehicles in Africa". The Journal Publishers, 1981 volume, Collected Issues 5–16 p. 58.
  4. "Jane's Fighting Ships - Cambodia swift boats". http://www.swiftboats.net/extras/janes_khmer.htm. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Kampuchean (Cambodian) Naval Battles - Soviet-Empire.com U.S.S.R.". http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55168.