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What were some weapons used by the us soldiers in the Vietnam war?
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1. The standard grunt rifle was the M14 service rifle, later replaced by the M16 jungle rifle (also known as the assault rifle). The standard sidearm was the .45 automatic pistol, model 1911 (made by various contractors, not always Colt). The standard machinegun was the belt fed M60 7.62mm NATO (.308 Winchester) & the Browning .50 caliber.
2. Helicopters: Sioux; CH21 Shawnee; CH34 Choctaw/Sea Horse; CH46 Sea Knight; CH47 Chinook; CH-53 Sea Stallion/Jolly Green Giant; OH-6 Cayuse; OH-58 Kiowa; UH-1 Iroquois (Huey);
3. Jets: F-100 Super Sabre; F-101 Voodoo; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-104 Starfighter; F-105 Thunderchief; A-1 Skyraider (propeller driven dive bomber); A-4 Skyhawk; A-6 Intruder; A-7 Corsair II; F-4 Phantom II; F-8 Crusader.
4. Bombers: B-57 Canberra medium bomber; B-52 Stratofortress (SAC bomber-Strategic Air Command).
5. Reconnaissance aircraft: U-2 spyplane; SR-71 Blackbird
6. Artillery Spotting/Scouting airplanes: O-1 Bird Dog; O-2 Skymaster; OV-10 Bronco; Mohawk.
7. Aerial GUNSHIPS: DC-3 (C-47) Puff the Magic Dragon; CH-119 Flying Boxcar; AC-130 Spectre.
8. Warships: Battleship USS New Jersey; Cruisers; Destroyers; Aircraft Carriers.
9. Riverine Boats: Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast); PBR's (Patrol Craft River); Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats); Monitors.
10. Armor: M48 Patton medium gun tanks; M551 Sheridan light tanks (official designation: Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicles); M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks; M50 Ontos; M42 Dusters.
11. Artillery: 105mm howitzers; 155mm howitzers; 155mm Self Propelled guns; 175mm self propelled guns; 8 inch self propelled guns. 81mm & 4.2 inch mortars. 90mm & 106mm recoilless rifles.
12. North Vietnamese Army/Air Force (Chicom-USSR supplied): T-54/55 medium tanks;
PT76 Amphibious light tanks; artillery; SAMs; Patrol Boats; Jets-MiG21s from the USSR; MiG17 from Chicom/USSR; MiG19 from Chicom. AK-47s primarily form Chicom.
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How many different weapons were used by vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam war?
North or South Vietnamese? They used different equipment.
What are some large weapons that were used in the Vietnam war?
AK47
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The most common weapons that were used by (ancient) Greek soldiers were the spear and the sword.
What weapon was not used in the Vietnam war?
Nuclear weapons were not used in the Vietnam War.
What type of nuclear weapons did the US use in the Vietnam War?
The U.S used no nuclear weapons whatsoever on Vietnam.
What weapon was not used in Vietnam during the war?
Nuclear weapons were not used during the Vietnam war
What countries used nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War?
None. No nuclear weapons were used in Viet Nam.
How were soldiers deployed to Vietnam?
Legends says that US used Extensive Helicopters to deploy its soldiers in tough terrain of Vietnam.
Did we drop the hydrogen bomb on Vietnam?
No hydrogen bombs were dropped on Vietnam. No nuclear weapons of any kind were used in Vietnam.
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They used guns and bombs and weapons.
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M-16
When children were evacuated what happened to the adults?
The adults stayed at their home towns to help build some of the weapons that the soldiers used.
