For the foot soldier the following were the norm:
AK-47 (Russian and China contributions).
A mishmash of old Chinese and Japanese weapons from WW2, Korean War and Indochina war.
Hand made swords and knives.
Hand grenades.
A multitude of booby traps explosive and other (spike sticks covered with feces etc.)
Some tanks but not used very effectively.
Artillery, usually 90mm portable (Chinese, French, Russian) Mortars usually 80mm
Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) used with devastating effect.
And whatever weapons they were able to get from the battlefields, M1Garands, 30cal carbines etc.
The communists!
The communists.
The Vietnam War was the only time that the communists defeated an American supported free nation (South Vietnam).
Ford was President when South Vietnam fell to the communists (North Vietnam).
The US supplied the French with weapons and equipment in their fight AGAINST communism. The Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communists) were supported by the Soviets and Red Chinese.
Yes, they (the communists) won the war.
The communists.
What war for the first? Communists won the war in Vietnam.
Communists.
Communists did.
No, it was the Communists.
The communists!
They gained the Republic of South Vietnam.
No. The Korean War was a draw, but Vietnam was won by the communists.
No, Vietnam was LIMITED to conventional weapons only. A limited war.
The communists.
Preserving the Republic of South Vietnam from being conquered by Communist North Vietnam.