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What type of weaponry was used by the VietCong in the Vietnam War?
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During the 1950's & early 1960's the United States supplied the South Vietnamese military with WWII weapons; M-1 Garand rifles, hand grenades, Thompson Submachinguns (.45 caliber), .30 caliber machinguns, bazookas, and the EVER POPULAR M-1 CARBINE, etc. During the late 1960's the South received more updated weapons, such as the M-16 rifle & M-60 machinguns.
The VC (Viet Cong) largely supplied themselves with CAPTURED weapons from the South Viet Governmen; listed above.
Soviet/Communist Chinese (CHICOM) SKS semi-automatic carbines (rifles) & K-54 semi-automatic pistols, and potato masher styled hand grenades (referred to as CHICOM's from the GI's "in country"), as well as the ever present Rocket Propelled Grenade launchers (RPG's), were the standard communist issued weapons.
As the years passed, the SKS rifles (carbines) began to disappear from the battlefields and the AK-47 assault rifles became the common place weapon. The grenades, RPG's, remained the same.
The NVA (Regular Army from North Vietnam) was armed as was the US Forces; Tanks, Jet Aircraft, Artillery, etc.
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