Interesting arms cache pics from the Vietnam War.

[r.fallon]

Hi folks here are some pictures I thought I'd share. The quality isn't that great they are screen grabs from a YouTube video. I thought they would be of interest because alot of people think the Viet Cong and NVA weapons consisted of post war Chi-comm and Soviet equipment. Most are unaware of the massive amount of ww2 equipment supplied to the North. I have even read about the NVA using the PAK 40 75mm AT cannon.

 

[ArtyMan]

I was in Vietnam in 2015 travelling and was very surprised to see how many M1/M2 Carbines, Russian Capture Kar98k (provided to the North by the USSR as aid) and Mosin rifles there were in museums and displays alongside more modern AKs, M16s etc...

Here is an interesting article

https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/wwii-german-weapons-during-the-vietnam-war/

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Photo caption from the link, "A soldier of the US Army’s Green Berets test-fires a FG-42 captured in Vietnam."

That made me sit up and smile. I wonder what happened to that example?

 

[Greenhorse six]

I read somewhere, that at the battle of Dien Bien Phu , that the Viet minh had 105mm howitzers captured by the North Koreans from the American First Cavalry Div in Korea.

 

[timandkimandshea]

And hundreds of civilian porters carried them hundreds (?) of miles thru the jungle to use them with great effect at Dien Ben Phu

 

[contact148]

Photo caption from the link, "A soldier of the US Army’s Green Berets test-fires a FG-42 captured in Vietnam."

That made me sit up and smile. I wonder what happened to that example?

if it was before 68 it might just be in the US as a transferable FA

 

[B]

That pile is actually exactly what I figured the average VC was packing. As much arms as the North was given you can't give everyone an AK and getting what you have where you need it isn't always easy either.

 

[canuck]

Its one thing to hand out a mish mash of weaponry but the ammo logistics must have been hell!

 

[soldier506]

Just shows that you use what ever is avaliable. Doesn't have to be the newest . Hoverver the m1/2 carbine was commonly used . Originally supplied in large numbers, lightweight, low recoil. Ideal for smaller individuals plus jungle environment.

 

[uglydukwling]

Just shows that you use what ever is avaliable. Doesn't have to be the newest . Hoverver the m1/2 carbine was commonly used . Originally supplied in large numbers, lightweight, low recoil. Ideal for smaller individuals plus jungle environment.

The US gave a lot of M1/M2 carbines to the ARVN. It was supposedly a common practice for a peasant to enlist in the ARVN, desert, sell or donate his carbine to the VC, then go to another village and repeat the process. Not surprising the VC ended up with a lot of them.

 

[contact148]

The US gave a lot of M1/M2 carbines to the ARVN. It was supposedly a common practice for a peasant to enlist in the ARVN, desert, sell or donate his carbine to the VC, then go to another village and repeat the process. Not surprising the VC ended up with a lot of them.

easier way to get arvn rifles was pick them up off the ground never fired only dropped once

 

[Horilka]

Hell with Mausers, Soviets gave them StGs!