Editing Army of the Republic of Vietnam (section)

== Equipment ==
The ARVN inherited the mix of French and American weaponry of the VNA, but was progressively reequipped originally with American World War II/Korean War era weapons and then from the mid-1960s with a range of more up to date American weaponry.

===Hand combat weapons===
[[File:ARVN Recruit Trains with M16 Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|Firing range practice with the new M16 rifle.]]
* [[M1905 bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* [[M1 Bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* [[M4 bayonet]] – used on the M1 and M2 Carbine.<ref name="Rottman2017">{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments. Elite 216|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4728-1905-5}}</ref>{{rp|39}}
* [[M5 bayonet]] – used on the M1 Garand<ref name="Rottman2017"/>{{rp|39}}
* [[M7 Bayonet]] – used on the M16<ref name="Rottman2017"/>{{rp|39}}
* [[Crossbow]] – used by South Vietnamese [[Degar|Montagnards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Montagnard Crossbow, Vietnam|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C364947|website=awm.gov.au|publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423061326/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C364947|archive-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>

===Pistols and revolvers===
* [[M1911 pistol|Colt M1911A1]] – standard ARVN sidearm<ref name=Rottman2010>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=Army of the Republic of Vietnam 1955–75. Men at Arms 458|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-1-84908-181-8}}</ref>{{rp|45}}
* [[Colt Detective Special]] – .38 Special revolver, used by some ARVN officers<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|45}}
* [[M1917 revolver]] – .45 ACP revolver used by the ARVN at the beginning of the war<ref name=Rottman2002>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=Green Beret in Vietnam 1957–73. Warrior 28|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2002|isbn=978-1-85532-568-5}}</ref>{{rp|21}}
* [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] – .38 Special revolver<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|47}}
* [[Walther P38]]

===Infantry rifles===
[[File:ARVN and US Special Forces.jpg|thumb|right|ARVN Special Forces equipped with M1 Carbines]]
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* [[M1 Garand]]<ref name="Ezell">{{cite book|last=Ezell|first=Edward|title=Personal firepower. The Illustrated history of the Vietnam War 15|publisher=Bantam Books|year=1988}}</ref>{{rp|51–2}}
* [[M1 Carbine|M1, M1A1, & M2 Carbine]]<ref name=Ezell/>{{rp|51–2}}
* [[M16 rifle|M16A1]] – replaced M1 Garand and M1/2 Carbines from 1968<ref>{{cite book|last=Cosmas|first=Graham|title=The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam 1960–1968 Part 3|publisher=Office of Joint History Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|year=2009|url=https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Vietnam/Vietnam_1960-1968_P003.pdf|isbn=978-1-4823-7869-6|page=187|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314232415/https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Vietnam/Vietnam_1960-1968_P003.pdf|archive-date= March 14, 2023}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
* [[CAR-15#CAR-15 Commando (XM177)|CAR-15]] – carbine variant of the M16 produced in very limited numbers, fielded by special operations early on. Later supplemented by the improved XM177.
* [[CAR-15#Colt Commando (AKA: CAR-15, XM177 & GAU-5)|XM177 (Colt Commando)/GAU-5]] – further development of the CAR-15<ref name=Dockery/> 
* [[MAS-36 rifle]] – used by South Vietnamese militias<ref name=Smith>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Joseph|title=Small Arms of the World (11 ed.)|publisher=The Stackpole Company|year=1969|page=720}}</ref>
* [[AK-47]], [[AKM]] and [[Type 56]] – Captured rifles were used by South Vietnamese<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|18}}

===Submachine guns===
* [[Carl Gustaf m/45]] – later replaced by the [[Smith & Wesson M76]] in the late 1960s. Significant numbers were utilized by the South Vietnamese,<ref name=Dockery>{{cite book|last=Dockery|first=Kevin|title=Weapons of the Navy SEALs|publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|year=2004|isbn=0-425-19834-0|page=382}}</ref>
* [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease gun]]<ref name=Dockery/><ref name=Rottman2002/>{{rp|41}}
* [[Madsen M-50]] – used by South Vietnamese forces, supplied by the CIA.<ref name=Rottman2002/>{{rp|41}}
* [[MAS-38]] submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias.<ref name=Dye>{{cite book|last1=Dye|first1=Dale|last2=Laemlein|first2=Tom|title=Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study|publisher=Warriors Publishing Group|year=2015|isbn=978-0-9861955-1-8}}</ref>{{rp|22}}
* [[MAT-49]] submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias.<ref name=Smith/>
* [[MP 40]] submachine gun – supplied by the CIA<ref name=Rottman2002/>{{rp|41}}
* [[Thompson submachine gun]]
* [[Uzi]]<ref name=Rottman2011>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam. Warrior 159|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84908-513-7|page=38}}</ref>

===Shotguns===
[[File:Ithaca 37.jpg|thumb|[[Ithaca 37]]]]
* [[Ithaca 37]] – pump-action shotgun<ref name=Dockery/>
* [[Remington Model 31]] – pump-action shotgun<ref name=Rottman2002/>{{rp|42}}
* [[Stevens Model 77E]] – pump-action shotgun<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Canfield|first= Bruce N. |title=Combat Shotguns of the Vietnam War|magazine=[[American Rifleman]]|date=March 2002 |pages=44–47&92–95|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/4/22/combat-shotguns-of-the-vietnam-war/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219220655/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/4/22/combat-shotguns-of-the-vietnam-war/|archive-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref>

===Machine guns ===

* [[M60 machine gun]] – standard [[General-purpose machine gun]] throughout the war.<ref name="Rottman2011" />{{rp|20}}
* [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]] – used during the early stages of the war<ref name=Ezell/>{{rp|60}}
* [[FM 24/29 light machine gun]] – used by South Vietnamese militias<ref name=Smith/>{{rp|720}} 
* [[M1919 Browning machine gun]] (and variants such as M37)<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|11}}
* [[M2 Browning|Browning M2HB .50cal Heavy Machine Gun]]<ref name=Dockery/>

===Grenades and mines===
[[File:M18 Claymore Mine.jpg|thumb|Claymore anti-personnel mine in use in Vietnam]]
* M9-7 Flamethrower:
* M2 Flamethrower
* [[AN-M8 smoke grenade|AN-M8]] – white smoke grenade<ref name="Rottman2017" />{{rp|56}}
* [[C-4 (explosive)|C4]] explosive<ref name=Rottman2006>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=Viet Cong and NVA Tunnels and Fortifications of the Vietnam War. Fortress 48|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84603-003-1|page=45}}</ref>
* [[Mk 2 grenade|Mark 2 fragmentation grenade]]<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|26}}
* [[M1 smoke pot]]<ref name=Rottman2006/>{{rp|45}}
* [[M26 grenade|M26 fragmentation grenade]] and many subvariants<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|pp=56–7}}
* [[M67 grenade|M59 and M67 fragmentation grenade]]<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|28}}
* [[United States hand grenades#M14 TH3|AN/M14 TH3 thermite grenade]] – Incendiary grenade used to destroy equipment and as a fire-starting device<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|56}}
* [[United States hand grenades#M15, M16, and M34|M15 and M34 smoke grenades]] – filled with white phosphorus which ignites on contact with air and creates thick white smoke.<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|56}} Used for signalling and screening purposes, as well as an anti-personnel weapon in enclosed spaces, as the burning white phosphorus would rapidly consume any oxygen, suffocating the victims.
* [[M18 grenade Smoke Hand Grenade]] – Signaling/screening grenade available in red, yellow, green, and purple.<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|56}}
* [[V40 Mini-Grenade]]<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|29}}
* [[OF 37 grenade]] and [[DF 37 grenade]], French grenades used by the ARVN in the 1950s<ref name=Rottman2017/>{{rp|18}}
* [[M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine|M18/M18A1 Claymore]] – command-detonated directional anti-personnel mine<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|45}}

===Grenade and Rocket Launchers===
* [[M7 grenade launcher|M7 and M8 rifle grenade launcher]] – rifle grenade launcher used with respectively the M1 Garand and the M1 carbine, used by the South Vietnamese. Could fire the [[M9 rifle grenade|M9]] and [[M17 rifle grenade]]s.<ref name=Tucker>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer|title=The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2nd ed.)|year=2011|isbn=978-1-85109-960-3}}</ref>{{rp|430}}
*[[M79 grenade launcher|M79 Grenade Launcher]]<ref name=Dockery/><ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|430}}
* [[M203 grenade launcher]] – single-shot 40mm underslung grenade launcher designed to attach to an M16 rifle (or XM177 carbine, with modifications to the launcher).<ref name=Dockery/><ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|430}}
[[File:Mk 18 Mod 0 & Mk 20 Mod 0 Grenade Launchers at War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City).jpg|thumb|right|M18 and Mk 20 grenade launchers]]
*[[Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher|Mark 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher]] – Hand-cranked, belt-fed, 40x46mm grenade launcher<ref>{{cite book|last=Sherwood|first=John|title=War in the Shallows: U.S. Navy and Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam 1965-8|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command|year=2015|isbn=978-0-945274-77-3|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/war-in-the-shallows.html|page=176|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418070331/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/war-in-the-shallows.html|archive-date=April 18, 2023}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
* [[Bazooka]] – The M9 variant was supplied to the ARVN during the early years of the war,<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|7,34}} while the M20 "Super Bazooka" was used by the ARVN until the full introduction of the M67 90mm recoilless rifle and of the M72 LAW.
*LRAC F1 limited quantities.
*RPG-2
*RPG-7
* [[M72 LAW]] – 66mm anti-tank rocket launcher.<ref name="Tucker" />{{rp|987}}
* [[M202 FLASH|XM202]] – experimental four-shot 66mm incendiary rocket launcher.<ref>{{cite report|title=XM191 Multishot Portable Flame Weapon|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/868942.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127041430/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/868942.pdf|archive-date=January 27, 2021|pages=2–3|year=1970|publisher=Army Concept Team in Vietnam}}</ref>
* [[BGM-71 TOW]] – wire-guided anti-tank missile<ref name=Starry>{{cite book|last=Starry|first=Donn|title=Mounted Combat in Vietnam. Vietnam Studies|publisher=Department of the Army|year=1978}}</ref>{{rp|215–7}}

===Infantry support weapons===
* [[M18 recoilless rifle]] – 57mm shoulder-fired/tripod mounted recoilless rifle, used early in the war<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|35}}
* [[M20 recoilless rifle]] – 75mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle, used early in the war.<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|7}}
* Carl Gustaf M2 small quantities.
* [[M67 recoilless rifle]] – 90mm shoulder-fired anti-tank recoilless rifle, used by ARVN selected forces.<ref name="Rottman2010" />{{rp|7}}
* [[M40 recoilless rifle]] 106mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle.<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|7}}
* [[M2 mortar]] – 60mm mortar, used in conjunction with the lighter but less accurate and lower-range M19 mortar<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|15}}
* [[M19 mortar]] – 60mm mortar, used in conjunction with the older, heavier M2 mortar.<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|15}}
*[[Brandt Mle 27/31]]<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|9}}
*[[M1 mortar]] – 81mm mortar<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|9}}
* [[M29 mortar]] – 81mm mortar<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|9}}
* [[M30 107 mm Mortar|M30 mortar]] 107mm mortar<ref name=Rottman2010/>{{rp|32}}

===Artillery===
[[File:M-107 howitzer and V-100 armoured car at the Hue military museum.jpg|thumb|right|V-100 and M107 at the [[Huế]] military museum]]
* [[M101 howitzer|105 mm Howitzer M101A1/M2A1]]<ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|71}}
* [[M102 howitzer|105 mm Howitzer M102]]<ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|71}}
* 105-pounder, model 1950, early years of the war
* M114 Howitzer (155 mm)
* Soviet M-30 howitzer (122 mm)
* M108 (105 mm) self propelled
* M109 (155 mm) self propelled
* M110 self propelled 203mm gun
* [[M107 self-propelled gun|M107]] Self-propelled 175mm gun<ref name="Tucker" />{{rp|71}}

===Combat vehicles===
====Tanks====
[[File:ARVN M-48 tanks are positioned near the Dong Ha River overlooking QL-9, April 1972.jpg|thumb|right|ARVN M48s in April 1972]]
* AMX-13 captured the French limited
* [[M24 Chaffee]] – light tank; main ARVN tank early in the war, used at least as late as the [[Tet Offensive]].<ref name="Ezell" />{{rp|59}}
* PT-76  captured
* [[M41 Walker Bulldog|M41A3 Walker Bulldog]] – light tank, replaced the as the main ARVN tank from 1965.<ref name="Rottman2010" />{{rp|38}}
* M551 Sheridan very limited
* T-54 and T-55  captured
* [[M48 Patton|M48 Patton medium tank]] – used by ARVN forces from 1971.<ref name=Grandolini>{{cite book|last=Grandolini|first=Albert|title=Armor of the Vietnam War (2) Asian Forces. Armor at War 7017|publisher=Concord Publications|year=1998|isbn=978-962-361-622-5|page=7}}</ref>{{rp|7}}

====Other armored vehicles====
* [[C15TA Armoured Truck]] – used early in the war<ref name=Grandolini/>{{rp|4}}
* [[Daimler Dingo#Variants|Lynx Scout Car Mk II]]<ref name=Grandolini/>{{rp|p4}}
* [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]] – APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)<ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|61–2}}
* [[M113 ACAV]]  Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle<ref name=Dunstan>{{cite book|last=Dunstan|first=Simon|title=Armour of the Vietnam Wars. Vanguard 84|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=1985|isbn=978-0-85045-585-4}}</ref>{{rp|19}}
* M59 armored personnel carrier
* [[M3 Scout Car]] – used early in the war.<ref name="Ezell" />{{rp|54}}
* [[M3 Half-track]] – used early in the war.<ref name=Ezell/>{{rp|54}}
* [[Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando]] – replaced ARVN M8 armored cars in 1967.<ref name=Dunstan/>{{rp|13}}
[[File:M8 Greyhound at Zone 5 Military Museum, Danang.JPG|thumb|right|M8 Greyhound at [[Zone 5 Military Museum, Danang]].]]
* [[M8 Greyhound]] Used early in the war.<ref name=Ezell/>{{rp|54}}
* [[M42 Duster]] – M41 based hull, with a twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm antiaircraft gun]] mounted on an open turret<ref name=Dunstan/>{{rp|23}}
* [[M88 Recovery Vehicle]] – armored recovery vehicle based on M48 chassis.<ref>{{cite book|last=Green|first=Michael|title=Armor of the Vietnam war (1) Allied forces. Armor at War 7007|publisher=Concord Publications|year=1996|isbn=978-962-361-611-9|pages=19–21}}</ref>
* [[M578 light recovery vehicle]] – armored recovery vehicle
* [[Wickums]] [[Armoured train|armored]] [[draisine]]<ref name=Mesko>{{cite book|last=Mesko|first=Jim|title=Armor in Vietnam, A Pictorial History. In Action Series 6033|publisher=Squadron/Signal Publications|year=1982|isbn=978-0-89747-126-8}}</ref>{{rp|15}}

====Other vehicles====
* [[M151]] – {{frac|1|4}} ton jeep.<ref name=Mesko/>{{rp|67}}
* [[Dodge M37]] – 3/4 ton truck<ref name=RottmanTrucks>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon|title=Vietnam Gun Trucks. New Vanguard 184|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84908-355-3}}</ref>{{rp|10}}
* [[M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck]]<ref name=RottmanTrucks/>{{rp|30}}
* [[2½-ton 6×6 truck#GMC M135|M135 2½-ton truck]]<ref name=RottmanTrucks/>{{rp|30}}
* [[M54 5-ton 6x6 truck]]<ref name=RottmanTrucks/>{{rp|30–1}}