Editing Army of the Republic of Vietnam (section)

===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}}