Editing Lao People's Armed Forces (section)

==Equipment==
=== Tanks, armored vehicles and trucks ===
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! style="align: center;" colspan="7" | [[Tank]]s
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|[[File: OpenWater2017qualifying-27.jpg|120x120px]]
|[[T-72|T-72B1MS]]
|[[Main battle tank]]
|{{flag|Russia}}
|~50<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/amp/russia-receives-30-vintage-t-3485-tanks-from-laos/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2|title=Russia receives 30 vintage tank from Laos|date=10 June 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909010352/https://www.janes.com/amp/russia-receives-30-vintage-t-3485-tanks-from-laos/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2|archive-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[File:T-55 4.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[T-55]]
|[[Main battle tank]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{flag|Hungarian People's Republic}}
|85<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers}}</ref>
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|[[File:Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum 2012 0181.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[PT-76]]
|[[Light tank]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|25<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/janestankcombatv00foss/page/376|isbn = 9780004724522|title = Jane's tank & combat vehicle recognition guide|year = 2000|last1 = Foss|first1 = Christopher F.| publisher=HarperCollins }}</ref>
|30 were in service in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=71&limit=1&limitstart=1|publisher=Pancerni 2|author=Administrator|title=PT-76|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129015628/http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=71&limit=1&limitstart=1|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/914017879 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/913781492 cite #43 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Currently 25 are in service.
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! style="align: center;" colspan="7" | [[Armoured personnel carrier|APC]]/[[Infantry fighting vehicle|IFV]]
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|[[File:BTR-60PB NVA.JPG|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[BTR-60PB]]
|[[Armored personnel carrier]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|70<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/janestankcombatv00foss/page/376|isbn = 9780004724522|title = Jane's tank & combat vehicle recognition guide|year = 2000|last1 = Foss|first1 = Christopher F.| publisher=HarperCollins }}</ref>
|Currently 70 are in service. BTR-60s have been seen in service as recently as January 2019
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|[[File:BTR 152 Yerevan.JPG|120px]]
|[[BTR-152]] 
|[[Armored personnel carrier]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
|<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/janestankcombatv00foss/page/376|isbn = 9780004724522|title = Jane's tank & combat vehicle recognition guide|year = 2000|last1 = Foss|first1 = Christopher F.| publisher=HarperCollins }}</ref>
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|[[File:BTR-40 type at Kubinka.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[BTR-40]]
|[[Armored personnel carrier]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|10<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/janestankcombatv00foss/page/376|isbn = 9780004724522|title = Jane's tank & combat vehicle recognition guide|year = 2000|last1 = Foss|first1 = Christopher F.| publisher=HarperCollins }}</ref>
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|[[File:Interpolitex 2010 (333-54).jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[BRDM-2|BRDM-2M]]
|[[Armored car (military)|Armoured car]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}} {{flag|Russia}}
|20<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Neil |last2=Fediushko |first2=Dmitry |title=Laotian military parades Russian- and Chinese-made equipment |url=https://www.janes.com/article/85876/laotian-military-parades-russian-and-chinese-made-equipment/ |website=Jane's 360 |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223848/https://www.janes.com/article/85876/laotian-military-parades-russian-and-chinese-made-equipment/ |archive-date=23 January 2019 |location=London, Moscow |date=22 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Upgraded BRDM-2M supplied by Russia in late 2018. At least 10 in service.
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! style="align: center;" colspan="7" | [[Armored car (military)|Light armoured vehicle]]/[[Infantry mobility vehicle|Light assault vehicle]]
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|[[Dima DMT5070XFB]]
|[[Armored personnel carrier]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|Chinese Tiger 4x4
|[[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|{{flag|China}}
| Unknown
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|CS/VN3 4x4 
|[[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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! style="align: center;" colspan="7" |[[Truck]]/[[Military light utility vehicle|Utility]]
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|[[File:Iraqi KrAZ trucks.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[KrAZ-6322]]
|Truck
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|Unknown
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|[[File:Ural-4320 - ETIF-2010 (1).jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[Ural-4320]]
|Medium truck
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
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|[[File:Interpolitex2016part2-11.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[GAZ Sadko|GAZ-3308]]
|Medium truck
|{{flag|Russia}}
|Unknown
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|[[FAW Jiefang|FAW Jiefang 141]]
|Medium truck
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|[[File: Ural-43206 transport truck.jpg|119x119px]]
|[[Ural-4320|Ural-43206]]
|Light truck
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
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|[[File: ParkPatriot2015part4-22.jpg|119x119px]]
|[[GAZ-66]]
|Platform truck
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
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|BAIC 4x4 vehicles
|[[Military light utility vehicle]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|[[File:ParkPatriot2015part4-12.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[UAZ-469]]
|[[Military light utility vehicle]] 
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
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|[[File:Beijing BJ2022LC Warrior.jpg|alt=|119x119px]]
|[[BJ2022|BJ2022JC]]
|[[Military light utility vehicle]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|[[File:PTS-M VS4.JPG|alt=|119x119px]]
|[[PTS (vehicle)|PTS]]
|[[PTS (vehicle)|Tracked amphibious transport]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
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|Shaanxi SX2190
|Launched bridge
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|-
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|Shaanxi SX2190
|[[Pontoon bridge|Floating bridge]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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! style="align: center;" colspan="7" |Engineering and support vehicles
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|[[XCMG]] backhoe loader 
|[[Heavy equipment|Engineering vehicle]]
|rowspan="5" |{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
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|XCMG excavator 
|[[Heavy equipment|Engineering vehicle]]
|Unknown
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|XCMG wheel loader 
|[[Heavy equipment|Engineering vehicle]]
|Unknown
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|XCMG XJY240WQ 
|[[Heavy equipment|Engineering vehicle]]
|Unknown
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|XCMG XJY240Z 
|[[Heavy equipment|Engineering vehicle]]
|Unknown
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|}

=== Artillery ===
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|Dongfeng CS/SS4
|Self propelled mortar system
|{{flag|China}}
|14{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
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|[[SR-5 (MLRS)|SR-5]]
|[[Multiple rocket launcher]]
|{{flag|China}}
|12
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|[[File:BM-21 Grad (02).jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[BM-21 Grad]]
|[[Multiple Launch Rocket Systems|122mm multiple rocket launcher]]
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|32
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|[[File:Реактивная система залпового огня БМ-14.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[BM-14]]
|[[Multiple rocket launcher]]
|20
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|-
|[[File:2S3 Akatsiya 3260.jpg|alt=|119x119px]]
|[[2S3 Akatsiya]]
|[[Self-propelled gun|152mm self-propelled howitzer]]
|Unknown
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|-
|
|122-HL-70
|[[Self-propelled gun|122mm self-propelled howitzer]]
|{{flag|Laos}}
|18
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|-
|[[File: PCL-09.png|119x119px]]
|[[PCL-09]]
|[[Self propelled howitzer|122mm self-propelled howitzer]]
|{{flag|China}}
|12
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|-
|[[File:M30 howitzer nn 1.jpg|120px]]||[[M-30 122 mm howitzer]]|| rowspan="4" | Towed howitzers and guns|| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Soviet Union}}|| 15<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/laos/army-equipment.htm|title=Laos Army Equipment|publisher=Global Security|access-date=18 January 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410143652/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/laos/army-equipment.htm|archive-date= April 10, 2023}}</ref>||
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| [[File:122- мм гаубица Д-30 (1).jpg|120px]]||[[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)]]{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}|| 20<ref name="auto" />||
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| [[File:Nahariya-M-46-130mm-gun-499.jpg|120px]]||[[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)]]<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|[[File:155HowRightRear.jpg|120px]]||[[M114 155 mm howitzer]]<ref name="auto" />|| rowspan="3" | {{flag|United States}} || 12<ref name="auto" />||
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|[[File:M101-105mm-howitzer-camp-pendleton-20050326.jpg|120px]]|| [[M101 howitzer]] || 105mm (towed): M-101<ref name="auto"/> || 20<ref name="auto"/> ||
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|[[File:US Army 51100 Gerety takes over "Wildcat" lair during ceremony.jpg|120px]]|| [[M116 howitzer]]<ref name="auto"/> || 75mm (towed): M-116 pack || 10 ||
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|}<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/index.html|title=World Military Guide|author=John Pike|access-date=22 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418025826/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/index.html|archive-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiapacificdefencereporter.com/order-of-battle/laos|title=Laos|access-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429184747/http://www.asiapacificdefencereporter.com/order-of-battle/laos|archive-date=29 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Air defense===
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|[[File:SA-3 EP 2006.JPG|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[S-125 Neva/Pechora]]
|[[Surface-to-air missile|Short-range SAM system]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
|
|-
|[[File:9A35 combat vehicle 9K35 Strela-10 - TankBiathlon14part2-37.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[9K35 Strela-10]]
|[[Surface-to-air missile|Vehicle-mounted SAM system]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
|
|-
|
|[[WZ-551#Variants|Yitian anti air system]]
|[[Surface-to-air missile]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Unknown
|
|-
|[[File:ZSU-23-4 Shilka -02.jpg|alt=|119x119px]]
|[[ZSU-23-4 Shilka]]
|[[Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon|Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Unknown
|
|-
| [[File:SA-7.jpg|120px]]||[[Strela-2]] || Surface-to-air missile || rowspan="5" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} || Unknown ||Received 100 launchers from Soviet Union in the 80s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:M1939-37mm-hatzerim-1.jpg|120px]]||[[37 mm automatic air defence gun M1939 (61-K)]]|| Air defence gun || Unknown  ||
|-
|[[File:S-60-57mm-hatzerim-1.jpg|120px]]||[[57 mm AZP S-60]]|| Automatic anti-aircraft gun || Unknown ||
|-
|[[File:14,5-мм счетверенная зенитная пулеметная установка конструкции Лещинского ЗПУ-4 (1).jpg|120px]]||[[ZPU]]|| Auto anti-aircraft gun || Unknown ||
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| [[File:ZU-23-2 in Saint Petersburg.jpg|120px]]||[[ZU-23-2]]||[[Anti-aircraft gun]]|| Unknown ||
|-
|}<ref name="auto"/>

=== Weapons ===
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|[[File: TT33.JPG|120x120px]]||[[TT pistol|TT-33]]
|[[Semi-automatic pistol]]
|[[7.62×25mm Tokarev]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}|| rowspan="2" |Standard service pistols for Laotian Armed Forces.
|-
|[[File: Пистолет Макарова.png|120x120px]]||[[Makarov pistol|PM]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cove |first=The |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Know Your Region (KYR): Laos - Military |url=https://cove.army.gov.au/article/kyr-laos-military |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=cove.army.gov.au}}</ref>
|[[Semi-automatic pistol]]
|[[9×18mm Makarov]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|-
|[[File:G2-COMBAT.jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Pindad G2|G2]]
|[[Semi-automatic pistol]]
|[[9x19mm Parabellum]]
|{{IDN}}
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Laos Borong Senjata Buatan Pindad|url=https://militermeter.com/laos-borong-senjata-buatan-pindad/|date=January 11, 2018|language=id|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321061522/https://militermeter.com/laos-borong-senjata-buatan-pindad/|archive-date= March 21, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:QCW05 - 5.8mm submachine gun 20170919.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[JS 9 mm]]
|[[Bullpup]] [[Submachine gun]]
|[[9×19mm Parabellum]] 
|{{flag|China}}
|<ref name="conglao">{{Cite web|url=https://kienthuc.net.vn/quan-su/cap-doi-sung-trung-quoc-trong-bien-che-dac-cong-lao-manh-co-nao-1383333.html|title=Cặp đôi súng Trung Quốc trong biên chế đặc công Lào mạnh cỡ nào?|date=15 May 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402033717/https://kienthuc.net.vn/quan-su/cap-doi-sung-trung-quoc-trong-bien-che-dac-cong-lao-manh-co-nao-1383333.html|archive-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:M1200 Shotgun (7414627784).jpg|frameless|129x129px]]
|[[Winchester Model 1200]]
|[[Pump shotgun]]
|[[12-gauge]]
|{{US}}
|
|-
|[[File: Simonov-SKS-45.JPG|128x128px]]
|[[Simonov SKS]]
|[[Semi-automatic rifle]]
|[[7.62×39mm]] M43
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Limited use, used for ceremonial purpose only.
|-
|[[File:Mosin-Nagant M1891 right side.png|frameless|133x133px]]
|[[Mosin-Nagant]]
|[[Bolt-action rifle]]
|[[7.62×54mmR]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Limited use, in storage.
|-
|[[File:9A-91.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[9A-91]]
|[[Assault rifle]], [[Carbine]]
|[[9x39mm]]
|{{flag|Russia}}
|Used by Laotian special forces.
|-
|[[File:AKM automatkarbin - 7,62x39mm.jpg|frameless|128x128px]][[File:Tula AKM.jpg|frameless|131x131px]]||
[[AKM]] 
[[AKMS]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[7.62×39mm]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}||Standard service rifles for Laotian Armed Forces, including police officer and Lao People's army.<ref name=":3" />
|-
| [[File:QBZ95 automatic rifle mod noBG.png|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[QBZ-95]]
|[[Bullpup]] [[Assault rifle]]
|[[5.8×42mm DBP87]]
----[[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|{{flag|China}}
|Standard issue for Laotian Special Forces and Special Police Forces.
|-
|[[File:Type 56 (Iraq).jpg|frameless|123x123px]]
|[[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[7.62×39mm]]
|{{flag|China}}
|
|-
|[[File: Canadian civilian version of Type 81 automatic rifle noBG.png|120x120px]]
|[[Type 81 assault rifle|Type 81]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[7.62×39mm]]
|{{flag|China}}
|
|-
|[[File:Amd65.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|[[AMD-65]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[7.62×39mm]]
|{{flag|Hungarian People's Republic}}
|
|-
|[[File:Pindad-ss1 (cropped).jpg|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[Pindad SS1]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|{{IDN}}
|In 2014, Laos imported 35 SS1 V2s and SS1 V4s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=ANTARA |date=24 September 2017 |title=Laos Expresses Interest To Make Another Purchase of Pindad Weapon |url=https://en.tempo.co/read/911757/laos-expresses-interest-to-make-another-purchase-of-pindad-weapon |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Tempo.co|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410143653/https://en.tempo.co/read/911757/laos-expresses-interest-to-make-another-purchase-of-pindad-weapon|archive-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:SS2-V1 ID2008.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[Pindad SS2]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|
|-
|[[File:Usarmy m16a2.jpg|frameless|119x119px]]
|[[M16 rifle|M16A2]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|{{US}}
|
|-
|[[File:Ace 32 close stock.jpg|120x120px]][[File:Galil ACE 32.jpg|left|thumb|110x110px|STV-380, an assault rifle made from Vietnam-based to Israeli's assault rifle.]]
|[[IWI ACE]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|[[7.62×39 mm]]
|{{flag|Israel}}<br />{{flag|Vietnam}}
|Laos received Vietnamese-made Galil ACEs in January 2019.
|-
|[[File:LMG-RPD-44 noBG.png|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[RPD machine gun|RPD]]
|[[Light machine gun]]
|[[7.62×39mm]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[File:Machine gun 762 KK PKM 20180604.jpg|frameless|125x125px]]
|[[PK machine gun]]
|[[General-purpose machine gun]]
|[[7.62×54mmR]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| [[File:Machine Gun, M60.jpg|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[M60 machine gun]]
|[[General-purpose machine gun]]
|[[7.62×51mm NATO]]
|{{US}}
|
|-
|[[File:KPVrear.jpg|frameless|144x144px]]
|[[KPV heavy machine gun]]
|[[Heavy machine gun]]
|[[14.5×114mm]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|
|-
|[[File: 12,7-мм станковый пулемёт ДШК образца 1938 года (3-1).jpg|124x124px]]
|[[DShK]]
|[[Heavy machine gun]]
|[[12.7×108mm]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|
|-
|[[File:SVD Dragunov.jpg|alt=|120x120px]]
|[[Dragunov SVD]]
|[[Designated marksman rifle]], [[Sniper rifle]]
|[[7.62×54mmR]]
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|<ref name="conglao"/>
|-
|[[File:Rpg-7.jpg|frameless|136x136px]]
|[[RPG-7]]
|[[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
|40mm
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|
|-
|[[File:RPG-2. (49193484607).jpg|frameless|137x137px]]
|[[RPG-2]]
|[[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
|40mm
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|
|}<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref>

===Mortars===
* 81mm<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/laos/la_appen.html|title=Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbooks / Laos / Tables|access-date=22 October 2014}}</ref>
* 82mm<ref name="auto2"/>
* 120mm<ref name=":3" />
* {{flag|Soviet Union}} [[M1938 mortar]]<ref name="auto2"/>
* {{flag|Soviet Union}} [[160mm Mortar M1943|120mm: M-43]]<ref name="auto2"/>
* {{flag|United States}} [[M2 4.2 inch mortar]]