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Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
During the First Indochina War (1946–1954), Vietnam War (1955–1975), Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1977–1989), Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) and the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979– 1991 (1979–1991), the Vietnam People's Ground Force relied almost entirely on Soviet-derived weapons and equipment systems. With the end of the Cold War in 1992 ...
Cold War 152.4: 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) Soviet Union: Vietnam War, Six-day War, Iran-Iraq War, Syrian Civil War 152: 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20), M84 NORA field gun Yugoslavia: 152: Type 66 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War, modern 152: Type 83 howitzer People's Republic of China: Modern 152: 152 H 88 ...
The M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1941 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, before being replaced by the M198 howitzer.
AH-2 – 155 mm towed howitzer. Export version of the PLL-01 howitzer. AH-1 – 155 mm towed howitzer. Export version of the PLL-01 howitzer at 52 caliber. FGT-203 – 203 mm towed howitzer. Experimental design based on PLL-01. This artillery system was developed by Norinco in cooperation with Space Research International of Belgium. [61]
Today, Vietnam's M107s are operated as second-line artillery pieces in times of war and are currently in reserve storage of the PAVN's Artillery Corps, together with other American artillery pieces captured from American or South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, such as M101 howitzers 105 mm (4.1 in) and M114 howitzers 155 mm (6.1 in).
Kanon m/03 Pre–World War I 152 mm fortress artillery/coast artillery gun; Kanon m/12 Pre–World War I 152 mm fortress artillery/coast artillery gun; Kustartilleripjäs M/51 Cold War 152 mm coast artillery gun; Tornautomatpjäs 12/70 Cold War 120 mm Fixed coast artillery gun; Kustartilleripjäs 12/80 Cold War 120 mm mobile coast artillery gun
Artillery has been one of primary weapons of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery itself has been continually improved and redesigned to meet the evolving needs of the battlefield. This has led to a multitude of different types and designs which have played a role in ...