Retrieved from long-forgotten caches, dusted down, and returned to working order, the Vietnamese battlefield was awash with ...

A favored support gun, the 105mm howitzer used in Vietnam had seen action in World War II. Modified to improve field mobility, the guns served admirably throughout the Vietnam conflict.

Other needs were met inside South Vietnam. Main force Vietcong units ... Chinese versions of the Russian AK-47 submachine gun. They also used a range of effective Soviet and Chinese light and ...

A plane spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam The Americans used chemical weapons Napalm (jellied petrol) and Agent Orange (superior strength weed killer). This was used to clear foliage in the ...