SOURCES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY FORCES

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Secret
DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Memorandum
Sources of Military Equipment to Viet Cong
and North Vietnamese Military Forces
Secret
ER IM 68-141
November 1968
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'T'his ,,trraorandum is primarily a listing of Com-
munist weapons and combat equipment known to be in
use by North Vietnamese units in North Vietnam and
by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong military units
in South Vietnam. Some military-related equipment
such as motor vehicles and medical supplies has
not been included. The country of origin of each
item is reported insofar as intelligence will allow
a determination to be made. Since the USSR supplies
most of the military equipment used by Eastern
European countries, some combat materiel attributed
to the USSR may be of Soviet manufacture but may
actually have been supplied by Eastern Europe. No
attempt is made in this memorandum to quantify the
weapons and equipment being supplied to the Com-
munist forces. For the most part, data on weapons
used in South Vietnam come from analysis of
aptured weapons; data on
weapons used in North Vietnam that have not yet
appeared in the South are derived from photography,
limited actual observations, and other sources.
Data are current through September 1968.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
4 November 1968
Sources of Military Equipment to Viet Cong
and North Vietnamese Military Forces
Summary
Most of the military equipment and ammunition
now being used for the defense of North Vietnam
and for the Communist war effort in South Vietnam
has been supplied by other Communist countries in
recent years. Until mid-1965 the Communist forces
fighting in South Vietnam were equipped for the
most part with old Free World weapons from the
French-Indochina War and captured US materiel.
Only limited amounts of Soviet and Chinese weapons
were in use at that time. Military production in
North Vietnam is limited to small amounts of in-
fantry weapons, mortars, and grenades, some of which
have been observed in South Vietnam. North Vietnam
serves primarily as the funnel for the infiltration
into South Vietnam of military supplies from other
countries.
Communist China and the USSR have been the
major donors of military equipment to North Viet-
nam and to Communist forces in the South, but some
infantry weapons, mortars, rockets, and light
artillery have come from North Korea and the
Eastern European countries. Most of the more
complex materiel for the defense of North Vietnam
has come from the USSR, including heavier field
and antiaircraft artillery, the SA-2 missile
system, more advanced radar and aircraft, and
Note: This memorandum was produced solely by CIA.
It was prepared by the Office of Economic Research
and has been coordinated with the Office of Strategic
Research, the Office of Current Intelligence, and
the Director's Special Assistant for Vietnamese
Affairs.
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various types of armored vehicles.* China has
supplied most of the infantry weapons, mortars,
and rockets used in South Vietnam. Antiaircraft
artillery up to 57-mm, ammunition for howitzers
and field guns up to 130-mm, and PT-76 amphib-
ious light tanks have also been captured in the
South. Most of this equipment has been supplied
by the USSR, although a few smaller antiaircraft
and field guns from Communist China and Poland
have been observed. Infantry weapons from North
Korea, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
and Rumania have also been observed in South
Vietnam.
The weapons now being used by Communist forces
in North and South Vietnam include equipment still
used extensively by Soviet, Eastern European, and
Chinese armed forces. Most of the weapons observed
in the South since 1965 were manufactured since the
Korean War
Some observed equipment has reached
South Vietnam six months after leaving the factory.
For a listing of Communist miZitary equipment
in North and South Vietnam, by country of origin,
see the Appendix.
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1. Since mid-1965, Communist military forces
in North and South Vietnam have been equipped
increasingly with a modern family of weapons sup-
plied by other Communist countries. Before 1965,
weapons of Free World origin accounted for almost
60 percent of those captured in South Vietnam.
Most of these were older French models, holdovers
from the French-Indochina War, as well as captured
US equipment. North Vietnam's inventory of mili-
tary equipment before 1965 consisted largely of
older infantry equipment left by the French and
some ground equipment, propeller aircraft, and
naval craft supplied by Communist countries during
the years 1954-64,
2. With the initiation of the Rolling Thunder
program in 1965 and Hanoi's increasing direct
involvement in the war in the South, both North
Vietnamese and Viet Conq regular forces have been
equipped with modern weapons, including types that
are standard equipment within the Communist donor
countries. North Vietnam's defenses have been
greatly expanded and strengthened by the introduc-
tion of MIG-15117 and supersonic MIG-21 jet
fighters and the SA-2 missile system as well as
by the addition of light and medium antiaircraft
artillery and radar. The USSR has been the major
contributor to the buildup of North Vietnam's air
defense. Communist China has upgraded North
Vietnam's naval capability and has provided most
of the infantry weapons used by North Vietnamese
and Viet Cong forces. The European Communist
countries are not known to have supplied appreci-
able quantities of weapons to North Vietnam or to
the Communist forces in the South. However, the
fact that the armed forces of these countries are
equipped with large amounts of materiel manufac-
tured in the USSR makes it probable that some of
the captured equipment nominally of Soviet origin
actually may have been provided by the European
Communist countries.
Ground Equipment
Infantry Weapons
3. North Vietnam has had to rely on outside
assistance for the vast amount of infantry weapons
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and ammunition required for its-ogees in North
Vietnam and for the reequipoinq of the Viet Cong
and North Vietnamese forces fihting in South V.et-
nam. Only a few light infantry weapons, grenades,
and ammunition are manufactured in North Vietnam.
Communist. China has been the major source of
:infantry weapons, and smaller amounts are supplied
by the USSR, the Eastern European Communist coun-
tries,* and North Korea (see Table 1). most of the
combat materiel furnished Communist forces in South
Vietnam is infiltrated from North Vietnam through
Laos, although small amounts probably are infil-
trated through Cambodia.
4. Communist regular forces in North and
South Vietnam are now equipped primarily with
modern infantry weapons. Almost all of the
weapons observed in South Vietnam since 1965 that.
originated in Communist countries have been of
ost--Korean War vinta e
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being captured as soon as six-757-nine months after
leaving the factory. A few Soviet sniper rifles
and carbines and the Chinese 57-mm recoilless
rifle were manufactured prior to 1950. Although
the USSR and the Eastern European Communist coun-
tries have supplied weapons manufactured primarily
in the late 1950's, most of these are still used
extensively in their own armies. Soviet infantry
weapons of recent manufacture 1960 or later)
include the 82-mm recoilless gun, the 40--mm anti-
.ank grenade launcher, and the 122--mm rocket
launcher. Eastern European infantry weapons
include the 7.62--mm
assault rifle, the 40-mm antitank grenade launcher,
and the 82--mm recoilless gun.
Mortars and Rockets
5. The USSR and China continue to be the main
suppliers of mortars and rockets for the Communist
astarn~Eurropean Communist countries supplyin g
weapons have included East Germany, Pa and, Ceecho-
sZovakia, Rumania, and Bulgaria. Although no wea-
pons of Hungarian manufacture have been observed,
reports indicate that Hungary has supplied smal?
amounts of infantry combat materiel.
kN Observed enem wea ons are those that have
been photographed
This is a small but representative sampt-e.
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forces in North and South Vietnam. The Chinese
have provided 60-mm, 82-mm, and 120-mm mortars and
several types of rockets. The USSR has sent 82-mm
mortars and 140-mm rockets as well as ammunition
for 60-mm and 120-mm mortars. Some 120-mm mortar
ammunition produced in North Korea was captured in
South Vietnam in late 1967. In addition to a large
number of single-tube rocket launchers, Communist
offensive capability in South Vietnam has been
strengthened recently by the addition of a Chinese
107--mm multiple rocket :Launcher, first observed
in mid-September 1968. These weapons give enemy
forces an increased capability for inflicting
damage to Allied supply bases and airfields and
represent an awesome threat if used for indis-
criminate firings on urban areas.
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
6. The USSR has supplied most of the larger
field and antiaircraft artillery pieces. Light
artillery weapons of Chinese origin have also been
observed, and reports indicate that Czechoslovakia,
Poland, and Hungary have contributed some antiair-
craft artillery (see Table 2). Both the Soviets
and Chinese have given field artillery still
regarded as standard in Communist armies, including
the 122-mm and 152--mm howitzer. The 85-mm field
gun and ammunition for the 122-mm corps gun have
been observed in South Vietnam. In addition,
ammunition for the Soviet 130--mm field gun, the
largest caliber field gun normally used by Soviet
and Eastern European armed forces, has recently
been captured.
7. Antiaircraft artillery in North Vietnam
includes 85-mm and 100-mm guns supplied by the
USSR and possibly by China as well as Soviet and
Chinese 37-mm and 57-mm, Soviet 23-mm,and Czech
30-mm weapons. The 57-mm antiaircraft weapon
is the standard light automatic antiaircraft
weapon used by Warsaw Pact forces,* while the
23-mm is the newest addition to the Soviet arse-
nal of antiaircraft weapons.
ot Czechoslovak origin in North Vietnam. The
The Warsaw Pact countries include the USSR, East
Germany, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania,
and Bulgaria.
30-mm antiaircraft weapons
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2:3-mm and 30-min weapons are more mobile and have a
higher rate of fire than the 37-mm weapon, and the
addition of large numbers would significantly
upgrade North Vietnam's defense capabiiity against
low-altitude fighter aircraft.
8. Enemy efforts to create in South Vietnam
an effective air defense system, initiated by the
Viet Cong in late 1962, were confirmed in July 1967
with the discovery of Polish and Chinese :37-mm
antiaircraft artillery ammunition. Since mid-1967,
all antiaircraft weapons that are in North Vietnam
except the 85-mm and 100-mm guns and the Czech
30-mm weapon have been observed in South Vietnam.
Surface-to-Air.-Missile Systems
9. The USSR introduced equipment for an esti-
mated 15 surface-to-air missile (SAM) firing
battalions into North Vietnam in 1965, all of which
were positioned in the Hanoi-Haiphong area. Since
then, the SAM air defense system has been augmented
by an additional 20 to 25 battalions, most of which
remain in the Hanoi-Haiphong area, although coverage
has been extended over most of North V..etnam. No
SAM's have yet been moved into South VLetnam.
Although operating conditions and US countermeasures
have limited the effectiveness of the SAM system
against US aircraft over North Vietnam, it still
represents Moscow's most complex and costly contri-
bution to North Vietnam's air defense system.
10. Up to .L2 modified Fan Song B SA-2 radars
have been noted in the Hanoi-Haiphong area, differing
in configuration from any known Soviet variant of
the Fan Song. Equipment observed with some of these
modified Fan Song's indicates that the radars may
be of Soviet origin, although the Chinese have the
capability to produce them.
11. The USSR is the major supplier of armor
to North Vietnam, but China reportedly has sent in
medium tanks and possibly a few of the assault
guns and armored personnel carriers given to China
by the USSR during the 1950's. Czechoslovakia
reportedly has provided a number of armored per-
sonnel carriers, but these have not yet been con.-
firmed by observation- The North Vietnamese Army
is estimated to have two armored regiments with an
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inventory consisting primarily of Soviet and
Chinese T34/85 and T54 or T55 medium tanks, a few
of which have been reported in South Vietnam.
These models are still widely used by Soviet,
Eastern European, and Chinese armies, as are most
of the other items of armored equipment carried
in the current North Vietnamese inventory. A
Communist attack in February 1968 against the US
Special Forces camp at Lang Vei was the first
instance of armor being used by the enemy in South
Vietnam. The PT-76 amphibious tank used in this
attack is the standard reconnaissance tank of
Soviet and Eastern European forces.
12. The Vietnamese Communists' radar inventory
is a mixture of Soviet and Chinese types with some
US and British radars that were originally given
to the USSR and the Republic of China during World
War II. Almost all the radars currently used in
North and South Vietnam were designed by the USSR
in the 1950's and subsequently copied by the
Chinese. Only fire-control radars are in use in
South Vietnam. The fire-control radars known to
be associated with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
antiaircraft units were first produced in the late
1940's and early 1950's, but are still standard
equipment with most Soviet, Eastern European, and
Chinese antiaircraft artillery units. Most of the
early-warning ground-control-intercept (EW/GCI)
radars supplied by the USSR and China were designed
in the 1950's, although the USSR has given North
Vietnam a few models from the early 1960's. The
only Chinese radar of late design in North Vietnam
is the Cross Legs EW/GCI, first produced in 1965.
Communications Equipment
13. Communications equipment being supplied to
the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong is primarily
of Soviet and Chinese origin. North Vietnam has
produced copies of a Chinese transceiver and field
telephone, as well as receivers of native design.
There is evidence of small amounts of communica-
tions equipment coming from Eastern Europe. Most
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sists o models still used extensively in oviet,
Eastern European, and Chinese armed forces.
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Communications equipment recently captured. in South
Vietnam includes parts associated with. the. Soviet-
designed R-110 mobile high-frequency station, the
USSR's largest and most complicated. The R-110
could be used to communicate directly with. Moscow
and has an output power tar in excess of that re-?
gquired to reach Hanoi. its presence, if proved,
would be the first time the R-110 has beer.. noted
outside the Warsaw Pact countries.
14. Prior to initiation of the US fcmbing
Campaign in early 1965, North Vietnam's aircraft
inventory consisted of .36 MIG-15/17 jet fighters
sent in from Communist China immediately after
the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964 and
several transport and trainer aircraft from the
Soviet Union. After the bombing began., the USSR
supplemented China's original shipment of MIG-15/17
jets and supplied more than 80 MIG-21 supersonic
jet fighters, many of which probably are the more
advanced 21D and 21F all-weather types. Peking
continued deliveries of MIG-15/l7 fighters and
may have supplied a few MIG-19's, although their
presence in North Vietnam has never been confirmed.
At the end of September, North Vietnam had. an in-
ventory of 153 MIG's, including 38 MIG-21's. Of
this total, 28 MIG-21's and 19 MIG-15/17's were
deployed at airfields in North Vietnam.
.15. The Soviet Union has also provided. North
Vietnam with eight IL-28 light jet bombers and a
small number of helicopters, including MI-6 Hook's,
the largest helicopter in the world. in addition
to supplying MIG-15/17's, the Chinese have permitted
the use of several air facilities in southern China
for training North Vietnamese pilots, .ior repair
and maintenance of aircraft, and as a sanctuary for
North Vietnamese aircraft. The Eastern European
countries have not provided aircraft to North Viet-
nam, but Czechoslovakia has engaged in training a
number of advanced North Vietnamese pilots. No
Communist jet aircraft have been detected over
South Vietnam, although the capability to stage
such flights exists,
16. The Chinese have provided most. of North
'Vietnam's current inventory of about 40 small
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naval craft and an unknown number of armed landing
craft. The USSR has sent only two SO-1-class sub-
chasers, 12 P-4 motor torpedo boats, a few armed
landing craft, and two Poluchat-l-class motor gun-
boats. Before 1965, North Vietnam had 12 motor
torpedo (PT) boats and 24 patrol craft of both
Soviet and Chinese origin. The eight to ten patrol
craft destroyed by US aircraft in 1964 were quickly
replaced by China. Since 1965, Chinese shipyards
have continued to supply Hanoi with new naval craft
and to repair older models. A recent notable addi-
tion to North Vietnam's naval inventory is the high-
speed Huchwan-class hydrofoil-stabilized motor
torpedo boat, first produced in about 1966.
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Communist Weapons Observed in South Vietnam
Type of Weapon
Infantry
Date First
Country of Origin Observed
7.62-mm Pistol
China
1965
7.65-mm Pistol with silencer
China
1967
9-mm Pistol
USSR
1965
22-caliber Target rifle
USSR
1966
7.62-mm Sniper rifle
USSR
1965
7.62-mm Carbine
China
1964
USSR
1964
North
Vietnam
1965
East
Germany
Jun 19 6 8
7.62?-mm Carbine rifle grenade
North
Vietnam
Jul 1966
7.62-mm Assault rifle
China
1965
USSR
1965
North
Korea
1965
Bulgaria Jul 1968
Czechoslovakia Feb 1967
East Germany Aug 19 6 8
Poland 1968
Rumania Feb 19 6 8
7.62-mm Assault rifle antitank
rifle grenade a/
7.62-mm Assault rifle fragmen-
tation rifle grenade a/
Poland
1968
7.62-mm Submachine gun
China
1964
USSR
1965
7.62?-mm Light machinegun
China
1964
USSR
1965
North Korea
Jun
19 66
Czechos lovakia
Sep
1965
Rumania
Jul
19 6 7
7.62-mm Heavy machinegun
China
1966
USSR
1965
Czechos lovakia
Oct
1967
Poland
N.A.
7.62-mm Heavy machinegun mounts
North Vietnam
Jan 19 6 8
7.92-mm Light machinegun ammuni-
tion
Czechoslovakia
Jan
1964
12.7-mm heavy machinegun
China
1964
USSR
Jan
1966
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Communist Weapons Observed in South Vietnam
(Continued)
Date First
of Weapon Country of Origin Observed
Infantry
(Continued)
14.5-mm Heavy machinegun
40-mm Antitank grenade launcher,
RPG-2
China 1965
USSR Jun 1966
North Korea Jun 1967
Rumania Feb 1968
40-mm Antitank grenade launcher,
R:PG-7
USSR Jan 1966
Bulgaria Jun :L9 6 8
Rumani a Aug 1967
50-mm Antitank grenade launcher
North Vietnam Jul 1966
57-mm Recoilless rifle
China 1964
75-mm Recoilless rifle
China 1964
USSR 1965
82.-mm Recoilless gun
USSR :L965
North Korea Mar :L9 6 8
Bulgaria Jun :L968
Flamethrower, LPO-50 China 1965
Mortars and Rockets
60--:mm Mortar China
7.964
North
Vietnam
Dec
1967
60?-:mm Mortar ignitors USSR
Apr
1966
82-mm Mortar China
1964
USSR
1.964
120-mm Mortar China
Aug
]_967
120-mm Mortar ammunition North
Korea
Nov
1967
North
Vietnam
Feb
19 67
120-mn
Mortar fuze USSR
N. A.
90--mm
Rocket China
N.A.
102 -mm
Rocket China
Apr
1.9 6 7
107-mn
Spin-stabilized rocket China
Feb
1.9 6 8
107-mnti
Multiple rocket launcher China
Sep
1.968
122 --mm
Rocket launcher USSR
Dec
1967
122-mm
Rocket USSR
Aug
1.9 6 7
140--mm Rocket USSR
Mar
1.9 6 7
140-mm Rocket launcher tube USSR
Feb
1.9 6 7
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Communist Weapons Observed in South Vietnam
(Continued)
Type of Weapon
Country of Origin
Date First
Observed
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
23-mm Antiaircraft gun
USSR
May 1968
37-mm Antiaircraft gun
China
Aug 1967
USSR
May 1968
37-mm
Antiaircraft gun ammuni-
tion
Poland
Jul 1967
57-mm
Antiaircraft gun ammuni-
tion
USSR
Apr 1968
57-mm
Antitank field gun
ammunition
Poland
1968
76-mm Antitank field gun
ammunition
Poland
May 1968
70-mm Howitzer ammunition
China
N.A.
85-mm Antitank field gun
China
May 1968
USSR
Apr 1968
100-mm Antitank field gun
ammunition
USSR
N.A.
122-mm Corps gun ammunition
USSR
May 1968
130-mm Antitank field gun
ammunition
USSR
Mar 1968
Surface search/navigation,
Skin Head
China
Jun 1968
Armor
Amphibious light tank, PT-76
USSR
Communications Equipment
50-watt Transmitter
China
Mar 1967
Manpack transmitter,
81
China
Mar 1968
Transmitter-receiver,
55A
China
Jul 1966
Transmitter-receiver,
55B
China
Nov 1965
Manpack transmitter-receiver,
81
(102E)
China
Nov 1966
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Communist Weapons Observed in South Vietnam
'Continued)
Type of Weapon
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Communications Equipment
(Continued)
Manpack vehicular transmitter-
,i..eceiver X-D63
Naval transmitter-receiver,
R:-607
Manpack transceiver, 63
Ma.npack transceiver, 71B1
Manpack transceiver, R-105D
Manpack transceiver, R-105 M4
Manpac.k transceiver, R-108D
Manpack transceiver, R-116
Vehicular transceiver, R-ll3
Antenna tuner for vehicular
transceiver, R-113
Manpack receiver, 139
Receiver, 7512B
Receiver, WS--430II
Receiver, VTS-2
Spare parts for mobile high
frequency station, R-ll0
Field switchboard, JCX-1
Field switchboard, 5421
Field switchboard, 252B
Field ttelephone, 0743
Fie ld telephone, CX-2
E-'i_eId telephone, E0754
Field telephone, (D-07.1
Pie ld telephone, TA-57
Field telephone, 3FP-120 22
Date First
Country of Origin Observed
USSR Nov 1967
China Mar 1967
China Mar 1966
North Vietnam Feb 1'968
USSR May 1968
USSR Apr 1968
USSR Jul 1968
USSR Aor 1968
USSR May 1968
China May 19 6 3
China Apr 1967
China Oct 1967
China AApr 1968
North Vietnam -Feb 1966
USSR Apr 1968
China Feb 1968
China N,.A.
China Apr 1966
China Jul 1968
China Feb 1968
China 1967
China Feb 1968
North Vietnam Jan 1968
USSR Aug 1968
Czechoslovakia N.A.
z. Both >ifZe grenades are attachments for the~'.62-mm assault
rifle. Poland is the only other Communist country which uses rifle
grenades on assault rifles.
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Major Communist Weapons _n Use in North Vietnam
Type of Weapon Country of Origin
Ground Equipment
Antiaircraft Artillery a/
12.7-mm Heavy machinegun on antiaircraft
mounts
USSR/China
14.5-mm Heavy machinegun on antiaircraft
mounts
23-mm.
USSR/China
USSR
30-mm
Czechoslovakia
37-mm b/
USSR/China
57-mm
USSR/China
85-mm
USSR/possibly
China
100-mm
USSR/possibly
China
Field Artillery
57-mm Antitank field gun
70-mm Howitzer
76-mm Antitank field gun
85-mm Antitank field gun
100-mm Antitank field gun
122-mm Howitzer, M1938/Type 56
122-mm Howitzer, D-30
122-mm Corps gun
130-mm Antitank field gun
USSR/China
China
USSR/China
USSR/China
USSR
USSR/China
USSR
USSR
USSR/possibly
China
152-mm Howitzer
152-mm Gun/Howitzer
USSR/China
USSR
Surface-to-Air Missile System
SA24 firing battalion, SA-2
Radar
Fire Control
Beam Track
Fire Can
Whiff
USSR
USSR/China
USSR/China
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Major Communist Weapons in Use in North Vietnam
(Continued)
Type of Weapon
Early Warning/Ground Control Inter-
c(~pt
Sig Bar B
::;core Board
i` lat Face
Spoon Rest A
Side Net
Eye
One
l::)ry Rack
1i tch Four
Dar Lock
Knife Rest A/B
Pock Cake/Stone Cake
us 2
Token
Cross Slot
D umb o
III Dumbo
1 loon Face
Cross Legs
Amphibious light tank, PT-76
Medium tank, T-54 or T-55
Medium tank, T-34/85
Armored car, BA-64
Armored personnel carrier, BTR-40
Armored personnel carrier, BTR-50p
Medium tracked artillery tractor, AT-S
Heavy tracked artillery tractor, AT--T
Tracker. amphibian, K-61
Assault gun, SU--76
Twin 57-mm self--propelled automatic
antiaircraft gun, ZSU-57-2
MI=G.-15/17 Jet fighter, Fagot/Fresco
MG--21 Jet fighter, Fishbed
Country of Origin
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR/ Ch.i.na
USSR/China
USSR/China
USSR/China
China
China
China.
China
China
USSR
USSR/China
USSR/China
USSR
USSR/possibly China
us r
JR
USSP.
USSR
USSR
USSR/possibly China
US-SR/China
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Major Communist Weapons in Use in North Vietnam
(Continued)
Type of Weapon Country of Origin
Aircraft (Continued)
UMIG-15 Jet trainer, Midget
IL-28 Light jet bomber, Beagle
AN-2 Light transport, Colt
AN-24 Transport, Coke
IL-14 Transport, Crate
IL-18 Transport, Coot
LI-2 Transport, Cab
MI-1 Helicopter, Hare
MI-4 Helicopter, Hound
MI-6 Helicopter, Hook
USSR
USSR
USSR/China
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
USSR
Subchaser, SO-1 class USSR
PGM Motor gunboat, PoZuchat-1 class USSR
Motor torpedo boat, P-4 class USSR
PGM Motor gunboat, Shanghai class China
PGM Motor gunboat, Swatow class China
Motor torpedo boat, P-6 class China
PTH Hydrofoil motor torpedo boat, Huchwan
class China
LCM Armed mechanized landing craft USSR/China
YP Patrol craft, Cua Cam class China
a. Hungary is supplying unidentified types of antiaircraft artiZ-
Zery to North Vietnam.
b, Poland has provided 37-mm antiaircraft ammunition but there is
no evidence to confirm its supplying the weapon.
c. A normal Soviet firing battalion includes the Fan Song missile-
control radar, six launchers, vans, transporters, and an initial
complement of nine SA-2 "Guideline" missiles per launcher. In
North Vietnam, firing battalions have varied from two to six
launchers with an estimated ten missiles per launcher.
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Communist Military Equipment in North and South Vietnam
Country of Origin
Type of Weapon
Communist China
Infantry
7.62-mm
Pistol
7.65-mm
:Pistol with silencer
7.62-mm
Carbine
7.62-mm
Assault rifle
7.62-mm
Submachinegun
7.62-mm
Light machinegun
7.62-mm
Heavy machinegun
12.7--mm
Heavy machinegun
14.5--mm
Heavy machinegun
40-mm Antitank grenade launcher,
RPG--2
57--mm Recoilless rifle
75-mm Recoilless rifle
Flamethrower, LPO-50
Mortars and Rockets
60-mm Mortar
82-mm Mortar
120-mm Mortar
90--mm Rocket
102-mm Rocket
107-mm Spin-stabilized rocket
107-mm Multiple rocket launcher
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
12.7-mm Heavy machinegun on antiair-
craft mounts
14.5--mm Heavy machinegun on antiair-
craft mounts
37--mm Antiaircraft gun
57-mm Antiaircraft gun
57-mm Antitank field gun
70-mm Howitzer
76-mm Antitank field gun
85-mm Antitank field gun
122-mm Howitzer, type 56
152-mm Howitzer
85--mm Antiaircraft gun (possible)
100-mm Antiaircraft gun (possible)
130-mm Antitank field gun (possible)
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Communist China Radar
(Continued)
Fire Control
Fire Can
Wh i f f
Early Warning/Ground Control Intercept
Cross Slot
Dumbo
Hi Dumbo
Knife Rest A/B
Moon Face
Rock Cake/Stone Cake
Rus 2
Cross Legs
Token
Surface Search/Navigation
Medium
tank,
T-54 or T--55
Medium
tank
T-34/85
Assault
gun,
SU-76 (possible)
Armored
personnel carrier, BTR-40
(possible)
Communications Equipment
50--watt transmitter
Manpack transmitter, 8.1.
Transmitter-receiver, 55A
Transmitter-receiver, 55E
Manpack transmitter-receiver,
8l(102E)
Manpack vehicular transmitter-
receiver, X-D63
Manpack transceiver, 63
Manpack transceiver, 71B1
Antenna tuner for vehicular trans-
ceiver, R-113
'~1anpack receiver, 139
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Type of Weapon
Communist China Communications Equipment (Continued)
(Continued)
Receiver, 7512B
Receiver, WS-430II
Field
switchboard, JCX--l
Field
switchboard, 5421
Field
switchboard, 252B
Field
telephone,
0743
Field
telephone,
CX-2
Field
telephone,
E0754
Field
telephone,
Q-07.1
MIG-15/17 Jet fighter, Fagot/Fresco
AN-2 Light transport, Colt
PGM Motor gunboat, Shanghai class
PGM Motor gunboat, Swatow class
Motor torpedo boat, P-6 class
PTH Hydrofoil motor torpedo boat,
Huchwan class
YP Patrol craft, Cua Cam class
USSR Infantry
9-mm Pistol
22-caliber Target rifle
75--mm Recoilless rifle
82-mm Recoilless gun
40-mm Antitank
grenade
launcher, RPG-2
40-mm Antitank
grenade
launcher, RPG-7
Flamethrower,
LPO-50
7.62-mm
Sniper rifle
7.62--mm
Carbine
7.62-mm
Assault rifle
7.62-mm
Submachinegun
7.62-mm
Light
machinegun
7.62--mm
Heavy
machinegun
12.7-mm
Heavy
machinegun
Mortars and Rockets
60-mm Mortar ignitors
82-mm Mortar
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USSR (Continued) Mortars and Rockets (Continued)
120-ram Mortar fuze
122-mm Rocket
122-mm Rocket launcher
140-mm Rocket
140-ram Rocket launcher tube
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
12.7-mm Heavy machinec;un on antiair-
craft mounts
14.5-mm Heavy rlachinecun on antiair-
craft mounts
23--mm Antiaircraft aur..
37-mm Antiaircraft gun
57--mm Antiaircraft gun
85--mm Antiaircraft gun
100--nun Antiaircraft gun
57 -mm. Antitank field c,un
76-mm Antitank field can
85--mm Antitank field can
100-mm. Antitank field guru
122-mm Howitzer, M193'-,-
12 2 -nun Howitzer, D-30
122-mm Corps gun
L30-nun Antitank field gun
132-nun Howitzer
152-mm Gun/howitzer
Surface-to-Air Missile System
Surface-to-air missile firing
battalion, SA-211
Radar
4 normal Soviet firing battalion includes t;,e Fan Song missile-
control radar, six launchers, vans, transporters, and an initial
comp Zement of nine SA-2 "Guide Zine" missiles per launcher. In
North Vietnam, firing battalions have varied from two to six
launchers with an estimated ten missiles per launcher,
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Country of Origin Type of Weapon
USSR (Continued) Radar (Continued)
Fire Control (Continued)
Whiff
Beam Track
Early Warning/Ground Control Intercept
Big Bar B
Score Board
Flat Face
Knife Rest A/B
Spoon Rest A
Rock Cake/Stone Cake
Side Net
Rus 2
One Eye
Dry Rack
Witch Four
Bar Lock
Token
Amphibious light tank, PT-76
Medium tank, T-54 or T-55
Medium tank, T--34/85
Assault gun, SU-76
Armored personnel carrier, BTR-40
Armored personnel carrier, BTR--50p
Twin 57-mm self-propelled automatic
antiaircraft gun, ZSU-57-2
Armored car, BA-64
Medium tracked artillery tractor, AT-S
Heavy tracked artillery tractor, AT-T
Tracked amphibian, K-61
Communications Equipment
Naval transmitter---receiver, R-607
Manpack
transceiver,
R-105D
Manpack
transceiver,
R-105M
Manpack
transceiver,
R-10 8D
Manpack
transceiver,
R-116
Vehicular transceiver, R--ll3
Spare parts for mobile high-frequency
station, R-ll0
Field telephone, TA--57
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USSR (Continued) Aircraft
MIG-15/17 Jet fighter, Fagot/Fresco
MIG--21 Jet fighter, F.ishbed
UMIG-15 Jet trainer, Midget
IL-28 Light jet bomber, Beagle
AN-2 Light transport, Colt
AN-24 Transport, Coke
TL-14 Transport, Crate
IL-18 Transport, Coot
LI-2 Transport, Cab
MI-I Helicopter, Hare
MI-4 Helicopter, Hound
MI-6 Helicopter, Hook
Subchaser, SO-1 class
Motor torpedo boat, P-4 class
LCM Armed mechanized landing craft
PGM Motor gunboat, Poi .ichut- 2 class
North Korea Infantry
7.62-mmm Assault rifle
7.62-rnm Light machinequn
40-mm Antitank grenade launcher, RPG-2
82-mm Recoilless gun
North Vietnam Infantry
7.62-rum Carbine
7.62-mm Carbine rifle ~irenade
7.62-mm Heavy machineg-in mounts
50-mm Antitank grenade launcher
60--mm Mortar
120-mm Mortar ammunition
Communications Equipment
Manpack transceiver, 7 iB l
Receiver, VTS-2
Field telephone, Q-07.1
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Country of Origin
Bulgaria Infantry
Type of Weapon
7.62-mm Assault rifle
40--mm Antitank grenade launcher,
RPG-7
82-mm Recoilless gun
Czechoslovakia Infantry
7.62-mm Assault rifle
7.62-mm Light machinegun
7.62-mm Heavy machinegun
7.92-mm Light machinegun ammunition
Antiaircraft Artillery
30-mm Antiaircraft gun
Communications Equipment
Field telephone, 3FP-120 22
East Germany Infantry
7.62-mm Carbine
7.62-mm Assault rifle
Hungary Unknown*
Poland Infantry
7.62-mm Assault rifle
Antitank rifle grenade**
Fragmentation rifle grenade**
7.62-mm Heavy machinegun
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
37--mm Antiaircraft gun ammunition
* Although no weapons of Hungarian manufacture have been
observed, reports indicate that Budapest has supplied small num-
bers of infantry combat materiel and unknown types of antiair-
craft artillery.
** Both rifle grenades are attachments for the 7.62-mm assault
rifle. Poland is the only other Communist country which uses
rifle grenades on assault rifles.
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Poland (Continued)
Type of Won
Field and Antiaircraft Artillery
(Continued---~
57--mm Tank gun ammunition
76--mm Tank gun ammunition.
Infantry
7.62-mm Assault rifle
7.62-mm Light machinegun
40-mm Antitank grenade launcher, RPG-2
40 -mm Antitank grenade launcher, RPG-7
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