1. Weapons in Vietnam By: Blamuel Kuria And Dominic Brochu

2. Artillery M110 Howitzer aka “Bad News”8 inch Howitzer

3. Artillery Continued Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1/83 FA 175mm gun in LZ Diamondhead motor IFFV 7F15 B-8 Summer 1968

4. Assault Rifles The term assault rifles is german word that means stormrifle, as in storm a position. The name was given by Adolf Hitler The m16 U.S Assault Rifles Vietnam Assault Rifles Ak-47 comes from the soviets version, it was gas operated, magazine- fed rifle 40 rounds, Mat 49 SMG uses 9mm rounds with a 35-round magazine

5. Rifles M-1 Carbine- 15 round clip M-14 7,62mm Rifle

6. Heavy Assault Rifles RPD-7.62mm GPMG Standard infantry weapon 100 round belt. Browning.30 Cal MG

7. Hand Guns M-1911A1,.45 Automatic Pistol Tokarev TT33 Automatic Pistol from the 1930’s colt

8. RPG’s RPG-7 Rocket Launcher- short ranged used against armored vehicles, defensive positions, and even helicopters. About 300 meters moving targets 500 for stationary, or will explode on maximun range of 920 meters. M-20, 3.5 inch Rocket Launcher

9. Explosives There were 15 different kinds of dumb bombs, and 3 different kind of fuel explosive’s. Bomb’s could range from 250 lbs to 1000 lbs

10. Knifes and Bayonets M6 Bayonet-U.S. for an m14 rifle M7 Bayonet-U.S for an m16 assault Rifle KA-BAR-Close combat marines and navy

11. Work Cited http://www.173rdairborne.com/weapons.htm