Vietnam War
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This page gives a short list of combat vehicles used by Anti-communist forces in the Vietnam War.

Combat vehicles[]

Tanks[]

Men of Troop B, Vietnam

M48 Patton tank in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, 1969.

Other armored vehicles[]

  • M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
    • M113 ACAV Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle
  • M8 Greyhound Used by ARVN forces
  • LVTP5 Landing craft
  • M50 Ontos Self-propelled 106 mm recoilless rifle carrier used by the USMC
  • Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando
  • Mark I PBRs (Patrol Boat River)
  • LARC-LX
  • BARC
  • AMTRAC'S, amphibious tractors used by US Marine Corps
  • M114 Reconnaissance vehicle
  • M42 Duster (M41 light tank based hull, with a twin 40 mm antiaircraft gun mounted on an open turret)
  • LCVP Landing craft vehical personal
  • LCM Landing craft mecanised

Gun trucks[]

Often, non-combat logistical vehicles were armored and adopted to carry several machine guns to be used for convoy escort duties

  • Gun trucks, 2½ and 5 ton cargo trucks with quad .50 cal machine guns mounted in the back
  • M3 halftracks with quad .50 cal machine guns in the back
  • Jeeps with mounted M60 machine guns
  • Land Rovers with single and twin M60 machine guns mounted used by Australian and NZ forces
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