Some WEAPONS used by the VC and NVA
The Soviet-designed 7.62mm AK 47 assault rifle was used extensively as a personal weapon by the VC and the NVA and has a reputation of being a simple, robust and reliable weapon. This gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle is capable of semi-automatic and automatic fire and has an maximum effective range of 300 metres with practicle rates of fire of 100 rpm on automatic and 40 rpm on semi-automatic. There area number of Russian and Chinese manufactured models of the Ak 47.
The Soviet designed 7.62mm RPD light machine-gun is a gas-operated, belt-fed, automatic weapon with a practical rate of fire of 150 rpm and a maximun effective range of 800 metres. It was normally employed by the VC and NVA at squad level. During sustained firing, the fixed barrel could lead to over-heating problems.
Of Rusian design, the 7.63mm PPS43 submachine-gun is a simple, robust, blowback-operated, automatic fire weapon. It has a practicle rate of fire of 100 rpm and a maximun effective range of 200 metres. It has a 35-round magazine.
The 7.62mm Tokarev T33 pistol was generally used by the Viet Cong officals and North Vietnamese officers. This Soviet-designed, recoil-operated, semi-automatic weapon has a maximum practical rate of fire of 32 rpm and a maximum effective range of 50 metres. It has a 8-round magazine.
The RPG7V, a Soviet-produced short-range, anti-armour, rocket-propelled grenade, was used from 1967 by the VC and NVA against armoured vehicles, defensive postions, personal and even helicopters. The weapon consists of a 10mm launcher tube weighing 7.9kg, fitted with a simple iron sight or a more sophisticated telescopic range-finding sight, and a heat rocket genade projectile with a calibre of 85mm and a weight of 2.25kg. The RPG7 has an effective range of 300 metres against moving targets and up to 500 metres against stationary targets. The projectile explodes either on impact or at its maximun range of 920 metres.
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