Weapons of the Laotian Civil War
The Laotian Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the Marxist-oriented Pathet Lao against the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR) of the Kingdom of Laos (French: Royaume du Laos), led by the conservative Royal Lao Government.
Royal Lao Armed Forces Equipment
Revolvers
- M1917 revolver
- Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver
Pistols
M1911A1 pistol
- MAS-35-S pistol (7.65mm Longue)
- Luger P08 pistol[1]
- Colt.45 M1911
- Smith & Wesson Model 39
Submachine guns
M3 submachine gun
- MAT-49
- Sterling submachine gun
- Owen submachine gun[2]
- Sten submachine gun
- Carl Gustav M/45[3]
- M1A1 Thompson
- M3A1 Grease Gun
Bolt-action rifles
M1903 Springfield
Carbines
- M1/M2 Carbine
- CAR-15 Assault carbine
Battle rifles
M16A1 was the standard Royal Lao Army (RLA) issue assault rifle
- M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle
- SKS semi-automatic rifle
- L1A1 SLR Assault rifle
- M16A1 Assault rifle[4]
- AK-47
- Type 56
- AKM
Light machine guns
Browning Automatic Rifle
General-purpose machine guns
M60 machine gun
Heavy machine guns
Anti-tank rockets
M72 LAW
Grenade launchers
M203 grenade launcher
Recoilless rifles
Mortars
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Mle 27(31) Mortar
M29 Mortar
M30 Mortar
Howitzers
M101 105mm howitzer
M114 155 mm howitzer
M116 75mm howitzer
Vehicles
M8 Greyhound armoured car
PT-76 light tank
- M24 Chaffee Light tank[7]
- PT-76 amphibious light tank[8][9]
- M8 Greyhound armoured car[10]
- M3 Scout Car[11]
- M-706 armoured car[12][13]
- M3 Half-track[14]
- M113 armored personnel carrier[15]
- Willys 1/4 ton, (4x4) Jeep
- M151 1/4 ton (4x4) jeep
- Dodge WC-51/52 - 3/4 ton (4x4) utility truck
- Dodge M37 - 3/4 ton 1953 (4x4) utility truck
- GMC CCKW 2½ ton (6x6) truck
- Chevrolet G506 1½ ton (4x4) truck
- M35A1 2½ ton (6x6) cargo truck
Helicopters
- UH-1C Huey gunship[16]
- UH-1D transport
- Mil Mi-4 transport[17]
- Sikorsky H-19 transport
- Sikorsky H-34 transport[18][19]
- Sud Aviation SA 3130 Alouette II light helicopter[20][21]
- Sud Aviation SA 316B Alouette III light helicopter[22]
Aircraft
A Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF) T-28D Nomad armed trainer taxies at Long Tieng airfield, September 1972
- Cessna T-41B/D Mescalero trainer[23]
- North American T-6 Texan trainer/fighter-bomber[24]
- North American T-28D Trojan trainer/fighter-bomber[25][26][27][28][29][30]
- AC-47D Spooky gunship[31][32]
- U-6 (L-20) STOL utility transport[33]
- De Havilland DH.104 Dove short-haul airliner
- Aero Commander 500 utility transport
- Douglas C-47D Skytrain transport[34][35]
- Lisunov Li-2 utility transport[36]
- Fairchild C-123K Provider transport
- Morane-Saulnier MS 500 Criquet liaison aircraft[37]
- U-17A/B light utility aircraft[38]
- Cessna L-19/O-1D Bird Dog reconnaissance/observation light aircraft[39][40]
- EC-47D SIGINT aircraft
River craft
- PBR, Patrol Boat River, (all fiberglass boats, propelled by twin water jets)
- LCM (8) Landing Craft
Pathet Lao forces Equipment
Pistols
- Tokarev TT-33
- Type 54: Chinese copy of TT-33
- Colt.45 M1911
Submachine guns
Carbines
Bolt-action rifles
Type 53 carbine
Sniper rifles
Battle rifles
Type 56 assault rifle
- SKS semi-automatic rifle
- Type 56 Carbine
- AK-47
- AKM
- Type 56
- Type 56-1
- M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle
- M16A1 Assault rifle
Light machine guns
Type 53 light machine gun
General-purpose machine guns
Heavy machine guns
Type 53 machine gun
- SG-43/SGM Goryunov
- Type 53/57 Chinese variant of SG-43 and SGM
- DShK
- Type 54 Chinese variant of DShK
- KPV
- Browning M1919A4/Mk 21
Anti-tank rocket launchers
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Type 69 RPG
Grenade launchers
Recoilless rifles
B-10 recoilless rifle
Mortars
Howitzers
M-30 122 mm howitzer
Air defense guns
37 mm automatic air defence gun M1939 (61-K)
57 mm AZP S-60
- ZPU-4 14.5 mm Quadruple AA autocannon
- M1939 (61-K) 37 mm
- AZP S-60 57 mm
vehicles
BTR-152 APC
- PT-76 amphibious light tank[41][42]
- Type 62 light tank
- T-54/55 main battle tank
- BRDM-2 Amphibious Armoured Scout Car
- BTR-40 armored personnel carrier[43][44]
- BTR-152 armored personnel carrier[45]
- BJ-212 (4x4) light Utility Vehicle[46]
- GAZ-69A (4x4) light truck[47]
- GAZ-63 (4x4) 2-ton truck
Helicopters
Aircraft
- Polikarpov Po-2 utility biplane/trainer
- Antonov An-2 utility aircraft[49]
- Lisunov Li-2 utility transport[50]
- Ilyushin Il-12 transport
River craft
- River Sampan
See also
- Cambodian Civil War
- First Indochina War
- Laotian Civil War
- Vietnam War
- Weapons of the Vietnam War
- Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War
Notes
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 38.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 36.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 46.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), pp. 15-21.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), pp. 15-21.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 43.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 12.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 8.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 13.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 20.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 20.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 13.
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 290.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), pp. 12; 20.
- ↑ Christopher F. Foss, Jane’s Tank & Combat Vehicle recognition guide (2002), p. 215.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 42.
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 102 (Notes 2, 9).
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 16.
- ↑ Gunston, An Illustrated Guide to Military Helicopters (1981), p. 62.
- ↑ Gunston, An Illustrated Guide to Military Helicopters (1981), p. 82.
- ↑ "World Air Forces 1971 pg. 932". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Gunston, An Illustrated Guide to Military Helicopters (1981), p. 82.
- ↑ Krivinyi, World Military Aviation (1977), p. 148.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 15.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 16.
- ↑ Nalty, Neufeld and Watson, An Illustrated Guide to the Air War over Vietnam (1982), pp. 114-115.
- ↑ Taylor and Munson, Jane's Pocket Book of Major Combat Aircraft (1973), p. 179.
- ↑ Krivinyi, World Military Aviation (1977), p. 178.
- ↑ Fitzsimons, The Defenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Warplanes of the USA (1988), p. 137.
- ↑ Andrade, Militair 1982 (1982), p. 146.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 16.
- ↑ Davis and Greer, Gunships, A Pictorial History of Spooky (1982), pp. 13-14.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 15.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 16.
- ↑ Nalty, Neufeld and Watson, An Illustrated Guide to the Air War over Vietnam (1982), pp. 46-49.
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 102 (Notes 2, 9).
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 15.
- ↑ Churchill, Hit My Smoke: Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia (1997), p. 121.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 16.
- ↑ Nalty, Neufeld and Watson, An Illustrated Guide to the Air War over Vietnam (1982), pp. 36-37.
- ↑ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), p. 13.
- ↑ SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
- ↑ Christopher F. Foss, Jane’s Tank & Combat Vehicle recognition guide (2002), p. 295.
- ↑ SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
- ↑ Christopher F. Foss, Jane’s Tank & Combat Vehicle recognition guide (2002), pp. 386-387.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 21.
- ↑ Conboy and McCouaig, The War in Laos 1960-75 (1989), p. 21.
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 102 (Notes 2, 9).
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 102 (Notes 2, 9).
- ↑ Conboy and Morrison, Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos (1995), p. 102 (Notes 2, 9).
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