Artillerymen fired: 105mm and 155mm field guns; 155mm and 175mm SPGs (Self Propelled Guns).
US Tankers fired: 90mm cannons (M48 Patton tank main gun) and 152mm cannons (M551 Sheridan tank main gun).
Australian tankers used Centurian tanks which fired 84mm main guns (20 pounders).
South Vietnamese tankers used the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, which fired a 76mm main gun.
North Vietnamese Army (NVA) tankers used the PT76 light tank which fired a 76mm main gun and the T54 medium tank which fired a 100mm cannon.
first in the civil war and then in vietnam
to stop Communist expansion into Southeast Asia.
Firebases acted as Forts during the Vietnam War. Firebases normally had a battery (6 guns back then) of 105mm, 155mm Self Propelled Guns (SPG), or split trailed 155mm field guns. Some firebases had M42 Dusters and 175mm SPG.
We put guns back onto our jets. Prior to the war, we only had missiles on them!
Napalm bombs were used in the Vietnam War and killed a lot of people.
first in the civil war and then in vietnam
The retention of guns on jets.
The F22 Raptor would only have smart weapons and no guns on it had not been for the Vietnam war.
The new F22 Raptor has guns on it...thanks to the Vietnam War.
Yes, todays jets including the latest F22 Raptor still has guns on it thanks to the Vietnam war.
to stop Communist expansion into Southeast Asia.
Nuclear weapons were not used in the Vietnam War.
Firebases acted as Forts during the Vietnam War. Firebases normally had a battery (6 guns back then) of 105mm, 155mm Self Propelled Guns (SPG), or split trailed 155mm field guns. Some firebases had M42 Dusters and 175mm SPG.
You mean "Vietnam". There were many firearms used in Vietnam by the U.S. The USGI started the war using M14 but switched shortly in the war to the M16 as the primary rifle. As for machine guns, they used the M-60. Pistols were Beretta 9mm and a few 1911 .45 because some people were smart and keep their 1911 from before the switch to 9mm. There are many more firearms used in Vietnam by the US, but those were the main players.
No. The cold war was a separate event but was continuous with no stopping until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. The Viet War was simply "part" of the cold war...the shooting part of the cold war. The cold war itself was NO WAR AT ALL. That's why they called it "Cold" the guns didn't get hot! When guns are fired they get HOT! In Vietnam the guns got hot.
We put guns back onto our jets. Prior to the war, we only had missiles on them!
Monitors, usually equipped with 11" guns; Vietnam Monitors had M49 105mm howitzer guns.