Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War

Cambodian Civil War T-55 tanks

The Cambodian Civil War was a conflict between the forces of the Khmer Rouge and the royal forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia from 1967 to 1970, then between the National United Front of Kampuchea and the Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975.

Khmer Republic Equipment

Handguns

M1911A1 pistol

Submachine guns

M3 submachine gun

Assault rifles

M16A1 was the standard FANK issue assault rifle

Carbines

M1 carbine

Battle rifles

M1 Garand

Bolt-action rifles

M1903 Springfield

Shotguns

Ithaca 37

Light machine guns

Browning Automatic Rifle

General-purpose machine gun

M60 machine gun

Heavy machine guns

Anti-tank rocket launchers

M72 LAW

Recoilless rifles

Grenade launchers

M203 grenade launcher

Anti-aircraft guns

Bofors 40 mm

Mortars

M2 mortar

Howitzers

Land vehicles

Helicopters

Aircraft

Naval craft

Khmer Rouge Equipment

Handguns

Type 54 pistol

Submachine guns

PPSh-41

Shotguns

Assault rifles

Type 56 assault rifle

Carbines

Type 56 carbine

Bolt-action rifles

Type 53 carbine

Sniper rifles

Light machine guns

Type 53 light machine gun

General-purpose machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Type 53 machine gun

Anti-tank rocket launchers

Type 69 RPG

Anti-aircraft guns

Type 59 57 mm anti-aircraft gun

Mortar

Artillery

Type 59-1 130 mm field gun

Khmer Rouge used small number of field howitzers or captured howitzers from government forces

Recoilless rifles

B-10

Grenade launchers

See also

Notes

  1. Conboy, FANK: A History of the Cambodian Armed Forces, 1970-1975 (2011), pp. 263; 268-269.

References

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