AK-47 and AKM assault rifles (from the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries)
Type 56 assault rifle (from the People's Republic of China)
SKS semi-automatic carbine, also known as Simonov
Vz. 58 assault rifle
SVD-63 semi-automatic marksman rifle, also known as the "Dragunov" sniper rifle
Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles and carbines (from the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact countries, and the People's Republic of China)
Mauser Kar98k bolt-action rifle (many of the Mausers used by the VPA and the NLF were from rifles captured from the French during the First Indochina War and rifles provided to them by the Soviets as military aid)
Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle (captured by the Soviets during World War Two and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid)
Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol Pistol (Captured From The Japanese) Used By North Vietnamese officers
K-50M submachine gun
PPSh-41 submachine gun (both Soviet and Chinese versions)
MAT-49 submachine gun
Sa vz. 23 submachine gun
Skorpion vz. 61 submachine gun
RPD light machine gun
Degtyarev DP light machine gun
RPK light machine gun
MG-34 light machine gun (captured by the Soviets during World War Two and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid)
MG-42 light machine gun (captured by the Soviets during World War Two and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid)
Uk vz. 59 general purpose machine gun
DShK heavy machine gun
PM M1910 heavy machine gun
MP40 submachine gun (captured by the Soviets during World War Two and provided to the VPA and the NLF as military aid)
PPS-43 submachine gun
Arisaka rifles (Captured from Japanese)
Baikal IZH-43 doubled barrel shotgun
Type 63 assault rifle
PK machine gun
Hand guns
Tokarev TT-33 handgun
Makarov PM handgun
Nagant M1895 revolver
Stechkin APS machine pistol
Mauser C96 handgun
CZ 52 handgun
Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol Pistol (Captured From The Japanese) Used By North Vietnamese officers
Infantry support weaponsNorth Vietnamese troops with RPG-2 (B-40) in 1968.