Battlefield: Vietnam

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The following weapons appear in the video game Battlefield: Vietnam:

Battlefield: Vietnam (2004)

M1911A1

The M1911A1 is the standard US/ARVN sidearm, with a 9-round magazine (Note that the Standard USGI M1911A1 actually has a 7-Round Magazine). In the reload animation you can see the player putting a magazine in, the slide moves forward and then he pulls the slide again. In reality he would waste one round by doing that.

Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.

Smith & Wesson Model 19

The 6-inch barrel Smith & Wesson Model 19 is used by US Special Forces, cylinder holds six rounds.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 with 6in barrel - .357 magnum

Norinco Type 54

The Type 54 Pistol is the Chinese copy of the Tokarev TT-33 Pistol, except that the Chinese model has a frame mounted safety. The Type 54 is the standard NVA/VC sidearm, the magazine holds 8 rounds of 7.62x25mm Tokarev.

Tokarev TT-33, 7.62x25mm

M16A1

The M16A1 Rifle is used by the US and ARVN. A semi-auto only variant with a scope can be used as a sniper weapon, both have 20-round mags. The scoped variant has a silencer in the menu and sounds like a silenced m16 but has no silencer while playing. Also, note how the weapon has been reversed, with having the ejection port on the left side.

M16A1 with 20 Round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Colt Model 655 with carry handle mounted scope - 5.56x45mm

XM177E2

The XM177E2 is used by ARVN and US Special Forces (A version with an XM148 grenade launcher is used by US Special Forces).

XM177E2 Carbine aka Colt Model 629 - 5.56x45mm.

XM148 40mm Grenade-Launcher mounted on XM177E2.

Note the ejection port located on the left. The lack of a forward assist makes this a Model 649.

M14

The M14 Rifle is the standard rifle for US Demolition Class. Holds only 10 rounds despite having a 20 round magazine and has its bolt handle on the left.

M14 Rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO

M21

The M21 Sniper Rifle is one of three possible choices for the Sniper Class. It is identical in-game to the M14 except it has a scope.

M21 Sniper Rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO

M40

The M40 Sniper Rifle is one of three possible rifles for the Sniper Class, holds five rounds. Note how the gun is a left-handed shooter's rifle.

M40A1 Sniper Rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO. The M40A1 has a camo-stock, while the original M40 has a wooden stock.

Norinco Type 56

The Type 56 Assault Rifle is the Standard NVA weapon and the underfolding bayonet cannot be used. Some rifles are standard-stocked Type 56s while others are underfolder-stock Type 56-1s. Note that there is no disassembly push-button on the rear upper end of the receiver, no post within the sight, and the bolt location on the left.

Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56-1 (under-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56 Carbine (SKS)

The Type 56 Carbine (AKA Chinese SKS) is used by the NVA demolition class, and by the VC as a sniper. Like the Type 56 rifles, the bayonet cannot be used, no post is present within the sight and the bolt once again, has been placed to the left.

Chinese Type 56 Carbine aka the Chinese SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Chinese SKS has a stamped receiver and a spike bayonet (aka a "pig sticker") much like the Type 56 assault rifle. This version, like many imported SKS rifles, have the infamous 'orange cratewood' stocks, probably the lowest quality wood in any mass produced rifle, save for the last ditch Arisaka Type 99 rifles at the end of WW2. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic stocks, because of the incidents of 'wood rot' in the humid SE Asian jungles.

SVD Dragunov

The SVD Dragunov is one of two NVA sniper weapons and once again, it has an empty front sight and incorrect bolt location.

SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mmR

Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 Sniper

The M1891/30 Sniper Rifle is one of two NVA sniper weapons, it being the only scoped sniper rifle for VC. Note the left handed bolt and how it is seen as a mainstream weapon despite no left handed Mosins ever being produced. Similar thing can be seen on the poster of Enemy at the Gates

Full-length, Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with Russian PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54R

Mossberg 500

One of two US Infantry Weapons, the Mossberg 500 Shotgun is available with a sawed-off pistol grip and heat shield. Note the incorrect (left side) ejection port.

Mossberg 500 with full stock, heat shield and extended magazine tube - 12 gauge

M60 Machine Gun

The M60 machine gun is perhaps the most infamous weapon in the game due to a well-known early balance issue; the release version of the game featured a US kit with the M60 and LAW, with the M60 extremely damaging (you pointed it at people and they died) and accurate enough to be used for sniping. This essentially meant games boiled to to re-enactments of Rambo: First Blood Part 2, only with the same number of John Rambos as Vietnamese. This was quickly addressed in patches; the M60 was placed in a kit with the M79 rather than the much more powerful LAW, and both machine guns were made drastically less accurate.

M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO

M79 Grenade Launcher

The M79 grenade launcher is used by US and ARVN. Has yellow tiger stripe camouflage paint on the barrel similar to the M79 used by "The Roach" in Apocalypse Now.

M79 grenade launcher - 40mm

M72 LAW

The M72 LAW is the standard US/ARVN Anti-Tank Weapon.

M72 LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon) - 66mm

MAT-49

The MAT-49 is the only sub-machine gun in the game and is used by NVA and VC engineers. Also the only shoulder arm to have a correct bolt and ejection port location.

MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

Mk 2 Hand Grenade

The Mk 2 hand grenade is used in the game.

Mk 2 "Pineapple" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

RGD-1 Stick grenade

The RGD-1 Stick Grenade is used in the game.

S-Mine

The S-Mine is used in the game.

S-Mine 35. Note the fuze is in the centre of the mine body; the later S-Mine 44's fuze was instead offset.

Type 53

The VC machine gun is the Type 53 (DPM).

Degtyarev DPM, 7.62x54mm-R

Degtyarev RPD

The RPD is the standard NVA machine gun.

RPD Light Machine Gun - 7.62x39mm

B40

The B40 (Vietnamese copy of the Soviet RPG-2) is the standard VC Anti-Tank Weapon.

RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket

RPG-7

The RPG-7 is the standard NVA Anti-Tank Weapon, fitted with a PGO-7 scope.

RPG-7 40mm with PGO-7 scope and PG-7VM rocket

9K32 Strela 2

NVA/VC Anti-Air Weapon

BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW is seen mounted on the Ford M151 MUTT.

BGM-71 TOW mounted on M220 tripod 152mm

A BGM-71 TOW mounted on an M151 MUTT in Battlefield: Vietnam