Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War

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Soviet T-54 or Chinese Type 59 tank used in the Cambodian civil war now on display at the war museum in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2005.

The Cambodian Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the Maoist-oriented Communist Party of Kampuchea (nicknamed the Khmer Rouge) and the armed and security forces of the Nonaligned Kingdom of Cambodia from 1967 to 1970, then between the joint Monarchist, Maoist and Marxist-Leninist National United Front of Kampuchea alliance and the pro-western Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975. Main combatants comprised:

Khmer National Armed Forces equipment[edit]

Revolvers[edit]

Pistols[edit]

M1911A1 pistol

Submachine guns[edit]

M3 submachine gun

Bolt-action rifles[edit]

M1903 Springfield rifle

Shotguns[edit]

Ithaca 37 pump-action shotgun

Carbines[edit]

M1 Carbine

Battle rifles[edit]

M1 Garand
M16A1 was the standard Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) issue assault rifle
AK-47 and AKM assault rifles were used extensively in swamp and jungle environments by FANK troops

Light machine guns[edit]

M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle

General-purpose machine guns[edit]

Medium and Heavy machine guns[edit]

M2HB heavy machine gun

Grenade systems[edit]

M67 hand grenade

Aircraft bombs[edit]

Land mine systems[edit]

Rocket systems[edit]

Anti-tank rocket launchers[edit]

M72 LAW

Grenade launchers[edit]

M79 grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher

Recoilless rifles[edit]

Mortars[edit]

Brandt Mle 27/31 81mm mortar
M29 81mm mortar
M30 4.2-inch (106.7mm) mortar

Howitzers[edit]

M101 105mm howitzer
M114 155 mm howitzer
M116 75mm howitzer

Autocannons[edit]

Air defense guns[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

M8 Greyhound armoured car
M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier

Helicopters[edit]

Aircraft[edit]

Helio AU-24A Stallion in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, July 1972, prior to its delivery to the Khmer Air Force.

Naval craft[edit]

Khmer Rouge forces equipment[edit]

Pistols[edit]

Submachine guns[edit]

PPSh-41 submachine gun

Carbines[edit]

Bolt-action rifles[edit]

Sniper rifles[edit]

Hungarian M/52 sniper rifle with PU 3.5× optics.

Semi-automatic rifles[edit]

Assault rifles[edit]

Light machine guns[edit]

Degtyaryov DP/DPM light machine gun (Chinese Type 53)

General-purpose machine guns[edit]

Medium and heavy machine guns[edit]

SG-43/SGM Goryunov machine gun (Chinese Type 53/57)

Grenade systems[edit]

Land mine systems and booby traps[edit]

Rocket systems[edit]

  • Type 63 107mm rocket: fired from makeshift rocket launchers made out of cut bamboo branches or from a more sophisticated two-shot launcher on a simple metal tripod.[13][93]

Anti-tank rocket launchers[edit]

Type 69 RPG

Grenade launchers[edit]

Recoilless rifles[edit]

B-10 82mm recoilless rifle

Mortars[edit]

Howitzers and anti-tank guns[edit]

Type 59-1 130mm field gun

The Khmer Rouge used a small number of field guns or captured howitzers from government forces.

Air defense guns[edit]

37mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
Type 59 57mm anti-aircraft gun
57mm AZP S-60 air defense gun

Vehicles[edit]

River craft[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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  6. ^ Thompson, The M1 Carbine (2011), p. 67.
  7. ^ Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), p. 18.
  8. ^ Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), pp. 18; 42.
  9. ^ Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), pp. 18; 38; 42.
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  36. ^ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), pp. 11–12; 15; 26; 29–30.
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  40. ^ Dunstam, Hadler and Smith, The M113 series (1983), p. 33.
  41. ^ Grandolini, Armor of the Vietnam War (2): Asian Forces (1998), pp. 11–12; 38; 64–66.
  42. ^ Foss, Jane's Tank & Combat Vehicle recognition guide (2002), p. 215.
  43. ^ Conboy, FANK: A History of the Cambodian Armed Forces, 1970–1975 (2011), pp. 193–195; 198; 200.
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