Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War explained

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:

• The Khmer National Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Nationales Khmères), best known by its French acronym FANK, were the official armed defense forces of the Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975. Subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the Cambodian Republican Government at the national capital Phnom Penh, the FANK branches were organized as follows:
  • Khmer National Army (French: Armée Nationale Khmère – ANK)
  • Khmer Air Force (French: Armèe de l'Air Khmère – AAK)
  • Khmer National Navy (French: Marine Nationale Khmère – MNK)
• Paramilitary security forces:
  • Khmer National Police (French: Police Nationale Khmère – PNK)
  • Khmer National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Nationale Khmère – GNK)
• The Cambodian People's National Liberation Armed Forces (CPNLAF) were the official armed wing of the National United Front of Kampuchea (French: Front uni national du Kampuchéa or Front uni national khmer – FUNK), an umbrella organization dedicated to the armed overthrow of the pro-western Khmer Republic. Technically subordinated to the exiled Royal Government of the National Union of Kampuchea (French: Gouvernement royal d'union nationale du Kampuchéa – GRUNK) based in Beijing, the CPNLAF comprised the following three guerrilla movements:
  • The Khmer Rumdo, also spelt Khmer Rumdos or Khmer Rumdoh ("Liberation Khmer" in the Khmer language), a pro-Sihanoukist (monarchist) faction founded in 1970;
  • The Khmer Issarak ("Free Khmer" or "Independent Khmer" in the Khmer language), a pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist faction closely aligned with both the monarchist Khmer Romdo and North Vietnam;
  • The Khmer Rouge, a collective designation coined to the Maoist-oriented Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and its military wing, the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea (RAK), active in Cambodia since 1967, which were aligned with the People's Republic of China.
• The Khmer Serei ("Free Khmer" in the Khmer language), a far-right, anti-communist and anti-monarchist guerrilla group active in Cambodia between 1955 and 1969, which was secretly backed by the United States and South Vietnam, and subsequently absorbed into the FANK in 1970.
• The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), which received support from the United States, Australia, Canada, France, West Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Francoist Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
• The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), also designated the "North Vietnamese Army" (NVA), which received support from the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.

Khmer National Armed Forces equipment

Revolvers

• M1917 revolver
• Smith & Wesson Model 10

Pistols

• MAS-35-S pistol (7.65mm Longue)

Received from France during the First Indochina War.

• FN P35
• Colt.45 M1911A1
• Smith & Wesson Model 39

Submachine guns

• MAT-49

Received from France during the First Indochina War.

• M1A1 Thompson
• M3/M3A1 Grease Gun^[1]

Bolt-action rifles

• MAS-36

Received from France during the First Indochina War.^[2]

• M1903 Springfield

Received from France during the First Indochina War and the United States.^[3]

• Lee–Enfield

Received from France during the First Indochina War. Used in small numbers.

Shotguns

• Ithaca 37 Pump-action

Carbines

• M1 Carbine

M1 & M2 models were FANK standard issue concurrent with the M1 Garand rifle before receiving the M16.^{[4] [5]}

• M1A1 Carbine
• M2 Carbine

Full automatic variant.

• CAR-15 Assault carbine: Used by FANK special forces.

Semi-automatic rifles

• M1 Garand^[6]
• SKS semi-automatic rifle: Used extensively in swamp and jungle environments.
• Type 56 semi-automatic rifle

Captured.

Assault rifles

• M16A1 Assault rifle^{[7] [8]}
• FN FAL

Limited quantities received from Belgium. Used in small numbers.

• Heckler & Koch G3

Limited quantities received from West Germany. Used in small numbers.

• vz. 58 Assault rifle

Used in small numbers.

• AK-47 and AKS-47 assault rifles

Used extensively in swamp and jungle environments.^{[9] [10]}

• AKM and AKMS assault rifles

Used extensively in swamp and jungle environments.^[10]

• Type 56 and Type 56-I assault rifles

Captured.^[10]

Light machine guns

• FM 24/29

Received from France during the First Indochina War.

• Bren

Received from France during the First Indochina War. Used in small numbers.

• Degtyaryov DP/DPM
• M1918A2 BAR^[11]

General-purpose machine guns

• M60

FANK standard-issue machine gun.^{[7] [12]}

• M60B/M60D machine gun

mounted on UH-1D/H utility helicopters and UH-1G gunships.^{[7] [13]}

• RPD

Captured.

• M1919A6 Browning light machine gun^[7]

Medium and Heavy machine guns

• M1917 Browning machine gun

Limited service; used in small numbers.

• Browning M1919A4 .30 Cal^{[7] [11]}
• Browning M2HB .50 Cal

Fitted to M113 APCs.^[11]

• SG-43/SGM Goryunov

Captured; mounted on wheeled APCs.^[14]

• DShKM

Captured; mounted on wheeled APCs.^[14]

Grenade systems

• Alsetex OF37 grenade: Received from France during the First Indochina War.
• F-1 hand grenade: Received from France during the First Indochina War.
• Mark 2 "Pineapple" fragmentation hand/rifle grenade
• M26 fragmentation hand grenade
• M59 "Baseball" hand grenade
  • M61 fragmentation hand grenade M67 fragmentation hand grenade: FANK standard-issue fragmentation grenade.
• M18 colored smoke hand grenade
• M34 white phosphorus/smoke grenade

Aircraft bombs

• CBU-55 cluster bomblet

loaded aboard T-28D Trojan fighter-bombers.^[15]

• CBU-24 cluster bomblet

loaded aboard AU-24A Stallion mini-gunships.^[15]

• Mark 81 (250 lb) general-purpose bomb

loaded aboard T-28D Trojans and AU-24A Stallion mini-gunships.^[15]

• Mark 82 (500 lb) general-purpose bomb

loaded aboard C-123K Provider transports.^[15]

• 25 lb fragmentation bomb: loaded aboard C-123K Provider transports.^[15]

Land mine systems

• M16 bounding anti-personnel fragmentation mine
• M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine

Rocket systems

• BM-13 132 mm towed multiple rocket launcher (MBRL): used early in the war^[16]
• BM-14 140 mm towed multiple rocket launcher (MBRL): used early in the war^[16]

Anti-tank rocket launchers

• M72 LAW

FANK standard issue anti-tank rocket launcher.^[11]

• M202 FLASH

Used in small numbers.

• • • RPG-2 RPG-7 Type 56 RPG

Captured.

• Type 69 RPG

Captured.

Grenade launchers

• M79^{[7] [13] [17]}
• M203^[18]

Recoilless rifles

• M18A1 57 mm
• M20 75 mm
• M67 90 mm (shoulder-fired)
• M40A1 106 mm^{[7] [13]}
• B-10 82 mm
• B-11 107 mm

Mortars

• M19 60 mm mortar^[7]
• Brandt mle 27/31 81 mm mortar

Received from France during the First Indochina War.

• M29 81 mm mortar^[7]
• M2 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar

Mounted on M106A1 mortar carriers.^{[7] [13]}

• M30 4.2-inch (106.7mm) mortar

Howitzers

• M101A1 105 mm towed field howitzer^{[7] [16]}
• M114A1 155 mm towed field howitzer^{[7] [16]}
• M116 75 mm pack field howitzer^{[7] [16]}
• M-30 122 mm towed howitzer^[16]
• Type 59-1 130 mm towed field gun
• M109 155 mm self-propelled gun

Used in small numbers.^[16]

Autocannons

• M197 three-barrel 20×102mm rotary cannon

mounted in the left cargo door of the AU-24A Stallion mini-gunships.^[19]

Air defense guns

• Type 55/65 37 mm anti-aircraft gun^[20]
• Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun^[20]
• AZP S-60 57 mm anti-aircraft gun^[20]

Vehicles

• M24 Chaffee Light tank^{[13] [21] [22] [14]}
• AMX-13 Light tank^{[23] [24] [25] [26]}
• M8 HMC 75 mm self-propelled howitzer^{[27] [28]}
• M8 Greyhound armoured car^{[13] [29] [30]}
• M20 armoured utility car^{[31] [32]}
• Panhard AML-60 armoured car^{[33] [34]}
• M2 half-track car^{[13] [14]}
• M3 Half-track^{[35] [14]}
• M3A1 Scout Car^{[36] [37]}
• BTR-40 armoured personnel carrier (APC)^{[38] [14]}
• BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier (APC)^{[39] [14]}
• M113 armored personnel carrier^{[40] [13] [41] [42] [43]}
• M106A1 mortar carrier^{[7] [13]}
• Willys MB ¼-ton (4×4) jeep

Fitted with pintle-mounted M60 machine guns or Browning M1919A4 medium machine guns.

• Land Rover (4×4) Series II
  • GAZ-69A (4×4) light truck M151A1 ¼-ton (4×4) utility truck

Some converted into makeshift armoured cars for security and road convoy escort duties.^{[7] [44] [45]}

• Dodge WC-51/52 ¾-ton (4×4) utility truck^[7]
• Dodge M37 ¾-ton (4×4) 1953 utility truck^[7]
• Yuejin NJ-130 2.5 ton (4×2) truck
• GAZ-63 (4×4) 2-ton truck^[46]
• GMC/Chevrolet C-50 medium-duty truck^[47]
• Chevrolet G506 1½-ton (4×4) cargo truck
• Jiefang CA-30 general purpose 2.5 ton (6×6) truck^[48]
• GMC CCKW 2½-ton (6×6) cargo truck
• GMC C7500 heavy-duty truck^[47]
• M35A2 2½-ton (6×6) cargo truck^[45]
• M809 5-ton (6×6) cargo truck^[45]

Helicopters

• Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II light helicopter^[49]
• Sud Aviation SA-316B Alouette III light helicopter^[50]
• Mil Mi-4 Hound light helicopter: used early in the war^[51]
• Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw transport^[16]
• Bell UH-1G Huey helicopter gunship^{[52] [13] [53]}
• Bell UH-1D/H Iroquois Utility helicopter/transport^{[52] [16]}

Aircraft

• MiG-17F fighter jet: used early in the war^{[54] [16]}
• Shenyang J-5 fighter jet: used early in the war^[16]
• Shenyang FT-5 jet trainer: used early in the war^[16]
• MiG-15UTI jet trainer: used early in the war^[16]
• Potez CM.170R Fouga Magister jet trainer/fighter-bomber: used early in the war
• Cessna T-37B Tweet jet trainer/fighter-bomber^{[55] [56] [57] [58]}
• Gardan GY-80 Horizon light trainer^[56]
• Cessna T-41D Mescalero trainer^[56]
• North American T-28B Trojan trainer^[56]
• North American T-28D Trojan trainer/fighter-bomber^{[55] [59] [60] [56] [61] [62] [63]}
• Douglas AD-4N Skyraider night attack aircraft: used early in the war
• AU-24A Stallion mini-gunship^{[56] [64] [65] [66]}
• AC-47D Spooky gunship^{[56] [67] [68] [69]}
• De Havilland Canada DHC U-6 (L-20) Beaver STOL utility transport^{[56] [70]}
• Dassault MD 315R Flamant light transport: used early in the war
• Antonov An-2 Colt utility aircraft: used early in the war
• Douglas C-47D Skytrain transport^{[56] [71] [69] [72]}
• Curtiss C-46F Commando transport: used early in the war^{[73] [74] [75] [16]}
• Fairchild C-123K Provider transport^{[56] [76]}
• U-17A/B light utility aircraft^[56]
• Cessna L-19A/O-1D Bird Dog reconnaissance/observation light aircraft^{[77] [56] [78]}
• EC-47D SIGINT aircraft^[16]

Naval craft

• PC-461 class Patrol Craft^{[79] [80] [81]}
• Landing Craft Support (LSSL)^{[79] [80]}
• PCF/Inshore Mark Mk 1 and 2 coastal patrol craft (also known as "Swift boat")^{[79] [80] [82]}
• PBR Mk 1 and 2 river patrol boat (a.k.a. "Bibber")^{[79] [80]}
• Monitor (MON, heavily gunned riverine craft, a.k.a. "River Battleship" or "Mike boat")^{[79] [80]}
• Monitor (H) Howitzer version armed with 40 mm cannons and M49 105 mm howitzers.^{[79] [80]}
• Monitor (F) version equipped with M10-8 Flamethrowers (a.k.a. "Zippo")^{[79] [80]}
• Assault Support Patrol Boat Mk 1 (ASPB, a.k.a. "Alpha boat")^{[79] [80]}
• Patrol Craft/Tug (YTL)^{[79] [80]}
• EDIC III-class Landing craft tank (LCT)^{[79] [83]}
• Landing Ship Infantry Large (LSIL/LCI)^{[79] [80] [84]}
• Landing Craft Utility (LCU/YFU)^{[79] [80]}
• Armored Troop Carrier (ATC, a.k.a. "Tango boat")^{[79] [80]}
• ATC refueler^[79]
• ATC recharger^[79]
• Landing Craft Mechanized Mk 6 Mod 1-LCM (6) Landing Craft Utility (LCU)^[79]
• LCM (8) LCU^{[79] [80]}
• Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP)^{[79] [80]}
• Command and Communications Boat (CCB, a.k.a. "Charlie boat")^[79]
• Minesweeper River boat (MSR/MSM)^{[79] [85] [80]}
• 63-foot Combat Salvage Boat (CSB)^[79]
• Yard Tug Light (YTL)^[79]
• Mobile Support Base (MSB)^[79]
• Floating Crane (YD)^[79]
• Drydock^[79]

Khmer Rouge forces equipment

Pistols

• Tokarev TT-33
• Type 54 pistol

Chinese copy of the TT-33.

• Type 59 pistol

Chinese copy of the Makarov PM.^[86]

• Colt.45 M1911A1

Captured from government forces.

Submachine guns

• MAT-49

Captured from government forces.

• vz. 24/26^[87]
• PPSh-41
• PPS-43
• K-50M

Carbines

• M1 Carbine

Captured from government forces.

• M2 Carbine

Captured from government forces.

Bolt-action rifles

• Mosin–Nagant
• Type 53 Carbine

Chinese copy of the Mosin–Nagant M1944 carbine.^[88]

• MAS-36

Captured from government forces.^{[89] [2]}

• Arisaka

Used in small numbers.

Sniper rifles

• M/52^[90]
• Dragunov SVD-63

limited use by the PAVN.^[91]

Semi-automatic rifles

• SKS semi-automatic rifle
• Type 56 Carbine

Chinese copy of the SKS.

• M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle: Captured from government forces.

Assault rifles

• AK-47 and AKS-47 assault rifles^{[11] [10]}
• AKM and AKMS assault rifles^[10]
• Type 56 and Type 56-I assault rifles^[10]
• Type 63 assault rifle

Used in small numbers.

• vz. 58 Assault rifle

Used in small numbers.

• M16A1 Assault rifle

Captured from government forces.

Light machine guns

• Degtyaryov DP/DPM
• Type 53

Chinese copy of the Degtyaryov DP/DPM.

• RPK
• M1918A2 BAR

Captured from government forces.

General-purpose machine guns

• Degtyaryov RP-46
• RPD
• Type 56 machine gun

Chinese copy of the RPD. Used extensively.

• PK/PKM

Used in small numbers.

• M60 machine gun

Captured from government forces.

Medium and heavy machine guns

• SG-43/SGM Goryunov
• Type 53/57

Chinese variant of the SG-43/SGM.^[92]

• DShKM
• Type 54

Chinese variant of the DShKM.

• KPV
• Browning M1919A4

Captured from government forces.

Grenade systems

• F1/M33 hand grenade
• RGD-33 hand grenade
• RG-42 hand grenade
• RGD-5 hand grenade
• RPG-43 anti-tank grenade
• Type 1/M33 hand grenade
• Type 42 hand grenade
• Type 59 hand grenade
• Type 67 stick granade^{[13] [93]}

Land mine systems and booby traps

• POMZ-2 anti-personnel mine
• Type 2M anti-personnel mine
• PMD-6/7 anti-personnel mine
• PP-Mi-Sr anti-personnel mine
• TMD-B anti-personnel mine
• TM-41 anti-tank mine
• TMB-2 anti-tank mine
• TM-46/TMN-46 anti-tank mine
• Punji stakes^[89]

Naval mine systems

• Chinese-made submerged floating river mines

employed by the PAVN and the Khmer Rouge against both military and civilian commercial shipping along the Mekong River.^{[94] [95]}

Rocket systems

• Type 63 107 mm 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] [96]}

Anti-tank rocket launchers

• RPG-2

Used extensively.

• RPG-7
• Type 56 RPG

Used extensively.

• Type 69 RPG

Used extensively.

• M72 LAW

Captured from Government forces.

Grenade launchers

• M79

Captured from Government forces.^{[13] [97]}

Recoilless rifles

• Type 56 75 mm
• Type 65 75 mm
• B-10 82 mm
• B-11 107 mm

Mortars

• Brandt mle 27/31 81 mm mortar

Captured from government forces.

• Type 53 82 mm mortar
• PM-41 82 mm mortar
• Type 55 120 mm mortar

Howitzers and anti-tank guns

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

• 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
• 85 mm divisional gun D-44
• T-12 100 mm towed anti-tank gun^[16]
• Type 60 122 mm towed field gun
• Type 59-1 130 mm towed field gun

Used in small numbers.^[16]

• M101A1 105 mm towed field howitzer

Captured from government forces.^{[98] [99] [100]}

Air defense guns

• ZPU-1 14.5mm Single-barrelled AA autocannon
• ZPU-2 14.5mm Double-barrelled AA autocannon
• ZPU-4 14.5mm Quadruple-barrelled AA autocannon
• ZU-23-2 23 mm twin automatic anti-aircraft gun

Used by the PAVN.^[101]

• M1939 (61-K) 37 mm air defense gun

Used in small numbers.

• AZP S-60 57 mm air defense gun

Used in small numbers.

• Type 55/65 37 mm anti-aircraft gun

Chinese variant of the M1939 (61-K). Used in small numbers.

• Type 59 57 mm anti-aircraft gun

Chinese variant of the AZP S-60. Used in small numbers.^[102]

Vehicles

• T-54/55 main battle tank^{[103] [104] [105]}
• Type 59 main battle tank
• Type 62 light tank^[16]
• Type 63 amphibious light tank
• PT-76 amphibious light tank
• M113 armored personnel carrier: Captured from government forces.^{[106] [107]}
• GAZ-69A (4×4) light truck
• Land Rover (4×4) Series II: Captured from government forces.
• Willys MB ¼-ton (4×4) jeep: Captured from government forces.
• M151A1 ¼-ton (4×4) utility truck: Captured from government forces.
• M35A2 2½-ton (6×6) cargo truck: Captured from government forces.
• Jiefang CA-30 general purpose 2.5 ton (6×6) truck

Captured from government forces.^[108]

• GMC/Chevrolet C-50 medium-duty truck: Captured from government forces.
• GMC C7500 heavy-duty truck: Captured from government forces.

River craft

• Dugout canoe
• River Sampan^[109]

See also

• Cambodian Civil War
• First Indochina War
• Laotian Civil War
• Vietnam War
• Weapons of the Vietnam War
• Weapons of the First Indochina War
• Weapons of the Laotian Civil War

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Notes and References

1. Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), p. 5.
2. Web site: Post-WWII use of the MAS-36 rifle: Part II (export users) . wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com . 2015-08-23 . 2017-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405032743/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/post-wwii-use-of-the-mas-36-rifle-part-ii-export-users/. April 5, 2023.
3. Thompson, The M1903 Springfield Rifle (2013), p. 63.
4. Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), pp. 5; 33.
5. Thompson, The M1 Carbine (2011), p. 67.
6. Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), p. 18.
7. Sutsakhan, The Khmer Republic at War and the Final Collapse (1980), p. 182, Appendix C (Army Item).
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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