Captured NVA Weapons
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1st LT. Bob Suchke in front of the connex that housed the weapons "collection" for L Company. His "toys" are out of their box and displayed in the foreground. My thanks go out to Bob for his help in providing descriptions of these weapons, and providing most of the photos in this section from his collection. RW
Bob Suchke
The ultimate goal of this section is to gather images and information about all the various weapons faced by members of the 101st Airborne in Northern I Corp. Eventually images from other sections of this web site will be moved here for easier accessing, and a section for American weapons also will be created. The weapons displayed here were either captured by L Company personnel, or members of the 2/17 Cavalry. Many times when weapon cashes were found, ground units from one of the 2/17 Cavalry troops were inserted to assist in destroying or hauling out the captured items. If anyone has photos, additional information or corrections, please drop me a line.
RW
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Various ammunition displayed for a size comparison.
Back Row:
U.S. 40mm AA (duster round), NVA (actually Soviet) 37mm AA (captured in Ashau
Valley), NVA 23mm AA, U.S. 20mm Vulcan cannon (Cobra gunship round), NVA 12.7 mm
(.51 cal) MG, U.S. .50cal MG, U.S. 40mm helicopter grenade launcher round
(larger than the M203/M79 round.
Front Row:
.30 cal (30.06 for M-1 Garand or 1919A-6, BAR and
several other U.S. weapons),
7.62 x 54R Soviet, 7.62 NATO w/black tip Armor Piercing, NVA 7.62x39 (AK-47, SKS
and other assorted enemy rifles and MG's), U.S. 5.56mm (.223 cal M-16 red tip
tracer round), U.S. .30 cal carbine round, NVA 7.62x25 pistol cartridge (used in
TT1933 pistols and also fired in PPsh-41 and several other submachine guns) U.S.
.45 cal pistol cartridge (also fired in several submachine guns like the
Thompson and grease guns) and lastly the 9mm parabellum made famous in Luger
pistols and today used by U.S. and many nations.