Vietnam Army Equipment

SYSTEMS		Inventory
		1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2021	2025	2030
Personnel	,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Main Force	1,200	--	--	--	--	412	--	--	--	--
	Regional Force	500	--	--	--	--	--	-	-	-	-
	Militia/Self Defense Force	1,200	--	--	--	--	5,000	--	--	--	--
	Youth Assault Force	1,500	--	--	--	--	-	-	-	-	-
	Tactical Rear Force	500	--	--	--	--	-	-	-	-	-
Medium Tanks		1950+	1300+	1315+	1315+	1315+	1270	1270
	T-62	-	200	70	70	70	70	70
	Type-59	350	+	350	350	350	350	350
	T-54/-55	+	+	850	850	850	850	850
	T-34	+	+	45	45	45	-	-
	M-48A3	-	+	-	-	-	-
	SU-100	+	+	+	+	+	+
	ISU-122	+	+	+	+	+	+
Light Tank		+	600	620	620	620	620
	PT-76	+	+	300	300	300	300	300
	Type-62 /Type-63	+	+	320	320	320	320	320
RECCE		80	100	100	100	100	100	100
	BRDM-2	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	BRDM-1	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
AIFV		120	300	300	300	300	300	300
	BMP-1	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	BMP-2	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
APC		1500	1100+	1100+	1380	1380	1380	1380
	M-113	+	+	+	200	200	200	200
	YW-531/Type 63	+	+	+	80	80	80	80
	BTR-152	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	BTR-60	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	BTR-50	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	BTR-40	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
SP ARTY		250	30+	30+	30+	30+	30+	30+
175mm	M-107	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
152mm	2S3	250	30	30	30	30	30	30
120mm	2S9	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
105mm	M548-105mm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
105mm	PTH105 VN15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
85mm	PTH85 VN19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
85mm	M548-85mm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
76mm	M548-76mm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
MRL		+	710+	710+	710+	710+	710+	710+
140mm	BM-14-16	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
122mm	BM-21	+	350	350	350	350	350	350
107mm	Type-63	+	360	360	360	360	360	360
TOWED ARTY		450+	2300	2300	2300+	2300+	2300+	2300+
155mm	M-114	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
152mm	D-20	250	+	+	+	+	+	+
130mm	M-46	200	+	+	+	+	+	+
122mm	M-1938	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D-30	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Type-54	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Type-60/D-74	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
105mm	M-101	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	M-102	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
100mm	M-1944	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	T-12*	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
85mm		-	+	+	+	+	+	+
76mm		-	+	+	+	+	+	+
MORTAR		+	+	+	+	+	+	+
160mm	M-43	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
120mm	M-43	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
82mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
81mm	Unknown	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
SSM		-	-	-	+	+	+	+
	Scud B/C	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
ATGW		+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	AT-3 Sagger	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
RCL		+	+	+	+	+	+	+
107mm	BM-11	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
87mm	Type-51	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
82mm	B-10	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Type-65	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
75mm	Type-57	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Type-56	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Type-52	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
57mm	Type-36	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
AD Guns		8000	12000	12000	12000	12000	12000	12000
100mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
85mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
57mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
37mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
37mm	M548-37mm-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?	?
30mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
23mm	ZSU-23-4 SP	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
14.5mm	Unknown	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
SAM		+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	SA-18	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
	SA-16	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
	SA-7	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

Notes

* - The T-12 was originally designed as an anti-tank gun, however, it eventually came to be used as an "all-purpose" artillery.

+ - Indicates that while exact numbers are not known, it has been reported that the equipment exists.

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