Battlefield: Vietnam

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

Battlefield: Vietnam (2004)

Colt M1911A1

Standard US/ARVN sidearm, with a 9-round magazine The Standard USG1 M1911A1 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 bullet by doing that.

Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.

Smith & Wesson Model 19

Used by US Special Forces, cylinder holds six rounds.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 magnum

it looks like a m29 on that second picture.

Chinese Type 54 Pistol

This is the Chinese copy of the TT-33 Tokarev 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

Colt M16A1

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 reveresed with having the ejection port on the left side.

M16A1 with 30 Round magazine - 5.56x45mm

CAR-15

Used by ARVN and US Special Forces( version with an XM148 grenade launcher used by US Special Forces)

Note the ejection port located on the left.

M14 Rifle

Standard rifle for US Demolition Class. Holds only 10 rounds despite having a 20 round magazine and has it's bolt handle on the left.

M21

Identical to the M14 except it has a scope and is one of three possible choices for the Sniper Class.

M40

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

Type 56

Standard NVA weapon and the underfolding bayonet cannot be used. 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.

Type 56-1

Standard VC weapon and the underfolding bayonet cannot be used. 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.

SKS/Type 56

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.

SVD Dragunov

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

One of two NVA sniper weapons, 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

M1 Mortar

Mossberg 500

One of two US Infantry Weapons, sawed-off pistol grip and heat shield

M60 machine gun

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 drasically less accurate.