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The V.C. was divided into a system of units to make organization easier and to coordinate attacks. The units are: Company, Rifle Platoon, and Combat Support.
 * //__Vietcong Unit Composition and Equipment__//**
 * // Unit Composition //**

The Company unit was the largest and consisted of one company Headquarters (HQ) section, three rifle platoons, and the needed combat support elements.

The Company HQ section was made up of a Captain, a Lieutenant, a Radio Transmission Officer, and two Runners.

The Rifle Platoons consisted of an HQ, and four rifle squads. The HQ consisted of a Lieutenant, a Senior Seargent, and a Runner. The Rifle Squad were made of a Seargent, a Corporal, a single RPD 7.62 MG, and six riflemen. [|Vietcong Rifleman]

The Combat Support elements are made of a Seargent, two Corporals, a .30 Caliber MG with a crew of three (a gunner, loader, and spotter), a 60mm Mortar launcher with a crew of three (a loader, spotter, and targeter), a 57mm Recoiless Rifle (RR) with a crew of three (a loader, spotter, and gunner), and three riflemen for close defense. Another weapon that the Vietcong used was a .50 caliber Anti-aircraft gun to shoot down American Planes.

= //VC Weapons// = The [|RPD] was the primary SAW (squad automatic weapon) in the ranks of the Vietcong guerilla fighters. It is classified as a light machine gun, firing 7.62mm bullets. It was fed by a 100 round drum which made the gun weigh 19.6 lbs loaded and 16.5 lbs unloaded.

The [|AK-47] was the main assault rifle for the V.C.'s use. The gun was made originally in Russia, but it was also made in China. This rifle is a 7.62x39mm weapon and is gas operated. It can be fed by a 30 round box, a 20 round magazine, or a 75 round drum.

The PPD34/38 was a blowback open bolt gun that shot the standard 7.62mm round. The gun was fed by a 25 or 71 round box. It could also fire from various sized drums.

The Chinese type 50 was a 7.62mm gun that was based off of an old WWII weapon, the Russian PPSh 41. It commonly shot from a 35 round box. The Chinese type 54 was also based off an old WWII gun: the MP-40 (German made). Several improvements had been added, including a capacity for a larger round.

The RPG, or [|Rocket Propelled Grenade] (Chicom Type 69), was the Rocket Launcher type weapon for the Vietcong. They used it to great effect on U.S. helicopters, and ground troops in "urban" (village) combat. If the round doesn't hit a target within 920 meters, then it explodes. It is a 40mm 15lb weapon.

The [|Recoiless Rifle], or RR was a barrel mounted on a tripod with a grille blocking the back end so that the bullet could fly with the advantage of less recoil from such a big gun. It was adapted from captured U.S. M20 RRs from WWII. The RR shot a 70mm round.

Another weapon that the V.C. used was the Russian made Tokarev Pistol. This was a 7.62mm pistol with the simplest design possible: an external hammer is pulled by the trigger. This could be fed by an eight round magazine.

A Combat Support Weapon, the [|81mm Mortar launcher] was a three man weapon. It could be split up into three man loads to transport. It could fire a multitude of rounds: High Explosive, Fragmentation, Airblast, Flares, Smoke, and Incendiary rounds. The maximum range was 6500 meters and it could fire fifteen rounds a minute accurately.