PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) AIR AND AIR DEFENSE
FORCE • Khong Quan Nhan Dan
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
Army Air Defence Systems
AD •
SAM • MANPAD
SA-7 Grail
SA-16 Gimlet
SA-18 Grouse (Igla)
Note: Portable SAM Missiles delivered
50 Igla/SA-18 Grouse (2002)
5000 Strela-2/SA-7 Grail Portable SAM (1971-1975)
GUNS 12,000
SP 23mm
100 ZSU-23-4 Shilka
TOWED 14.5mm/30mm/37mm/57mm/85mm/100mm
Army SSM Systems
MSL • SSM
50 (reported):
25 R-17/SS-1c Scud-B;
25 Scud Mod-C (North Korean)
Organisations by
Service Notes:
Army 412,000 9 Mil Regions
(incl capital), 14 Corps HQ
Forces by Role (Current order of battle):
Armd 10 bde: Mech inf 3 div, Inf
58 div (div strength varies from 5,000 to 12,500); 15 indep regt, SF 1 bde (1
AB bde, 1 demolition engr regt), Fd arty 10+ bde, Engr 8 div; 20 indep bde;
Economic construction 10–16 div
Inventory Equipment
by Type Notes:
MBT 1,315: 70 T-62; 350 Type-59; 850 T-54/T-55; 45 T-34 LT TK 620:
300 PT-76; 320 Type-62/Type-63
RECCE 100 BRDM-1/BRDM-2 AIFV 300 BMP-1/BMP-2
APC 1,380 APC (T) 280: 200 M-113 (to be upgraded); 80 Type-63 APC
(W) 1,100 BTR-40/BTR-50/BTR-60/BTR-152
ARTY 3,040+ SP 30+: 152mm 30 2S3; 175mm M-107 TOWED 2,300
100mm M-1944; 105mm M-101/M-102; 122mm D-30/Type-54 (M-30) M-1938/Type-60
(D-74); 130mm M-46; 152mm D-20; 155mm M-114 GUN/MOR 120mm 2S9 Anona
(reported) MRL 710+: 107mm 360 Type-63; 122mm 350 BM-21;
140mm BM-14 MOR 82mm;
120mm M-43; 160mm M-43
AT • MSL • MANPATS AT-3 9K11
Sagger Anti-tank missile 1500 9M111/AT-4 Spigot (For BMP-2 IFV);1500
9M14M/AT-3 Sagger (For BMP-1 IFV);2000 9M14M/AT-3 Sagger (1971-1974)
RCL 75mm Type-56; 82mm Type-65 (B-10); 87mm Type-51 GUNS SP 100mm Su-100; 122mm Su-122 
4/5 Generation Fighters 
