i am looking for a site that shows the inventory of equipment left in vietnam by the u.s.?

Answer 1

Really? Well I can tell you for a fact after being in the military for 21+ years and being a Nam Vet that the US military red tape is so thick that if you do get a number or find one it is a lie. You will not give me 10 points for this answer but I am telling you there is no way of knowing.

Answer 2

Shellback is correct. There is so much red tape, exaggerations and outright lies that we may never get an accurate answer to a question like yours. Military spending in Vietnam peaked at over $2,000,000/day, so there's a whole lot of equipment that went over there.

Here's some interesting trivia for your answer:

We left so much equipment there that Vietnam was able to operate and maintain U.S. made equipment better than Soviet made equipment for many years after the war ended. This includes: Huey helicopters, C-130 cargo planes and especially Jeeps.

Vietnam's army and police still use American Jeeps that were left there over 30 years ago. I seen one myself in Saigon that looked better than new.

The 30+ year old huey helicopters that are still operational are preferred over the Soviet helicopters because they are better maintained and more reliable. Parts for huey helicopters in Vietnam are easier to obtain than the soviet helicopters, because most of the Russian factories that built their helicopters are clowed down.

The equipment that was non-operational were stripped down to the bolts for parts. What could not be salvaged was smelted down for it's metal. I've been told that there are plants still smelting our equipment even today.

You need to remember that the North Vietnamese had years of experience during the war in salvaging and making use of every ounce of our military equipment they can find. They are very resourceful people.