Volume 5

By Kevin DockeryIn the late 1950s, firearms designer Eugene M. Stoner had completed much of his work on the AR-15...

By Frank Iannamico Lead Photo: A squad of South Vietnamese troops patrol armed with a number of U.S. manufactured WWII...

By James L. BallouIt has always been the dream of man to have the ability to see in the dark...

By Dan SheaAt the “War and Peace” show, which is held at the Paddock Wood in Kent England, every July,...

By Robert Bruce“The average adult male in Sough Vietnam is about 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 105...

By Lt. Colonel J.W. Gibbs III, U.S. Marine Corps, (Retired)In the late Winter of 1967 Lima Company, Third Battalion, First...

By Steve Fleischman40mm Grenade ammunition was developed after the Korean War along with the two delivery systems M79 and M203....

Lead Picture: Author just after arriving at MACV Team 8 with his M16 A1 in 1969. By Charlie Cutshaw “Welcome...

By M.W. SilvetA great variety of blades were carried by troops in the field in Vietnam. In fact, there is...

By Robert Bruce“In Washington and Saigon, and in countless laboratories, the search for gadgets was pressed hard during the Vietnam...