Tag: 2002

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

THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE M60 MACHINE GUN AND ITS USE IN VIETNAM

By Kevin Dockery There are few gun designers who can claim to have been as successful as John Browning. His ...

“WE WERE SOLDIERS”: MAKING THE MOVIE

Lead Photo: Soldiers of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, in a scene showing the savagery of the battle- as one ...

PHU BAI FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY: DAN SHEA INTERVIEWS THE MYSTERY MARINE

By Dan SheaAnother snapshot of in-country small arms use- the infamous “Mad Minute” where everyone fired everything at anything outside ...

NEW REVIEW: MARCH 2003

By Chris A. ChoatTACTICAL ACCESSORIES FROM FOBUS USAFirst Samco (the parent company of Fobus USA) is proud to announce the ...

MITCH WERBELL’S SILENCED DESTROYER CARBINE

Lead Photo: An early varient of Military Armament Corporation’s Destroyer Carbine, featuring an M14SS-1 silencer. By Al PaulsonAs unconventional warfare ...

40MM SHOULDER-FIRED GRENADE LAUNCHERS AND THE SEALS

By Kevin DockeryIn 1965, SEAL Team One began receiving the M79 to arm their direct action platoons in preparation for ...

40MM LOW VELOCITY GRENADE LAUNCHER MACHINE GUNS: THE HONEYWELL MARK 18, MARK 20 AND THE SEALS.

By Kevin DockeryThe M79 was not the final answer to using the new 40mm low velocity ammunition by the US ...

HDMS SILENCED .22 PISTOLS IN VIETNAM