AMERICAN ARMS FOR THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
By Robert Bruce“The average adult male in Sough Vietnam is about 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 105 ...
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40MM LOW PRESSURE AMMUNITION
By Steve Fleischman40mm Grenade ammunition was developed after the Korean War along with the two delivery systems M79 and M203. ...
THE STONER 63A’S EARLIEST DAYS IN COMBAT
By Lt. Colonel J.W. Gibbs III, U.S. Marine Corps, (Retired)In the late Winter of 1967 Lima Company, Third Battalion, First ...
VIETNAM: AN AMMO ADVISOR’S MEMOIR
Lead Picture: Author just after arriving at MACV Team 8 with his M16 A1 in 1969. By Charlie Cutshaw “Welcome ...
KNIVES OF THE VIETNAM WAR
By M.W. SilvetA great variety of blades were carried by troops in the field in Vietnam. In fact, there is ...
GIMMICKS, GADGETS & GUNS
By Robert Bruce“In Washington and Saigon, and in countless laboratories, the search for gadgets was pressed hard during the Vietnam ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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