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An unloaded .45 that would have spent the entire war untouched in the desk drawer of my air-conditioned office space in Saigon, Da Nang, or Poon Tang.
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M16A1.
Can I have a pistol? Can I get a pistol? Dear Mom and Dad, please send me my pistol and 100 rounds of ammo. And some Hoppes #9, a .22 cleaning rod and a bunch of patches. Your loving Son. |
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870 12 gauge kills trees and everything on either side. eta - lost first shotgun by 27 SECONDS View Quote Attached File Attached File |
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What I did use; my standard load-out for leaving the ground was an M16, M79, M60 (varying configurations) and a S&W19.
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An AK would be a good choice as long as I had a supply of non- US tampered ammo.
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Shotgun.
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Either a Stoner 63 or an XM-177 with a shit ton of mags and V-40's.
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M2 Carbine with a M1A1 stock
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AK along with PPS-43 or Uzi. Thick cover needs a round that will cut thru it to get the bad guy.
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Pretty much anything rather than a M16. One vet I know said he mostly used a M2 carbine in para configuration.....The was a M-48 tank driver so it made some sense. They also used M3 sub-guns. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads/monthly_04_2012/post-8022-1334512421.jpg Overton was given a contract to convert old-stock WW-2 era para stocks to M2 configuration in the early 60s for use by SV Army/US advisers. View Quote This one too. I think this might actually be a member's father. Or the guy above. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to recall one of them is. |
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Clean, well maintained ones. MI carbines and BARs in the hands of proficient riflemen would have been adequate. The weapons were pretty irrelevant when you consider they were fielded by poorly trained draftees in most cases. View Quote |
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The only firearms I was trained for in boot camp (Navy) were the M1 Garand and the 1911.
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Sawed off 1100 or a M2 carbine, but I wasn't there as I was just a pup that Dad wanted to enlist me into that shithole
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Something in 30-06 like a M1 Garand or BAR and 1911. They both won two world wars so a little jungle skirmish should be no problem for them. View Quote I'd carry a M16A1 and a proper cleaning kit. |
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Definitely the AK-47. Reliable, 30 round mags, good enough penetration.
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XM177 light weight, short, and easy to hump around with extra ammo.
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my father was there boots on the ground. he saw the shit show of the m16 and he said give me something that goes bang every time I pull the trigger, he carried a M79.
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The M-16 was a pile of dog shit during the early years of the war. So I would have taken an M-14 if I could get it, cut the barrel down and made a "bush rifle" out of it. By 1968 or 1969, I would have been fine with an M-16 though, since they had most of the issues resolved by that time. I also heard lots of mixed reviews on the XM177. I'm not sure they ever managed to get it functioning reliably during the course of the war. It was certainly a sexy little weapon, but it was far more finicky than the M-16A1. Lots of Green Berets that served over there actually felt quite comfortable toting around the little .30 M1 and M2 carbines. For the close range firefights in the jungle, these were quite adequate for the task.
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We were limited to a M16 and some real old slam fire shotguns.
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What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup.
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