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Posted: 7/9/2018 2:02:36 PM EDT

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Stoner 63

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:03:46 PM EDT

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Seems like the perfect thing for blasting bad guys in the jungle

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Seems like the perfect thing for blasting bad guys in the jungle

Heavy and slow rules the day in thick cover that's why Mad Dog chose the 444 Marlin

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:23:34 PM EDT

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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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:27:19 PM EDT

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Title said small.

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:27:37 PM EDT

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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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:33:38 PM EDT

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870

12 gauge kills trees and everything on either side.

eta - lost first shotgun by 27 SECONDS

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It's what my dad used (Stevens 520):

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Posted: 7/9/2018 2:34:22 PM EDT

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Are we talking T-rex small or larger ?

Posted: 7/9/2018 2:34:39 PM EDT

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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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 4:32:04 PM EDT

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An AK would be a good choice as long as I had a supply of non- US tampered ammo.

Posted: 7/9/2018 4:35:24 PM EDT

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Shotgun.

Probably a Stevens 77E since that was the most common (IIRC).

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:09:21 PM EDT

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Either a Stoner 63 or an XM-177 with a shit ton of mags and V-40's.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:17:12 PM EDT

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S&W 38

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:19:15 PM EDT

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Full Auto 30 Carbine

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I used to hear rumors converted the original M1 Carbine to FA while in the field

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:28:18 PM EDT

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M2 Carbine with a M1A1 stock

Browning Hi Power with the magazine safety removed

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:28:57 PM EDT

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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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:29:49 PM EDT

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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.

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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.

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I saved this pic from some other thread once because I thought the gun looked neat.

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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:30:49 PM EDT

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Blooper.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:42:24 PM EDT

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Can you say CANADA!

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:44:31 PM EDT

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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.

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Those deaftees received the same training that regular army dudes got. My experience in training as a Combat Engineer is that it was not very good.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:46:38 PM EDT

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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.

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"little jungle skirmish"? What alt world do you come from?

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:55:04 PM EDT

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The only firearms I was trained for in boot camp (Navy) were the M1 Garand and the 1911.

We had several other types of firearms on ship, but I never shot one.

Posted: 7/9/2018 5:56:22 PM EDT

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If I had a steady supply of ammo/mags, honestly, an AK

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This

Posted: 7/9/2018 6:07:50 PM EDT

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Who could look past the silenced sterling with 40mm

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Posted: 7/9/2018 6:42:19 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/9/2018 7:01:06 PM EDT

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Who could look past the silenced sterling with 40mm

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Well there's something you dont see everyday.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:03:59 PM EDT

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I know of an LRRP that carried a sawn off Thompson.

AB

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:05:38 PM EDT

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Stoner 63a...

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^^

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:05:52 PM EDT

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Small nuclear devices

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came to post W-88 - lots of them.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:11:24 PM EDT

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XM177E2 and a couple canteen pouches full of V40 frags.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:12:04 PM EDT

[#30]

Shotgun or M16A1.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:15:51 PM EDT

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Considering the rather close range of fighting, I would say something like a PPSh-41 actually, or one of those old M2 carbine automatics, was the MP5 around yet?

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Yes

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:20:01 PM EDT

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Wrong war. That was for slotting floppies. Get it right!

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:21:51 PM EDT

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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

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:24:05 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/9/2018 7:26:58 PM EDT

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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.

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No thanks. Too heavy. Too much muzzle climb. Not a big enough of a standard loadout. Basically all the reasons they transitioned to M16.

I'd carry a M16A1 and a proper cleaning kit.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:28:15 PM EDT

[#36]

FN FAL FTMFW

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:34:05 PM EDT

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M2 carbine and lots of ammo

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+1

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:34:57 PM EDT

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Definitely the AK-47. Reliable, 30 round mags, good enough penetration.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:36:57 PM EDT

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Who could look past the silenced sterling with 40mm

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Nice call.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:38:40 PM EDT

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63a or chopped RPD

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:42:21 PM EDT

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XM177 light weight, short, and easy to hump around with extra ammo.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:43:27 PM EDT

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Wrong war. That was for slotting floppies. Get it right!

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Where do you think the Rhodesians (probably) got the idea? MAC-V SOG dudes did it well before them.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:44:00 PM EDT

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I fucking love FALs.

But I would not want to lug one through gotdam Vietnam.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:44:56 PM EDT

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Wrong war. That was for slotting floppies. Get it right!

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Posted: 7/9/2018 7:47:31 PM EDT

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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.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:51:34 PM EDT

[#46]

Swedish K and a BHP.

Or an XM177 and a BHP.

Posted: 7/9/2018 7:52:18 PM EDT

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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.