When the Civil war ended, the breech loading Spencer repeating carbine benefited from a wave of popularity. Gen. James Harrison Wilson had high praise for the firearm. “the Spencer carbine is undoubtedly the best firearm ever put into the hands of the soldier” he wrote in a document that would end up becoming part ofContinue reading “THE SPENCER CARBINE AT THE BEECHER’S ISLAND FIGHT”
Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
WeaponsMan: The Big Lie About Wanat (COP Kahler), Part 1 of 2 (long)
The Big Lie principle, as elaborated by Hitler and Goebbels, is that if you tell a small lie, you’ll be caught on it, but if you tell a really big, even outrageous whopper, people will tend to believe it. It’s an insight into human psychology which helps explain how those two second-stringers wound up seizing the levers ofContinue reading “WeaponsMan: The Big Lie About Wanat (COP Kahler), Part 1 of 2 (long)”
RT HABU’s WAR TROPHY
In 1971, 5th SFG official HQ produced a register of approved “War Souvenirs” that USSF personnel were allied to carry back to CONUS. One of the approved items was a Montagnard CrossBow. With the list in hand Lemuel McGlothern and Jimmie Johnson created the ultimate in a Montagnards crossbow that used a Chi-Com RPD(Ruchnoy PulemyotContinue reading “RT HABU’s WAR TROPHY”
SOG XM21 Sniping
A very cool picture of a SOG Command & Control South Recon man. CCS was the “Daniel Bone” area of operations. Which is Cambodia. The more open terrain meant using a scoped rifle was more feasible. Some things to note. By the rifle are the V-40 mini grenades popular with SOG recon teams. The WW2Continue reading “SOG XM21 Sniping”
Carl “Snake” Shepley 20th SOS assigned to SOG/CCS
I became friends with Carl several years ago and last night he shared some pictures with me that he took in Vietnam. Carl was a crew chief in the 20th Special Operations Squadron, AKA ” The Green Hornets”. The green and tan paint patter is a way to immediately recognize a 20th SOS helicopter duringContinue reading “Carl “Snake” Shepley 20th SOS assigned to SOG/CCS”
Vietnam War Snipers
I am in a lot of Vet groups on facebook. Often times those guys will post photos of themselves on there thinking they are of no consequence. They have no idea how historic they are. The two Army sniper pics below are from one such case. Last is a USMC sniper with M40 fighting inContinue reading “Vietnam War Snipers”
My First Combat Patrol
By Richard H. Dick James Before departing camp, I was warned that the terrain surrounding Cai Cai was honeycombed with VC mines, and to be on the alert. No amount of training will give a soldier true battle experience. The only way to get that experience, and learn if you can handle it, is toContinue reading “My First Combat Patrol”
Some Vietnam War USMC Sniper Pictures
Other than the thumbnail picture, I have never seen the pictures below with the M40s. This sniper carrying the M40 and a M3 grease gun. That is a lot of weight!
An Interesting Vietnam War Bring Back Trophy
A collector on instagram picked up some good stuff from a Vietnam vet’s estate.
The Tank Is Dead?
Authored by Patrick Drennan via RealClear Wire, Lessons from the battlefields of Ukraine Hundreds of expensive tanks of both sides are being destroyed on the battlegrounds of Ukraine by cheap UPV drones. These include the Russian T-90MS Tank (worth about $4.2million) and the German Leopard 2A6 Tank (about $6.3 million). They are being destroyed by ubiquitousContinue reading “The Tank Is Dead?”
Scattered Shots 