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)”
Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
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”
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?”
The Audie Murphy M1 Carbine
An interesting thread over on the old BARFCOM today turned up a few things that I found interesting. Everyone who reads this website knows who Audie Murphy is. One of , if not the most, decorated US Soldier of WW2. If there is an award for doing something, Audie received it. Including the MOH. AudieContinue reading “The Audie Murphy M1 Carbine”
SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado
By Bonnie Cooper Bonnie has been doing a excellent series of pieces of Special Forces lost in Vietnam. Today is one of David Mixter, lost on a SOG mission and referenced in several books on SOG Today we pause to remember SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado 1-2 was KIA (Body Not Recovered)Continue reading “SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado”
Scattered Shots 