This is a pretty interesting picture from the Vietnam war. It’s one you don’t see very often. There are a few things that make it interesting to me. First, it is reported to be a SEAL. I have no interest about SEALS and their very tiny impact on the war but it is interesting toContinue reading “SEAL Sniper With M40”
Category Archives: Vietnam War
Staff Sergeant Adelbert F. Waldron III made 109 confirmed kills
From The Giant Killer facebook page The man has never gotten the credit he deserves and I am always glad to see other talk about him. Rare photo of the man who is believed to be the deadliest sniper of the Vietnam war Adelbert Waldron: During his single deployment in Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Adelbert F.Continue reading “Staff Sergeant Adelbert F. Waldron III made 109 confirmed kills”
Weaponsman Wednesday: Wednesday Weapons Website of the Week: N6CC
What’s that? It sounds like a ham callsign? And we think that’s what N6CC.com stands for, although the site breaks it out as Navy 6 Combat Coms. But what we were flagged to was the site author, Tim Sammons’s, stories of his service in the Navy on a forgotten class of small combatants, the Trumpy class PTF patrol boats.Continue reading “Weaponsman Wednesday: Wednesday Weapons Website of the Week: N6CC”
Body Armor: Vietnam Use and Development
By Trey Moore Body armor and flak jackets have been something sought after by armed forces around the globe to protect their troops from arms fire and shrapnel. Developed to prevent death and lessen injuries, body armor has been used in war combat since as early as world war one. Even from the first mediocreContinue reading “Body Armor: Vietnam Use and Development”
M16 Rifle Maintenance Rifle M16A1 Field Expedients 1968 US Army
I love these old vintage training films.
Some More Vietnam USMC Sniping History
Lately my mind has been stuck on Vietnam war era sniper optics and rifles. Friends keep asking me about the subject and it has come up a lot this month. It is an evergreen topic for most people interested in US martial arms , sniping and long range shooting anyway so I thought IContinue reading “Some More Vietnam USMC Sniping History”
USMC Scout Sniper Weapons of the Vietnam War
In the past months I have written a bit about the use of and primary rifles used by the USMC for sniping use in the Vietnam war. Now I would like to talk a little about them again along with some of the supporting (spotter) weapons and equipment used by typical sniper teams during theContinue reading “USMC Scout Sniper Weapons of the Vietnam War”
Individual Equipment Of The Vietnam War
Will the Vietnam war ever stop being fascinating? Not to me it won’t. One of the many things from that period that is fascinating to me is what the fellows carried and used while in the war. Not just the Special Forces, but the regular guy. The equipment started out much like the gear ofContinue reading “Individual Equipment Of The Vietnam War”
Vietcong Boobytraps
Some really nasty stuff used by the commies in the Vietnam war.
My first Bomb Damage Assessment (BDA) mission
A SOG Green Beret’s first BDA mission.