Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled "Small Arms of the Viet Cong" and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/small-arms-of-the-viet-cong/.
Small Arms of the Viet Cong
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scott.amy00
Alpha
Very interesting read and shows that with skill and necessity, a dedicated force can employ a vast degree of weapons and munitions against their enemies. It's truly amazing the shear number of different weapons and clamberings they were able to adapt to their needs, quite impressive.
Invisibleflash
Elite
Great article...Thanks!
Here is a copy of the U. S. Army Special Forces Foreign Weapons Handbook
That original looks beautiful! There are a couple for sale on eBay right now.
As far as guerilla warfare in 2021 America?
I like to listen to an anarchists / Antifa related podcast. They were talking about using home made modified explosive mini drones against a military or civilian opposition that would fight them. They are always thinking! Don't know in the Vietnam jungle if drones would have done much good in the thick of it.
Here is a copy of the U. S. Army Special Forces Foreign Weapons Handbook
DTIC AD0867982: U. S. Army Special Forces Foreign Weapons Handbook : Defense Technical Information Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The unique role of Special Forces has long required that a handbook devoted to foreign small-arms weapons be assembled. Such a handbook would serve at one time...
archive.org
That original looks beautiful! There are a couple for sale on eBay right now.
As far as guerilla warfare in 2021 America?
I like to listen to an anarchists / Antifa related podcast. They were talking about using home made modified explosive mini drones against a military or civilian opposition that would fight them. They are always thinking! Don't know in the Vietnam jungle if drones would have done much good in the thick of it.
C. Sumpin
Custom
Drone technology could have been effective in the open/paddie areas. How about a manned "Birddog" drone? There was one birddog chopper pilot known to find "holes" in jungle canopy, drop down thru it, and fly around in the jungle below the canopy on recon and also would engage the enemy with munitions dropped from the chopper or a personal weapon ( how's that for a mammoth set?) then exit thru another (or the same) hole and fly away into the blue. Another documented FO birddog pilot got p***** at a lone VC sniping at him; he landed, got out, dispatched the enemy with his sidearm, re boarded and took off!Great article...Thanks!
Here is a copy of the U. S. Army Special Forces Foreign Weapons Handbook
DTIC AD0867982: U. S. Army Special Forces Foreign Weapons Handbook : Defense Technical Information Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The unique role of Special Forces has long required that a handbook devoted to foreign small-arms weapons be assembled. Such a handbook would serve at one time...archive.org
That original looks beautiful! There are a couple for sale on eBay right now.
As far as guerilla warfare in 2021 America?
I like to listen to an anarchists / Antifa related podcast. They were talking about using home made modified explosive mini drones against a military or civilian opposition that would fight them. They are always thinking! Don't know in the Vietnam jungle if drones would have done much good in the thick of it.