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Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
TM 9-1900 Ammunition general dated 1945; mm-Aircraft-Guns-1943 TM 9-2200 small arms, Mortars, antiaircraft guns. TM 9-2300 Standard Artillery and Fire Control Material. dated 1944; TM 9-2300 Artillery Materiel and Associated Equipment. dated May 1949; Army Vehicle Identification Numbers by Dennis Spence, ISBN 0-938242-10-5
The Browning automatic rifle (BAR), the army's main individual machine gun since its introduction in World War I, was phased out in 1957 with the introduction of the M14 rifle (which had a fully automatic mode.) [11] "Designated riflemen" in every squad were ordered to use their weapons on the fully automatic setting, while other troops were ...
Used by the People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces and Mobile Police Force. PSR-90: Sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO West Germany Pakistan: Used by the People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces and Mobile Police Force. Dragunov SVD: Designated marksman rifle: 7.62×54mmR: SBT-7.62M1 Soviet Union Vietnam: Used by Naval Special Operation Force and ...
[citation needed] During the Vietnam War, U.S. Marines snipers were issued bolt-action hunting rifles, U.S. Army snipers were issued XM21 rifles. The Rock Island Arsenal converted 1,435 National Match (target grade) M14s by adding a 3-9x Redfield Adjustable Ranging Telescope (ART) and provided National Match grade (7.62 Lake City Long Range XM ...
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
Also known as the M63, XM22, XM23, XM207 or the Mk 23 Mod 0 machine gun, it was designed by Eugene Stoner in the early 1960s. Cadillac Gage was the primary manufacturer of the Stoner 63 during its history. The Stoner 63 saw very limited combat use by US military units during the Vietnam War. [2] A few were also sold to law enforcement agencies. [3]
The TRW Low Maintenance Rifle or LMR was a proposed insurgency weapon designed by TRW Inc. (formerly Thompson Ramo Wooldridge) of the United States during the Vietnam War.The intent was to produce an easy-to-use and operate firearm which could be disseminated to insurgent forces supporting the United States' military interests.