Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one ... for poor stopping power during World War II and the Korean War. In theory, the M16 rifle could have solved all of these ...

With the high velocity flat trajectory 5.56 mm cartridge one should aim about half way between the enemy’s chin and belt to ...

Later, when the M16 hit Vietnam, troops were wrongly told the ... the world moved away from the heavy battle rifle calibers that were used in World War II to the assault rifle concept.

The M16 rifle, standard issue for infantrymen ... publications on the Army's involvement in the Vietnam War. Examine the aircraft used in Vietnam on this site maintained by the National Museum ...

The USA would ultimately drop three million tonnes of bombs in Vietnam - more than all the bombs dropped in Europe during World War Two ... realised they were being used as bait to draw out ...