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 ...

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.

After the conclusion of World War II, tensions in Southeast Asia ... was one of the main fighters the U.S. used in Vietnam. The first F-4 was built in 1958, and by 1979, McDonnell Douglas had ...

What essentially began as a one-time procurement order for special purpose rifles to be used by the Army’s airborne and special ... and even field commanders in Vietnam all bear some culpability in ...