Forum: Military Weapons
01-12-2013, 08:54 AM
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copper cartridge cases ?
Used to see lots of expended ' brass 'left on the ground after firefights. The 7.62 x 39 standard round for the SKS, AK and RPD machine gun. The expended rounds looked like copper . Always wondered,...
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Forum: Military Weapons
01-02-2013, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,628
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Forum: Military Weapons
01-02-2013, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,672
Grenades were always dangerous to carry . Way...
Grenades were always dangerous to carry . Way back during the Vietnam war there were accidents . I remember coming back from a patrol and one of the troops had lost the
grenade body but the spoon...
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Forum: Vietnam
12-29-2012, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,245
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Forum: Marine Corps
12-25-2012, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 366
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Forum: Vietnam
06-15-2008, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,266
LRRPS / Rangers in Vietnam War
Want to find a book /books / articles about the developement of ground reconnissance in Vietnam .LRRPS /Recon made a major contribution in that war but where can I find professional Army /MC studies...
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Forum: Warriors Saloon
11-17-2007, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,029
Wyoming
Larry ,
What a trip ,your old Vietnam comprade took you on.It can be bad right enough .For Novemer it has been averaging 50 , windblowing some with a warm sun .This is in South Central Wyoming...
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Forum: Warriors Saloon
11-15-2007, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,029
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Forum: General Posts
11-11-2007, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 898
Grizzly Years
Peacock seems to have been one tough old boy .Humped what he figured was a hundred pounds of gear into the back country usually in April and came out 6 months or so later . Seemed to live on trout ,...
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Forum: Warriors Saloon
11-10-2007, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 4
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Retirement
Finally retired .Got a part time job as a janitor .get off late at night .Have all day to fish or work on the truck , read .Take off with my old dog and a rucksack and climb the hills above the...
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Forum: General Posts
11-10-2007, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 898
Grizzly Years
A friend loaned me this book . Doug Peacock, a Vietnam vet, has written an excellent book on the North American grizzly bear .An interesting way to get over a war .With Vietnam flashbacks but a heck...
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