Veterans Day

Roo posted:

Thanks to all the soldiers that served and the American gunships that gave us cover when I was evacuated after an ambush. Roo SVN 1970.

Many here forget there were others fighting alongside the Americans all over.

Never saw one like that Neville, Australian issue? The precision Bi-Pod!

It's probably old fashion now it's an Armalite with an M79 grenade launcher underneath it's American, mainly used by the special forces we called them "Under and overs for obviously reasons. Our unit worked with the Americans a lot mainly Seal Teams something a lot of Americans even back then didn't know about. All history now and the Vietnam war was as a book title once said was a "War Without Heros". In other words we all copped it from all fronts. I'm happy with my trains.

Roo

BobbyD posted:

Roo posted:

Thanks to all the soldiers that served and the American gunships that gave us cover when I was evacuated after an ambush. Roo SVN 1970.

Many here forget there were others fighting alongside the Americans all over.

Man, that's a rare piece of small arms. That looks like an XM148 (40MM grenade launcher, which shoots the same rounds as a M79 'blooper') to me. 

The M203 came along soon afterward but not in great numbers until well after 'Nam was over with. I fired a few of the 203s in the Army but have never had the opportunity to even hold one of the above weapons, let along fire one.

The flash hider looks odd, is that a muzzle cover slipped over top of it? The shape looks like the later 'Nam era 'birdcage' flash hider (could be the early 3-prong one if that's a muzzle cover over it) but I don't see the usual openings on the top edge of it if that's not a muzzle cover.

It's a muzzle cover we looked after our weapons. The proper M79 grenade launcher was much more accurate as well as longer distance, than the above, at night we used to put a canister of buckshot in the grenade launcher section in case we got surprised, fire that without much sound. Don't want to talk about this anymore upsets me. Only posted the picture out of respect for ALL veterans and the guys (including Americans) that helped me when I was wounded. I'm Sorry. Roo. 

Roo's weapon looks a lot like the one I was issued in 1970.  I can't remember exactly what it looked like. since it's been a while and I never took a photo of it.  I was field artillery around Da Nang supporting our brothers (from any of our allied countries) in the bush.  Our fire base wasn't all that plush either.  I don't purport to be an expert on military weaponry, but get me near 105's, 155's, 8 inchers and 175's. 

Took R&R in Australia and owe them big time for the opportunity.  An Aussie once told me that the reason why Americans and Aussies get along so well is that we're both ******* children of England.

Heal, Roo.  Welcome back.

Ah, 8" and 175s.  I remember them well.  We were up at Con-Tien building gun bases for 8" and 175 mm Marie Corp guns.  They had been sitting on the earth prior.  We poured concrete foundations and covered them with timbers.  Now they could have a solid base to sit on without having to be realigned after each shot.  One cloudy day I was standing a few feet behind an 8" gun as it fired.  I could actually see the round leave the barrel for a split second.  That vision has never left me.

I am proud to have served in the United States Seabees.  MCB-7, 1968/69, Dong-Ha, Republic of Vietnam.   

Don

I got to say a thanks to all the Seabees. They helped us marines overcome and improvise so many time to make chicken salad out of chicken ---- lol

Larry 67-68