Weapons of the Vietnam War: AK-47, M16 rifle, M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine, Napalm, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, Mosin-Nagant

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 176. Chapters: AK-47, M16 rifle, M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine, Napalm, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, Mosin-Nagant, M1911 pistol, M1 carbine, M2 Browning machine gun, M60 machine gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, M14 rifle, M1903 Springfield, SKS, M1919 Browning machine gun, Stoner 63, L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, M72 LAW, Winchester Model 70, AKM, Minigun, Type 56 assault rifle, RPG-7, Makarov pistol, Vz. 58, M79 grenade launcher, RPK, TT pistol, Patrol Craft Fast, PPSh-41, M40 rifle, DShK, RPD, M40 recoilless rifle, PPS submachine gun, Type 69 RPG, Special Operations Weapon, Nagant M1895, M18 recoilless rifle, Mk 19 grenade launcher, Winchester Model 1912, Smith & Wesson Model 29, Type 63 assault rifle, BLU-82, RPG-2, Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War, China Lake Grenade Launcher, List of bombs in the Vietnam War, M197 Gatling gun, M26 grenade, Mk 2 grenade, BLU-43 Dragontooth, Type 54 pistol, XM148 grenade launcher, B-10 recoilless rifle, M2 flamethrower, Deer gun, F1 grenade, M20 recoilless rifle, SG-43 Goryunov, Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher, M-121, B-11 recoilless rifle, Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher, EX-17 Heligun, XM174 grenade launcher. Excerpt: The M16 (more formally Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is the United States Military designation for the AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 from ArmaLite and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle. The M16 fires the 5.56x45mm cartridge. The M16 entered United States Army service and was deployed for jungle warfare operations in South Vietnam in 1963, becoming the U.S. Military's standard service rifle of the Vietnam War by 1969, replacing the M14 rifle in that role. The U.S. Army retained the M14 in CONUS, Europe, and South Korea until 1970. Since the Vietnam War, the M16 rifle family has been the primary service rifle o...