M16A1 Mantenance manual from 1969/Viet Nam (MUST SEE!!!)

[PaulF]

Saw this in reddit, figured you guys might enjoy as well. Something tells me this would never fly today...

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[dave29]

That's good. Thanks!

 

[BogWalker]

Hehe, if it kept the soldiers' attention!

 

[Scuba591]

That was uplifting...

 

[indy1919a4]

If you like that art work with character attitude & tough Fem fatales, Look at some of the old 40s Spirit Comics, Will Eisnor was a master of that art format.

 

[Cowboy1629]

Just a little something to get you excited about your M16...

 

[in625shooter]

I actually have several of these from USAF CATM days from a base closure they were giving out.

 

[Lee11b]

AWESOME!!!!! I remember "PM" magazine that the U.S. Army put out. Always a little entertaining and VERY informative!

 

[Frosty]

That was an interesting read, thanks for posting

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

That wasn't very inclusive.

 

[Thor]

They used to publish monthly maintenance manuals like that for a host of things...always looked forward to them coming out.

 

[foszoe]

Enjoyed the reading

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Looks just like the one that was issued to me back in the early 80's. I still have it in it's original plastic wrapper.

 

[gundoc111]

SOMEBODY may have got those. I was in Vietnam, U.S.M.C. I Corp, 69-70, and never saw one. I trained with the M-14 but when we got to Vietnam were issues those plastic POS.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

If you got caught reading a novel on duty you were in trouble. If you read PM magazine, you're golden. I kept a stack of them in my tank.

 

[indyjohn]

I have one for sale.

 

[Hkindiana]

Great "blast from the past"

 

[LEADHEAD]

Thanks, enjoyable!

 

[halfmileharry]

SOMEBODY may have got those. I was in Vietnam, U.S.M.C. I Corp, 69-70, and never saw one. I trained with the M-14 but when we got to Vietnam were issues those plastic POS.

Same here. They came around, confiscated our M14, handed us a plastic gun and we had ZERO instruction on how to even load the SOB. Sorry weapon IMHO after having the M14.
We knew nothing of maintenance, round ballistics, or how to keep the damned thing running. Never even issued cleaning kits.
Pis.sed on it to keep it running or dunk it in water. Not much choice with it.

 

[gundoc111]

Same here. They came around, confiscated our M14, handed us a plastic gun and we had ZERO instruction on how to even load the SOB. Sorry weapon IMHO after having the M14.
We knew nothing of maintenance, round ballistics, or how to keep the damned thing running. Never even issued cleaning kits.
Pis.sed on it to keep it running or dunk it in water. Not much choice with it.

All I brought back, other than Agent Orange exposure, was some Chiu Hoi pamphlets that we dropped on trails going into Laos, and also 3-4 of the NVA propaganda that they would leave on same trails. Theirs were printed as well, if not better than ours.

Gundoc

p.s. glad you made it back man. So many didn't.