SOG’s Frags and Mines – MACV-SOG
The M79 can fire a wide variety of 40 mm rounds, including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot, flechette (pointed steel projectiles with a vaned tail for stable flight), and illumination. While largely replaced by the M203, the M79 has remained in service in …
MACV-SOG: Secret Operations in Vietnam - Grey Dynamics
Typically SOG operators would cut down their rifle’s barrel, which meant losing the weapon’s front sight. However, the machine gunners would compensate by point firing or hip firing in the close quarters of the thick Vietnamese jungles.
Warrior 159 - US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team In Vietnam
The M79 was sometimes modified by cutting the barrel down by 3in., removing the rear sight, and sawing off the butt stock, leaving a pistol grip. It was inaccurate and lacked range, but it was used for breaking contact at short range.
Advice from macv sog veterans - S.O.G.Prairie Fire - Community
"My backup weapon was cut down M79, which I carried in a holster on my web belt. Spare 40mm rounds were carried in two 1-quart canteen pouches on my belt (Ken Bowra)" "The Commando Vault, 15,000-lb bomb, intended for cutting LZs, was used by SOG for LZ prep, in case a team’s insert location had been compromised by a mole in Saigon.
MACV-SOG - NamuWiki
2024年12月8日 · M79: The barrel and buttstock were cut down to make it as long as a pistol and used as a secondary weapon. M203 : Mounted on M16 or XM177E2 rifles. XM148 : Mounted and used on M16 rifles or XM177E2 rifles.
MACV-SOG - gringo40s.com
NCO Taking Aim with CAR15. Bergan and Cut Down M79. Bergan and kit is separate piece £
SOG “Quotes” – MACV-SOG - SOGSITE
“My backup weapon was cut down M79, which I carried in a holster on my web belt. Spare 40mm rounds were carried in two 1-quart canteen pouches on my belt.” Ken Bowra
MACV-SOG: A Unit of Modern Forces Living History Group -----
He is also wearing the final model of nylon grenade vest for his cut-down M79 grenade launcher, these were used as break contact weapons and often used with flechette rounds. In this full-length shot you can see the STABO harness used with his webbing and his sprayed jungle fatigues.
MACV-SOG Interviews – MACV-SOG - MACV-SOG: A Unit of …
On this page you can see excerpts of interviews aimed at getting our displays as correct as possible with the following SOG verterans; John “Tilt” Stryker Meyer: 1-0 RT Idaho. John “Tilt” Stryker Meyer second from left. Modern Forces: What knife did you use, looks like a Kabar?
MACV-SOG: The Vietnam-Era Special Operators You've Probably …
2022年11月28日 · MACV-SOG was tasked with undertaking various forms of unconventional warfare in Vietnam, including reconnaissance and rescue missions, psychological warfare and capturing enemy prisoners. They conducted a number of covert operations, which had a profound effect on the outcome of the conflict.
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