Ambush Case Studies in Vietnam

Thanks to the Skunk Werks, the 7th Battalion fielded HMMWVs and 5-ton tractors and cargo trucks with plate armor on the doors referred to as “hillbilly” armor and mounted either the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW), Mk19 automatic grenade launcher, and the venerable old M2 .50 caliber machinegun that had been in service since 1919. ................
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