63 RECON Posted July 13, 2018 Share #226 Posted July 13, 2018 American infantrymen crowd into a mud-filled bomb crater and look up at tall jungle trees seeking out Viet Cong snipers firing at them during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, north-Northeast of Saigon in Vietnam’s War Zone D, June 15, 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted July 13, 2018 Share #227 Posted July 13, 2018 US troops take cover in the hills near An Thi, along the central coast of south Vietnam, after day-long fighting in Operation Masher, 29 January 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 28, 2018 Share #228 Posted September 28, 2018 A PLT LR and his RTO, 2nd Bn 52nd Inf, 1st Armd Div Ft Hood 1969, they got that same Pine Scrub on their pots, just like I had at Hood in 81 , Interesting to see a Viet Vet back stateside that's a PFC right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the whisky drinker Posted September 28, 2018 Share #229 Posted September 28, 2018 American infantrymen crowd into a mud-filled bomb crater and look up at tall jungle trees seeking out Viet Cong snipers firing at them during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, north-Northeast of Saigon in Vietnams War Zone D, June 15, 1967 Off topic a wee bit, apologies. Is the GI bottom left holding an M16a1/XM177 Carbine with the elusive handguard fabricated from a used 57mm recoiless rifle round?? Only seen one photo before that was taken at a arms dump outside of Saigon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the whisky drinker Posted September 28, 2018 Share #230 Posted September 28, 2018 Please ignore my previous post!!! Realised that it could be an M16 with a XM148 grenade launcher attachment. Didn't notice another in the photo propped up on the ground above him. Back to the original thread guy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 29, 2018 Share #231 Posted September 29, 2018 Another one from Hood in 69, here Arty, leaves this time rather than pine scrub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted September 29, 2018 Share #232 Posted September 29, 2018 Please ignore my previous post!!! Realised that it could be an M16 with a XM148 grenade launcher attachment. Didn't notice another in the photo propped up on the ground above him. Back to the original thread guy's Very interesting, I assume that hand guard was improvised by the Vietnamese, who even still use captured M16s. Seems unlikely to me that it was done by an american, although the rule with Vietnam is never say never. As for the photo, that is certainly an XM148 hangaurd, you can see the XM149 below it. Also interesting in the scrap pile picture is the moderator has been replaced with a birdcage flash hider. This was fairly commonly done by US troops because the moderator would eventually gum up rending it useless, and there was no way to clean it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 29, 2018 Share #233 Posted September 29, 2018 Another one from Hood in 69, here Arty, leaves this time rather than pine scrub. Lets try that again here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhscott Posted September 29, 2018 Share #234 Posted September 29, 2018 One of my BCT pictures from 1984. We were thought to hang the back 3 flaps of the cover out to help break up our shape. Field pants due to cold wet weather. Gen 1 BDU. Cool mix of 56 and 67 plus some new LC1 webbing. Ft McClellan. night winds lyrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 29, 2018 Share #235 Posted September 29, 2018 One of my BCT pictures from 1984. We were thought to hang the back 3 flaps of the cover out to help break up our shape. Field pants due to cold wet weather. Gen 1 BDU. Cool mix of 56 and 67 plus some new LC1 webbing. Ft McClellan. night winds lyrics Nice Autumn leaves, though the fella in the left forground could of used a lot more leaves on his pot. the one next to him too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 9, 2018 Share #236 Posted October 9, 2018 Lets try that again here. rsz_1_ad_14_cpl2.jpg Note he is wearing full color sleeve rank insignia with subdued pin on rank insignia on the helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 9, 2018 Share #237 Posted October 9, 2018 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. From the looks of the uniforms and insignia, this was probably 1965, early 1966 at the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted October 9, 2018 Share #238 Posted October 9, 2018 One of my BCT pictures from 1984. We were thought to hang the back 3 flaps of the cover out to help break up our shape. Field pants due to cold wet weather. Gen 1 BDU. Cool mix of 56 and 67 plus some new LC1 webbing. Ft McClellan. Nice pic ! Unusual all round. Thanks for posting. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 9, 2018 Share #239 Posted October 9, 2018 Note he is wearing full color sleeve rank insignia with subdued pin on rank insignia on the helmet. Note he is wearing full color sleeve rank insignia with subdued pin on rank insignia on the helmet. Yes I made a note of that when I posted it in the 60s Corporal topic over in. RANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhscott Posted October 9, 2018 Share #240 Posted October 9, 2018 Ladder laced his boots too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2019 Share #241 Posted June 20, 2019 A member of the 82nd sometime in the 80s with Scrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted June 20, 2019 Share #242 Posted June 20, 2019 Looks like a sandbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted June 20, 2019 Share #243 Posted June 20, 2019 Scrim comes in rolls Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 20, 2019 Share #244 Posted June 20, 2019 Scrim comes in rolls Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk True DAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 26, 2019 Share #245 Posted July 26, 2019 Burlap, with wide mesh nets on some, and some with foliage, late summer of 1952, 40th Inf Div I believe, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 26, 2019 Share #246 Posted July 26, 2019 90% of the training I was in took place in the woods. If you cammo up you need to do a good job of it. Putting foiliage and or burlap is a great idea as well as loosening the back flaps of the cover. Cammo on your gear and weapon helps too. But if you dont bother to cammo your face and cover your neck with a geen sling and button the color on your shirt and wear black gloves... then you still stand out. Parts that are left bare stand out. Strikingly. INMHO. Thats what Ive noticed and seen. You have to do it all the way. However in this day and age.. I would hink every US Infantry soldier needs a thermal cloak as standard equipment. A thermal blanket covered by a cloth burlap like ghillie suit on the outside. Especially to protect against detection by thermal and flir. Im thinking every soldier will need one. Issued. If I was still in, I'd purchase or make my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 1, 2019 Share #247 Posted August 1, 2019 Ch'ŏnan July 1950 a 50. MG Team of the 24th Inf Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted August 5, 2019 Share #248 Posted August 5, 2019 Its not Foliage its strips of cloth but it works. ILARNG Infantry 33rd Brigade. 1980's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted August 5, 2019 Share #249 Posted August 5, 2019 1980's Here you can see the rear flaps of the cover are pulled out on the back. 33rd Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted August 24, 2019 Share #250 Posted August 24, 2019 ww2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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