[Virginia Ridgerunner]

And a goodly number of them were killed because McNamara pushed that POS M-16 on us that kept jamming in the field and folks found dead after the battle, with their rifles apart, trying to clear jams.

Yep, we should've stayed with the .308 M-14, which was a damned fine rifle.

[dcwusmc]

The M-14, which I carried at Parris Island, was an OK rifle, but my personal favorite for overall reach and hitting power is the M-1 Garand. I have one now, but I carried it first during infantry training at Camp Geiger in ‘67. (We used a LOT of WWII and Korean-vintage stuff, INCLUDING C-rats.)