"40-60 pounds of nails for a 155."
I can imagine the media and the ACLU getting all jacked up about something like that, but during Tet, combat got very up close and personal. A friend of mine beat a sapper to death with an entrenching tool-not a recommended use of that particular implement!
To quote Seargent Major Basil Plumley (Sam Elliott) in We were Soldiers:
"Now That's a nice day..[...].."