To: ReverendJames
Supposedly the Aussie in Nam carried FAL-FN’s with .308 and the NVA and Viet Cong avoided picking picking fights with them.
69 posted on
03/08/2011 1:05:21 PM PST by
Frantzie
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To: Frantzie
yeah, always wanted one of those. Couldn’t fit it in the plane.
100 posted on
03/08/2011 2:45:04 PM PST by
ReverendJames
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To: Frantzie
Australian troops in Vietnam carried the Commonwealth (inch-pattern) version of the FN FAL called the L1A1. Some Aussie operators came up with a hybrid called “The Pig.” The Pig was the L2A1 select fire automatic rifle cut down and lightened. Some rifles were fitted with the Colt XM148 40mm grenade launcher — predecessor to the current M203 fitted to U.S. M16s and M4s. The L2A1 used a 30-round 7.62 NATO magazine while the standard L1A1 used a 20-round.
125 posted on
03/08/2011 7:53:29 PM PST by
MasterGunner01
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