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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: Weapons for aircrews/military jets shaking the surrounding area
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Date: 15 Nov 90 01:49:32 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)

In article <1990Nov7.035054.11964@cbnews.att.com>, ehr@uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl) writes:
 
> This brings me to the discussion of weapons for aircrews:  Most of
> the pilots of the smaller aircraft carried both a .45 and -- if they
> could get them -- the collapsible-stock version of the M16.  The
> reason the shorter-stock version was so highly prized (I don't
> remember what the official name is, but they were frequently called
> LRRP guns)......................

  I would guess that you're talking about the CAR-15, the 'issue' weapon
  for the Special Forces LRRPs.  I do know that often the pilots traded
  for them.  Near Danang was MACSOG's CCN (Command & Control - North) Base
  for the Recon Teams.  In addition to all the 'issue' weapons - many
  manufacturers simply 'gave' SF weapons to use and test for them.  In 
  the early stages of the program - some teams carried the Swedish K.
  Since there was normally a 'surplus' of a variety of weapons - it was
  simple to trade for other stuff.  After a totally annoying attack on the
  base camp which destroyed some team barracks - some 'surplus' weapons
  were traded to a nearby Marine construction Engineer unit - and they 
  built two new team barracks!  What a deal.   


  mike schmitt