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Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread[message #77025]

Thu, 03 October 2002 06:58

masguy

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Registered:November 2001
Location: Maryland, USA

Just a few notes on the M-16 jamming issue (I wrote an article about this about 20 years ago).

The M-16s first sent to Vietnam did not have cleaning kits, SNAFU - no! The propellent intended for the gun cleaned and lubricated the weapon. So what happened? Colt (if memory serves) did not want to pay the licensing fee to the company that held the patent for the propellent and decided to ignore the fact that the gun was designed specifically around the special propellent and used off the shelf stuff instead. The result were jams and the other problems described bu other folks here.

While changes to the weapon solved some of the problems, as late as the 1980s the Army Times reported that US troops on manuvers in Egypt - I think it was called "Operation Brightstar" could barely carry enough lubricant to keep their weapons functioning in dry desert conditions. I think there still may be a lubricant issue. You can tell by looking to see if US forces still have those little squeeze bottles in their helmet netting. Those little squeeze bottles contain lubricant for the M-16.

Masguy

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		General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Dr.Quack on Fri, 27 September 2002 01:30
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Bearpit on Fri, 27 September 2002 21:59
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: MH on Sat, 28 September 2002 22:02
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Uzi on Mon, 30 September 2002 07:53
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: D A Sharp on Mon, 30 September 2002 08:16
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Uzi on Tue, 01 October 2002 04:20
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: abradley on Wed, 02 October 2002 09:36
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: blackmac on Wed, 02 October 2002 16:29
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Rev on Wed, 02 October 2002 18:42
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: abradley on Wed, 02 October 2002 18:48
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: masguy on Thu, 03 October 2002 06:58
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Sgt York on Sat, 05 October 2002 00:46
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: -=ZigZag=- on Mon, 07 October 2002 19:14
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: Dr.Quack on Mon, 07 October 2002 22:55
		Re: General Vietnam '69 support thread By: -=ZigZag=- on Tue, 08 October 2002 07:59

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