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Orkand, Bob, author.
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M-16 rifle -- History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Equipment and supplies.
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Misfire : the tragic...
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Misfire : the tragic failure of the M16 in Vietnam / Bob Orkand and Lyman Duryea.
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Orkand, Bob, author.
Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019]
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M-16 rifle -- History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Equipment and supplies.
ISBN:
9780811737968 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) :
0811737969 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) :
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vi, 251 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
For want of a nail -- Why replace the M14? -- The M16 and its development -- The small arms weapons systems test -- CYA-- the name of the game -- The troops deploy-- an autopsy of the problem -- Weighed in the balance-- a jammed M16 caused my first KIA / by Lyman Duryea -- Someone had blundered -- In council rooms apart -- The uncertain trumpet -- Why not the ARVN? -- The rifle, politics, the aftermath / by Lyman Duryea -- "When will they ever learn?" / by Bob Orkand -- Afterword.
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"Misfire combines insider knowledge of U.S. Army weapons development with firsthand combat experience to tell the story of the M16 - iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam War and, indeed, as the U.S. military's standard service rifle until only a few decades ago despite its tragic failure."--Provided by publisher.
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