... on an automatic setting. A new kind of cartridge was developed for the m16 that came in 20-30 round "clips" which quickly popped out and could be reloaded into the rifles loading port (Bernard 99-100). A Mark 2 anti personnel fragmentation grenade was among the favorites a soldier could use. These grenades could be thrown anywhere under 40 yards without exploding, however carrying ... ...
... was sending their sons and brothers and their husbands to fight and die As I walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems, but, they asked, what about Vietnam Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed ... ...
... , but got little response from him. Extremely large quantities of weaponry were turned over to the ARVN directly from the United States. These types of weaponry consisted of, one million rifles, twelve thousand machine guns, forty thousand grenade launchers, two thousand heavy mortars, and hundreds of planes, ships, helicopters and trucks (Schulzinger 277). The United States also provided numerous amounts of ... ...
