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Photo of evacuation of a firebase, Vietnam 1968.

What Was the Concept Behind Fire Bases in Vietnam?

by David T. Zabecki5/9/20235/11/2023

Similar to the 19th-century fort concept, fire support bases in Vietnam could reinforce each other across long distances with powerful effects.

Illustration of a M1911A1 pistol

The M1911/1911A1 Served as America’s Military Sidearm From 1911 to 1984

by Carl O. Schuster2/17/20232/17/2023

Photo of North Vietnamese troops during an assault on a South Vietnamese paratroop base at Laos during the Vietnam War.

How Did Vietnamese Forces Block U.S. Firepower? With a Hug.

by Warren Wilkins2/14/20232/17/2023

Photo of Soldiers of the National Liberation Front , the Viet Cong, in the early 1960s display weapons from a variety of sources, from left, a captured American M79 grenade launcher; an American M1 carbine, captured from the French or South Vietnamese or supplied by the Chinese; and a K-50M submachine gun supplied by North Vietnam.

Here Are the Weapons of the NVA — Backed by Russia and China

by Jon Guttman12/19/202212/19/2022

North Vietnam Tried to Exploit American Racism with POWs. It Didn’t Work.

by Daniel Ramos5/13/20225/18/2022

How 9th Cavalry Hueys Saved a Downed Crew at An Loc

by Thomas Ward5/4/20225/4/2022

The ‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun: A Favorite of US Special Forces

by Carl O. Schuster5/2/20225/5/2022

North Vietnam’s Type 74 Flamethrower

by Carl O. Schuster4/26/20225/1/2022

In The Hornet’s Nest: Armored Cavalry Came to the Rescue of Soldiers Ambushed at Loc Ninh

by Jeff Harvey4/13/20224/4/2023

How US Airstrikes Defeated North Vietnam in the 1972 Battle of An Loc

by James H. Willbanks4/11/20224/14/2022