7.62 x 51mm.....not 55mm. Details matter.

BDUs were worn during Operation Frequent Wind

pretty sure that's an m2 carbine not m1

Love the M65 field jacket forever, one of the most useful pieces of gear i ever had, mad respect for all the veterans

The m14 fires 7.62x51 nato which is essentially the civilian .308

I've seen woodland camo of the 80s in use by troops in nam. Why weren't they issued instead of the olive drab green bdus ? The woodland camo looked better for concealment in the jungle than the tiger stripes. Also great viddie sir

Dear Lord help these kids now days. They just cant pronounce things right. It is not “car-bine” it is pronounced “car-bean”.

That was excellent

I like how you put them names of the units for like half of a second XD

You may be confusing 7.5x55 Swiss with 7.62x51 NATO.

Is it just me or does the CIA operative look like Matt Damon?

Wait, only Marines have body armor? Were ordinary military units without body armor? But, if my memory serves me right, the Marines used old models of body armor from the 1950s

I must be loosing my mind and hearing. 7.62x55 nato? What round is that? Surely the m14, chambered in 7.62x51 nato is what was meant.

Excellent video.

Going to have to subscribe!

I think Americans need to read about US President Franklin D Roosevelt and Vietnam and who he sent to Vietnam when it was part of French Indochina under Japanese control. Americans don't know the 1946 massacre of Haiphong, Vietnam by France naval fleet and that the only reason why France came back to reclaim Vietnam was for resources and rices to feed million of their French peoples after their country experience a devastation of affected of Germany occupation during WWII. The letter that Ho Chi Minh sent to US President Truman pleading to intervene on behalf of Vietnam independence from France before seeking support from Communists Russia and China. France is where Ho Chi Minh learned about Communists during his younger years living and working in France. US President Truman was the one who got Americans involved when he offer support to French troops in Vietnam against the Vietminh. In 1950, Truman sent a group of US MAAG to help train and assist French troops against the Vietminh. And in 1954, France lost all claims to Vietnam and all Indochina after losing a major battle to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu.

2:37 Sure, the anti war movement was "vicious", disturbing all those poor peaceful policymakers who just wanted to carry on with their war in peace.

The M65 fatigues and the jacket = THE BEST EVER

A former co worker was in Vietnam from 1967-68, in a signals unit. His unit was sent armed with the M-14. Upon arrival in country they were issued the M-16 and were given one (1) hour on the range to familiarize them selves with it. No special cleaning kits or lubes were provided... He used G.I. bug repellant as a lube and reported no problem with malfunctions!

Thank you for the effort put into making this video.

7.62x55 NATO????

my helmet has a yellow 3 on the inside of it can someone help me figure out why?

7.62x51…not x55

I served with the army in 1969. I remember the uniforms around that time having name, and branch in yellow letters which was pretty easy to see even from a distance. I think they were phased out in 1968-69 with black lettering replacing the yellow.

Where are the seals with blue jeans.

I spent four years in the 'Nam I witnessed the destruction, the fear in the eyes of the locals, the misery and hopelessness of their situation I emigrated in 2004 and have never returned to visit Dagenham

Great info!😊

I thought the NATO round was 7.62 x 51.

Artists / film makers / enthusiasts everywhere thank you for a quick 6 min video to get going

Clearly just a recreation of the past, he was practising trigger discipline

My father was in Vietnam early as an adviser, perhaps in 1961 or 1962. He was wearing a cowboy--style parachute camo hat and carried an M1 carbine.

Pretty sure the M14 was 7.62x51, not 7.62x55...

The Truth about the Vietnam War that was never told to American peoples. The Vietnam War started during the Civil Rights movement and racial tension between whites and blacks all across America. Several members in the US government were segregationist and they had their eyes dumping their Blacks problem on Vietnam with the chaos that was happening in Vietnam at that time between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam. At that time, the South Vietnamese had 250,000 troops and North Vietnamese had 60,000 troops and the DMZ line had already been establish at the 17th parallel. Many Vietnamese peoples from both North and South did Not support going to War and killing each other over the idea of Communist. Even though several North and South Vietnamese leaders believe Vietnam should Not be divided and try to distrupt one another. But they couldn't rally enough support among the Vietnamese peoples in Vietnam to support going to War. Until Nov. 2, 1963 When JF Kennedy and LB Johnson order his CIA to stage a military coup assasination on a catholic South Vietnamese President, Ngô Đình Diệm and his young brother Ngô Đình Nhu. This give America the power to do what ever they want to Vietnam and to the Vietnamese peoples. And they appointed an ex-Vietminh soldiers, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu as their puppet South Vietnamese President. The South Vietnamese President who cause the lives of 500,000 South Vietnamese troops killed or capture by the North Vietnamese army and their communist allies The Pathet Lao army, and the Communist Khmer Rouge army of Cambodia when he order them to be station and patrol in Kampuchea. And who told Nguyễn Văn Thiệu to do so? The United States, fear more Americans troops will be killed in Kampuchea. 20 days after the military coup assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm and his young brother Ngô Đình Nhu. US President JF Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, TX on Nov 22, 1963 and LB Johnson was sworn in as the 36th US President. On Aug 10, 1964, US President LB Johnson declare US military action to Vietnam over an alleged attack on a US destroyer, Maddox that was on patrol past the 17th parallel near Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam. While supporting the South Vietnam. 500,000 US ground troops was sent to fight in Vietnam. 40% of those US troops that were sent to fight in Vietnam were adult blacks male along with high school drop out white male, non-college white male, trouble teen white male, and white convict male were all sent to fight in Vietnam. And when these US troops arrive in Vietnam and they did their "Search and Destroyed mission." The Communist North Vietnam gain mass support for their cause and their army grew from 60,000 troops to over 1,000,000 troops. In 1975, the Democrats control congress cuts off funds to all US promise military aids to South Vietnam causing the Fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. Thus began a mass flow of Vietnamese refugee fleeing out of Vietnam. 10 of thousands of Vietnamese refugee died at sea from hunger, thirst, illness, Thai pirates, and Chinese warships. Today over 100's of thousands young South Vietnamese childrens are born of birth defect from the US toxic biological chemical, Agent Orange which the US military spray all over rivers and forest of South Vietnam. 3,000,000 innocent Vietnamese civilians of women, childrens, and old peoples had to die in their country during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is the worse United States War Crime in history. From Truman, JF Kennedy and LB Johnson were all were WWI and WWII veteran who sent the next young American men to become killers. Why I post this is because for years I'm tired Americans use Vietnam War as a Propaganda War story. Telling peoples that they there to help South Vietnam fight against communist North Vietnam. When America is the root cause of the Vietnam War and the downfall of South Vietnam.

Stood in chow line many times with my mess kit , handy to have with canteen cup.....'62-65

Good stuff!

Air America was a good movie

Us Army infantery

Was working on a house and recognized some stuff, mentioned some places my father(3rd Force Recon) was at and "omg how do you know that name, that's my tiny village!" She ran and grabbed her husband, he is Montagnard and fought throughout the war.

Very cool!

Where did you get your service jacket? My paw paw wore the same thing and I’d love to have a reproduction one to wear

Brilliant video really well done 👏

Hey man love the video but I was wondering why you mounted you lightweight lower on the frame for the 1972 first cav impression

The canteen shown in the LRRP Webgear and the jungle fighter before the LRRP are the wrong canteens used in Vietnam. The canteens shown in this video are capped with green plastic. The canteens used in Vietnam were the hard black caps in metal canteens. The plastic green canteens did not come into use until the mid 1970s Army TO&E Equipment issued.

Safe to say this kicked a**.

That's an M2 Carbine with the 30ty round clip

Barely over a minute in and credibility is thrown out the window. 7.62x55? Sorry the U.S. never chambered a rifle in that cartridge. Do I want to continue watching this? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. FAIl. The 75 Ranger was never in Vietnam during the war. They were LRRPs until they became the 75 infantry that included the Ranger battalions. It wasn't the 75th Ranger until the 80s. That definitely wasn't an anti-chem treated uniform worn by the (National Guardsman) actor either but that's minor.

I need your clothes, your boots and your -motorcycle- bandoleer.

really cool

Was the rank removed?

Very interesting.. thanks for uploading it for all of us to view.