M16A1? Hold My Beer.

Aesop, while talking about Russia’s use of old artilllery in Ukraine, pontificates upong the American use of… vintage equipment.

I Sh*t Thee Not, my first issued helmet – in the Fleet -was a WWII steel pot with VN-era camo leaf pattern cover, my flak vest was a Korean War-era turtle-plate hand-me-down, and I carried an M-16A1. In 1984. Yes, really.

Yeah? Seven years later, 1991, my issued rifle was an original edition M16. Not A1; M16. Tapered “triangular” handguard, no forward assist button.

And yes, the steel pot. I wasn’t actually issued a flack jacket for Desert Shield/Storm, but what I had in Turkey, mid-80s, was this.

Vietnam era M69; so Aesop has me beat on that one.

 

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2 thoughts on “M16A1? Hold My Beer.”

  1. Yawn.
    In 1984, at Ft Lewis, I was issued an XM16E1 with a chrome plated bolt and no forward assist.
    In 1992 I was issued an M1911, no A1, that was older than my father. And outshot all the MPs with their new M9s…

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