Top 3 Most Deceptive Movie Gun Props
I will start with an example of that: a weapon that I had plenty of experience with - MGPK, a combination of German MG 34 and Soviet PKM. It was created for the largest Soviet movie film studio called Mosfilm.
Posts about "vietnam"
Ichord Report: What If Congress Had Let the M16 Die?
“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” – Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. Parts of this Marine’s letter was read by Rep. James J. Howard (...
Soldier Systems Digest: 3rd Recon Company
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, Soldier Systems Digest, you missed this entry form last week. Cold War Concepts The US Army has a long history of small units organized for deep reconnaissance. During the Vietnam War each Division along with a few other units had Long Ra...
McDonnell F3H Demon: Troubled Transition to Supersonic Flight
The McDonnell F3H Demon was a single-seat, carrier-based jet fighter developed for the United States Navy in the 1950’s. This aircraft represents a critical but troubled chapter in American naval aviation: one that pushed the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation toward design philosophies that would ...
Final Call for Tigerstripe Gear from Wilde Custom Gear
The fabric is gone. The gear is next. Our Limited Edition Vietnam Tiger Stripe run is coming to an end. The fabric has been depleted, and what remains is the final inventory of this legendary camouflage pattern. No restock. No second run. No backorder. Once a configuration sells out, it will not ...
Eastman Tiger Stripe Short Brim Boonie
A new addition to the Eastman Combat Collection, our Vietnam era boonie is an exacting reproduction of an incountry made original, this piece is entirely made in Japan and in stock now in the ELC webstore. Few other pieces of gear are as iconic of the US involvement in South East Asia as the boon...
Silencer Saturday #440: A Special Integral Upper From The DEA Archives
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a look at a lesser-known integral suppressor upper. This is the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcem...
POTD: 213 Reasons the SIG MK25 Jack Carr Edition Will Sell Out Fast
Few pistols carry the kind of personal history that Jack Carr's MK25 does. The former Navy SEAL and #1 New York Times bestselling author carried the P226/MK25 through every deployment over a twenty-year special operations career, and its fictional counterpart drove a key plot thread in his d...
Prometheus Design Werx Releases the Apex Boonie Hat
A modern refinement of the Vietnam-era RECCE boonie. Custom-milled 2-way stretch NYCO+ Ripstop. Bug-proof NoSeeUm mesh liner. Made in Vietnam, the country where the boonie hat was born. San Francisco, CA — July 8, 2026 — Prometheus Design Werx announces the Apex Boonie Hat, a modern interpret...
M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage: Artillery on a Stuart Chassis
A lot of people suggest that the Stuart tanks were underpowered for World War II. While this may be true when compared to tanks like the Panzer IV, the platform was still able to bring significant firepower to the battlefield in the form of the M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage. The M8 Howitzer Motor Ca...