He says he was a tunnal rat in Nam. If you don't know what that is skip this question. I mentioned the 45 had a lot of safetys. I tried to get him to tell me how many (7) He was very vage. He told me he had a 60 cal too. As far as I know they made a 50 cal and a M60 wich was 30 cal no 60 cal. Also he said he use to use night vission glass. These didn't come about til the late 80s
2007-08-07 06:49:19 · 7 answers · asked by south of france 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well I was there in 66 and 67. You are wrong about the night vision we had it way back then. We also tested other things that you use today way back then.
Now Tunnel rat was a term use for one that went into tunnels when you found them. Most times it was a smaller guy,but some were like me tall but lanky.
Now a lot of the weapons you hear today were back then also but experimental.
Like I would say SK. Now they made a 50 and a 60 you just did not see many of them. One was 224 cal and other was 308 cal.
Most times when an old man says 60 he means the m60 Machine gun. for us that was the 60.
As for the safety's on 45 lol.
Now we only had four that we needed to know about.
1. Manual safety switch
2. safety on pistol grip.
3. Hammer back to fire.
4. if barrel pushed tight to something it would not fire.
the rest are all novice things not for real combat.
Oh and for the calibers thing.
God we had a lot of different calibers over there, not only ours but French, Russian, and all the others.
So never say never cause it was there somewhere.
Would you believe we even tested a thing called a sniffer. Now look that up lmao see what you find on it.
2007-08-07 07:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by jjnsao 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask him the scariest thing he saw...maybe he can show you some pictures, whatever. If he walks around all day and talks about Nam....he is probably full of it and sat in the rear.
I can understand the safety thing on the .45...99% of soldiers cant answer that question completely...most will say 4.
They had night vision devices but it isnt anything compared to modern day. By the mid-1960's, scientists and engineers at Night Vision fielded the first generation of passive night vision devices for U.S. troops, including a Small Starlight Scope that served as a rifle-mounted sight or as a handheld viewer.
1964 - Starlight Scope
1965 - TVS-4 Night Observation Device
1967 - Low Light Level Television
1967 - Pulse Gated I2-TVS-2 Crew Served Weapon Night Sight
1969 - First Laser Rangefinder (Ruby)
1969 - PSS-11 Handheld Metallic Mine Detector
As for the .60 cal...maybe he is just getting old and meant to say M60 machine gun.
2007-08-07 11:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we all get old and forgetful! My TO weapon was a 45 and I only remember the safety, the grip and the barrel. We called the m60 a 60. There weren't many tunnel rats. Good guys but crazy!! USMC 60-68
2007-08-07 09:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by grizzlytrack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is he even old enough to have been in Nam? He would have to be at least 55 at this point. It does sound sketchy although in fairness if he has been out of the army of 30 years some of the details may be hazy to him. If he is claiming they had night vision goggles though I am pretty sure he is BSing. They did have some night vision capability, but I don't think they had goggles, just monocular scopes.
2007-08-07 07:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by Brian A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your boss is bragging. Also you can judge if he was a tunnel rat by his physical stature. Tunnel rates are small , like the VC, so the can fit into the tunnels and move around. Space inside those tunnels are very confined. The tunnel rats are armed with the M1911A1 pistol only on their missions.
2007-08-07 08:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha then he probably is. one of my employees several years back was on a jobsite and somehow 'Nam came up. he began crying (yes, literally, a grown *** man crying - a construction worker at that) to my CUSTOMERS and his other coworkers about the terrible things hed endured in Nam. - and gave many examples (i cant remember them anymore, i wish i could). this man went on and on and on for like an hour about his life in 'Nam. A week or so later I was updating my personnell files and came across his folder - he wasnt even born till the 70s.
2007-08-07 06:59:21 · answer #6 · answered by snuggler 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
Attached please find more than you want to know about Cu' Chi and the real "Tunnel Rats"
H. Evers
USA Ret.
2007-08-07 07:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋