280PLUS
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I recently met a guy of Thai descent. He was in the Thai army in the mid 60's to the mid 70's. He spent TEN YEARS in Vietnam fighting the NVA and Viet Cong. He told me something today and I thought I'd run it by the crew over here. He said that the M-16 was nearly useless in the rain there. Not because it wouldn't work but becasue the rounds were going so fast and were so small that hitting the rain drops would disintegrate them so that more than ~100 yds and the majority of your rounds weren't going to make it to your target if it was raining. He said you could see them exploding in midair downrange. Meanwhile the AK-47 round had no such problem. He went on to say that among other reasons this was one why the NVA were more prone to attack in the rainy weather than sunny. That and the fact that the effectiveness of air cover was lessened by overcast which kept them from being spotted by aircraft. He said "We knew, if it was sunny, they no come but if it was rainy and overcast, they come."
Can anyone here verify what he's telling me?
Can anyone here verify what he's telling me?