45Guy
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What kind of weapons did tunnel rats in Vietnam carry? In the movies it is always a flashlight and a 1911, but what other types of weapons did they have? Shotguns? Suppressed weapons?
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Thanks- 45Guy
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We didn't have FAEs in the VN war, at least when I was there in 68-69. I don't know how you would assure dispersal of the fuel-air mix in the restricted space of a tunnel. We dropped MK 82 and MK 83 GP bombs with delayed fuzes to get down in the tunnel complexes. The Marine 'Rats in I Corps mostly preferred the 1911, IIRC.Not a tunnel rat, but an A-6E B/N LCDR I knew said FAE weapons worked best for collapsing tunnels.
my younger brother crawled through a few holes. I called him and asked what he had with him. He said he carried the 4 inch S&W Mod. 19 that I had given him,