Originally Posted by Argo44
Didn't know you could own one. How much is the license fee?
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My CIDG companies carried four per platoon, and 2 A-6 machine guns per company along with 2 60mm mortars. Great weapon.
II Corps, south of Noun Co, Thanksgiving Day, 1966:
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I know one guy who brought his home from Nam. Some guys kept their weapons from Nam. Walked right through an airport and boarded a plane with them over their shoulders. I like that knife. I have one just like it. Later on, I used to strap it to my calf over my wet suit diving in the Keys. Never needed it though. Thanks for the info.......P.S. It is common knowledge that military personnel who lived on base could take their weapons home with them everyday. They were supposed to keep them locked up and secure when they did that. They were also allowed to transport their weapons with them when traveling from station to station. I did see probably at least a half dozen personnel traveling through airports with AR-15s through the years. At the end of the Vietnam War, $5 billion dollars worth of equipment was left in Vietnam. That included small arms. Many were unaccounted for and left behind. And it is a pretty well-known fact that many 1911s, AR-15s, BARs, grenades, etc.. and numerous foreign weapons were brought home in foot lockers and duffel bags. Some (legal) "bring back" guns are even for sale from time to time on the internet. Not just from Viet Nam, but from several wars. People, will dispute these well known facts. But, I believe if you check, there were so many brought back illegally that the government gave an amnesty until 1986 to declare them. Then they let people keep them. Not the full automatic ones, mostly, unless they were qualified to. Some people did declare them. Some didn't.

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