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16 mar 2008 · The first type of body armor used the Army in SVN was the M1952A which was developed in the early 1950's and issued late in the Korean War. Meant to protect the soldier from shrapnel, it was a hot and heavy item when worn in the climate of Vietnam.
M 1969 Pattern Fragmentation Protective Body Armor Vest worn by the Australian news cameraman Neil Davis while filming news footage during the Vietnam conflict. The body armor vest was developed for use in Vietnam by the US Army and was manufactured under licence in Vietnam.
15 lut 2017 · Military veteran Jim Schueckler describes spending a memorable Christmas in Vietnam in 1969: The usual carols played in the mess hall at supper and the calendar said "December 24, 1969," but...
Pasgt flak jackets, helmets, and ALICE LBE system. Very few got the LBVs in the late 1980s, and even fewer had custom nylon vests made up. Otherwise, some still rocked the M1967 gear and VN era M1956 gear pieces along with Vietnam era OD flak vests and ceramics from the pilot armor series.
The U.S. Army's vests (Body Armor, Fragmentation Protective, Vest M1952a & M69) weighed under eight pounds and were made of 12 layers of ballistic nylon sealed in a vinyl plastic bag to repel water and later revisions added polyethylene stiffeners to alleviate bunching of the ballistic nylon.
1 gru 2023 · During the Vietnam War, many men and women celebrated Christmas in the unfamiliar tropical jungle. For some, it was perhaps the first time they had been away from home for the holidays, or at all. Instead of winter coats they had flak jackets and heavy metal helmets.
12 sty 2006 · Some quick Googling reveals that the body armor used in Vietnam weighed in at 9 or 10 pounds. According to Olive-Drab: The M-1952 Fragmentation Protective Body Armor, developed during the...
