Coldgunner Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I know you said no armalites, but have you considered the XM177? its quite short, takes tons of parts and was in regular use in vietnam. Link to post Share on other sites
lardassmonkey Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 A Thompson is probably your best bet if you don't want one of the standard issue weapons. Other than an AK you'd stuggle to find anything else in your budget that fits unless you opt for something that was very rare. Besides thompsons are very good guns, even the ACM ones are excellent although may be running a tad hot out of the box. Link to post Share on other sites
mikoyan99 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I agree with lardassmonkey there, and AK or Thompson is your best bet. The cheap chinese ak's (like the plastic cymas) function very well as skirmish guns, but arn't very solid or good looking (depending on nmake of course), due to being plastic, so I suggest one of the metal versions, which arn't much more. The ACM Thompson is very nice from what i've seen and heard. I got a chance to play with one at war and peace, and it was pretty solid and generally a nice piece. I forgot to mention the SKS-1945, but the only airsoft version is a springer sadly. Good luck, -Matt Link to post Share on other sites
Armyranger817 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 The Reference is to STG. MAJ. Plumley from "We Were Soldiers" and his remark to the M16 is it felt like a bb gun (ironic in an airsoft forum ) Link to post Share on other sites
sball2000 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I looked through a couple of Vietnam books and didn't come across any info on Thompson's or Fal's. Most data aims towards Armalites, captured AK's used by special forces, M1 carbine, Stoner weapons system and M14 as individual weapons. I must admit I prefer an M16A1 Vietnam than the numerous M4's with loads of gadgets attached. Link to post Share on other sites
Zmarre Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I've seen exactly one pic of a special forces guy with a Thompson. So albeit very rare, it wouldn't look wrong. Aussie SAS used some form of FAL, but can't remember its specific name. What would be nice and very unique would be the M16A1 with the very small tubular handguard and the tubular grenade launcher underneath (XM...., precessor of the M203) /edit: this Link to post Share on other sites
Azulsky Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Eh ive seen about 10. Usually goes with a chicom chest rig Aussies used the semi auto and select fire versions of the FAL(l_a_). Many were chopped down so that they were more agile in the jungle. XM148 would be a badass grenade launcher to have. Link to post Share on other sites
Zmarre Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 This might be an interesting pic: It's a HK33 clone made by Richardson&somewut for the SEALS. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Actually i am now thinking of getting a chicom chest rig, but staying with the Tigerstripe to carry the mags for my AK or Thompson, might try that approach since i am getting it all from flecktarn.co.uk. As for the Aussies, they are believed to have been carrying both FAL's and SLR's with Sten's (Mk.5-6 i think) for more close quarter operations. Please people, as i have stated, no Armalites, i despise them and that is that. Now if there was an airsoft PPSH41 or similar for a decent price then i would have taken that but as there isn't it seems like it will be AK or Thompson. EDIT: Well i may choose to take a HK33 in for this one instead after seeing that picture, but it would have to be either the JLS or the BE so i am not too sure. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
lemming_ie Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 On note of a lack of a Stoner 63, here's a G&G prototype although I should add I've no idea how old the photo is, and I imagine if/whenever it gets released it probably wont be terribly cheap. Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin Willard Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 If you think of getting your tigers from Flecktarn, be aware that the Tigers listed there actually never were used in Vietnam. They will not work for a VN SF impression... Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 To be honest it is the closest i am going to get without spending extra or searching around for them so that is the option i am going for. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin Willard Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Why not go for the VNMC Seaweave Tiger instead? Still won't work for a US Army SF Vietnam Impression, but way closer to the real deal than the ugly Tiger flecktarn sells? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vietnam-Tiger-Stripe-B...%3A1%7C294%3A50 As for the Weapon, an M2 Carbine might be a pretty solid choice... http://www.wgcshop.com/pcart/shopper.php?i...-RG-M2C_srch_m2 Link to post Share on other sites
Blue4 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 ACM £20 shotgun fires at 350 fps, got 5 mags for it - just gave the stock and pump and paintjob. Goes perfect with genuine period ERDL when I want to use something other than my CAR15, M16VN or XM177e2!!! http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z279/re...cs/DSC00374.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
Zmarre Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Why not go for the VNMC Seaweave Tiger instead? Still won't work for a US Army SF Vietnam Impression, but way closer to the real deal than the ugly Tiger flecktarn sells? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vietnam-Tiger-Stripe-B...%3A1%7C294%3A50 Yeah, I got those from Ebaybanned. Fabric is not top notch, but hell it holds up fine so far. http://zmarre.nimio.info/airsoft/vietnam2.jpg (yeah, lots of things don't match, but it's a very cheap and quick impression) /edit: hmmm, server seems to be down... Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 no one know the answer to my M1919 question? Link to post Share on other sites
lardassmonkey Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 no one know the answer to my M1919 question? The M1919 was standard issue for the ARVN and was still used on US armoured vehicles during the war. Given the problems with the M60 its perfectly possible that the infantry would try to get their hands on M1919s if the opportunity arose. I've seen pictures of them in use by SF for sure. As for Stingers- I don't know if they were used in Vietnam but I doubt it. They were a WW2 field modification of which only a few (6 I believe) were made to provide a bipod fired MG with greater firepower than the BAR. The introduction of the M1919A6 solved this problem effectively and AFAIK no more were produced for military use. Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 i thought that might be the case thought maybe some may have found their way into the hands of the ARVN etc... either that or a similar in field mod was done for some reason. never mind Link to post Share on other sites
Burke Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 I just read in Gary Linderer's book "Eyes behind the lines" (LRRP Vietnam) That he went out with a 9mm Sterling....doesn help much unless you want to build/modify your own, but intersting nonetheless. Link to post Share on other sites
Dom Hyde Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 According to a book by Vietnam vet Leroy Thompson, the standard 3 man SEAL team ambush set-up was 1x M16 (M203 optional); 1x M63a1 Stoner; 1x Ithaca Model 37 'trench' shotgun. Secondary weapon might be a stainless steel S&W Mark22 Model 0 silenced automatic, in 9mm. You could go the extra mile with your impression and tote an M72 law from Redwolf, when your budget allows Link to post Share on other sites
sturgis Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 years back i was into nam loadouts, so i'll offer my thoughts on this. with 70-90 quid to spend on a gun, you are not gonna find a skirmishable gun that fits the bill (accuratly) that's not an AK, AR or M14... simple as... thompsons were made popular in vietnam videogames, for the simple reason to add some variety in the otherwise very limited offering of weapons used by americans that's somewhat recognisable by the general majority of gamers... your avarage gamer knows a Tommy from WW2 games, they don't know the the more obscure smg etc, used by special forces. The reason why you don't find many pictures of tommy is nam, because it's weighs like a dead dog (have any of you picked up a real tommy?), it handles like a dead dog (ergonomics) and is a pita to clean/ and from what i was told by familymember, quite fickle when it comes to dirt... not something you want in a jungle area... there are a few other guns made that would fit the bill, but none of wich are near the 90£ mark (i.e. not acm stuff), and most of wich are spring or gas driven wich mean they are either not skirmishable or cost even more money to run, i.e. not for those on a budget... not counting the aep scorpion, as i doubt that was ever used by VC, consider the puny round and the theatre of operations However, all of the above is based on accurate impressions... since you are going with modern tiger stripe, not nam stripes, it's doesnt really matter, as nothing you do from there on will ever be accurate, so just go with what flows your boat and call it your nam "movie" loadout... you can get away with just about everthing then Link to post Share on other sites
Glock18Monkey Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Certainly more to choose from than I 1st realised! I would love to have a Vietnam Loadout, having only just returned to Airsoft, I only have my full UK issue DPM, Im not sure what to go for next , but good interesting info on here for weapons. Nice one. Link to post Share on other sites
happy.al Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hello, From what I’ve read the MP5 was sent over to Nam in tiny numbers for evaluation, it had the long slim hand guards rather than the current more triangular shaped one we see today. It was mainly used by the CIA, and I can find the link to where I found this I’ll post it. More common was a Uzi or Mac10. Have you thought about a M134? Link to post Share on other sites
beretta Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 bit of an old thread, but heres some weapons used in the vietnam war. Link to post Share on other sites
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