The Soviet version of the SKS shown here has more similarity to the Romanian Type 56 than to the East German Karabiner S, apart from its distinct markings. The Karabiner S, on the other hand ...

hard-hitting weapon that never should’ve been replaced by the “Plastic Fantastic” M16 to fight the Vietnam War. Overall, the positive assessments of the M14 seem to far outweigh the negative ...

Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the most tragic, controversial, and divisive wars in American history (though both the Iraq War and Afghanistan War certainly ...

The year was 1966, and for several years the Soldiers in Vietnam had been using the same howitzer that their fathers had used in World War II ... machine gun and the M16 rifle.

How about some of the best ones out there? Updated January 10, 2025, by Zackary Wiggs: Wargames have been a winning genre for tabletop gamers for generations, so it only makes sense that the want for ...

Before we delve into the American air aces’ individual bios, a note about the number-crunching methods for the Vietnam air war is in order: all of these American aces flew as members of two-man ...

With its lush landscapes and stunning tropical beaches, it is hard to accept that the region was the setting of fierce fighting during the Vietnam War, which ended 50 years ago this coming April.

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

Kenneth J. David, who served as a radio-telephone operator during the Vietnam War, was the only living recipient of the Medal of Honor on Friday. The six others received the honor posthumously ...

Police arrested a Los Angeles man accused of killing a Vietnam War veteran in a Dec. 22 hit-and-run in Santa Monica, officials announced Friday. The fatal crash took place at about 6:40 p.m. on ...

Two soldiers will be awarded the Medal of Honor for their battlefield bravery during the Vietnam War: Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David heroically defended a firebase in Vietnam against an overwhelming ...

The election of 1976 was the first presidential election since the end of the Vietnam War. The war had been over for Americans since 1973; North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, reuniting the ...