Submachine guns captured by US troops from the North Vietnamese Army, 1960; top to bottom: Soviet PPS-43, German MP 40, Vietnamese K-50M (license-built Soviet PPSh-41)

Caption     Submachine guns captured by US troops from the North Vietnamese Army, 1960; top to bottom: Soviet PPS-43, German MP 40, Vietnamese K-50M (license-built Soviet PPSh-41) ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
5 Oct 2012 10:43:03 PM

IN VIETNAM, I CARRIED THE CHI-COM TYPE 56 CHAMBERED IN 7.62x39mm THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE AK47. BUT THIS WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER MUCH YOUNGER.

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