Originally Posted by
buffybr
When I was deployed in Viet Nam in 1969, the only weapon that the Army issued me was a 1911 .45 acp. I wasn't in a combat role, but I did travel a lot all over the III and IV Corps areas.
One of my Sergeants was great at scrounging, and it didn't take me very long to get a M-16.
My trainer taught me a rifle is your primary weapon, a pistol is for reach out and touch me distances, then your knife, then your teeth. He also taught me the only time you are in real trouble, is when you run out of options, like when it goes click with no bang. I was bright enough back then to recognize good advice when I heard it.