Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the most tragic, controversial, and divisive wars in ...

Key Points – The M16 rifle’s introduction during the Vietnam War was deeply controversial despite its “on-paper” advantages over the M14—lighter weight, higher ammunition capacity, and ...

The M16 entered service in the 1960s and would act as the standard-issue rifle for U.S. troops in the Vietnam War. It is chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO rounds with a magazine that can fit 20 to 30 ...

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — April 30 will mark 50 years since the Fall of Saigon. It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an end to the Vietnam War. As we approach … ...

The Vietnam War was a complex, controversial conflict that cost tens of thousands of American soldiers’ lives, and hundreds of thousands of lives of soldiers and civillians in Vietnam, Cambodia ...

Fifty years after the end of the war, Hanoi says nearly 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers are still missing. Some of their families are now calling on the U.S. to help find them.

The M16’s predecessor in U.S. military service, the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 caliber) M14, had become the standard-issue rifle back in 1959, except for the U.S. Air Force Air Police/Security Police ...