Luger Factory Shipments

On my second tour in RVN I talked with an older NCO who was at an A-Camp in the early sixties. In a shipment of supplies were two crates of new Lugers-one was Navy Lugers-they were issued out to the troops-don't know numbers. He had a navy and lost it in a stream crossing. These were simply tools on a job.

The French had shipped a whole lot of stuff over there and had left most behind.

As Special Forces primarily mission was working with indiginous irregulars in remote areas we were pretty much considered second class citizens and got a lot of hand-me down equipment. We were not issued US rations and generally had no air support. There were indig strike forces armed with MP-40s.

When I arrived at my camp, A-341, in 1968 we were armed with M-2 carbines, Garands, .30 cal A-6's, and 3.5 Rocket Launchers. Got M 16s and M 60s in 1969.


Mike P