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 **ALL About The Vietnam WAR**

Back Round: Vietnam War took place from 1965-1975. The war was between the north and the South Vietnam. The USA supported the north while the soviet Russia supported the south. The north wanted to be a democratic area unlike the south. This was during the cold war and it basically was the USA fighting the Russians but using a different army. The Russians end up wining the war. This is the only war that The US has lost in our history!

Weapon technology http://www.173rdairborne.com/weapons.htm#M-79,

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100302164727AAf9Chj

The most popular weapon of choice for U.S. solders is the M16 Rifle. It has three round bursts and has the option of automatic. The Russian weapon of choice was the Famous AK-47 that we all know of today. The most common 2nd arm for the USA was 38 cal Special pistol. Then for the Russians was the PM 9.9mm Pistol. Then the anti tank weapons are the m2 law and the bazooka. These could not be in small areas or inside a building because the back blast could burn you really bad if you were behind it or even blow up.



On the Left is the U.S. M16 and on the right is the Russian AK-47 http://www.enemyforces.net/firearms/ak47.jpg

Aircrafts

There were many different aircrafts used on the American side of the war. But for the Russian side they only had a few different models and not as much of a choice of what to use. There was not that much dog fighting like in WW2 but most of the planes were just used to bomb enemy tanks and fleets and bunkers ect… Also the other use of planes was for spotting out troops andsquadrons. The planes that did this wear called UAV or unmanned aircraft. One of the best UAV’s was the SR-71 Black Bird, the fastest manned plane in the world reaching 2,094 mph on December 22, 1964 and flew from New York to London in under 2 hours!

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SR-71 Black bird

Bombs

Air craft bombs were used a ton in the Vietnam war. Bombs were used to take out designated targets suck as machine gunner nests or tanks or other armored cars and trucks. They had many different types of bombs used during the war. They had cluster bombs and dumb bombs and Napalm. Napalm is basically liquid fire. it is released from a bomb or it can be shot out of special tanks or boats. It has a temperature of 4,532 degrees Fahrenheit and burns for 3-20 minutes and what also makes this stuff so effective is that if you touch it, it sticks to you where it touched you and literally melts where it touched. the first type was invented in 1829 by Fieser but it as evolved since then.



http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=299 A napalm bomb going off

Mrk 84 General purpose (GP) bomb. falls in the category of dumb bombs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bombs_in_the_Vietnam_War

MK-84 Dumb Bomb going off in North Vietnam in 1972 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk-84

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/833665-overview

=MUSIC= http://www.casperplatoon.com/VietnamWarMusic.htm http://www.ichiban1.org/html/music.htm

As we all know now that the Vietnam war lasted from 1965-1975. Yes this was the area of the hippies and smoking pot. But it was also the great time of good old fashion rock in roll. there were many famous bands during this time such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, The Who, Elvis Presley, and Don McLean. Some of the famous songs from these bands are American Pie by Don McLean that is still well known today. Then there is the Rolling Stones with their song Satisfaction. Of course the Beach boys with Surfing The USA. The Beatles with Help and who can not forget the king of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley with Hound Dog and Jail House Rock. As you can see there are many known bands and people in this time. It helped people relax and listen to some good music insted of thinking about the war all the time. Not that people forgot about it just that they need to get away from it for a while

=http://www.jango.com/music/Don+McLean?l=0= copy and paste link into new search bar. Then in the upper right conner click the play bouton and American Pie should start playing by Don Mclean in 1972.