Vietnam. Among the unusual items he saw was a twin set of M2 carbines mounted in a single stock and rig'Sights weren't used/ he stated. “Firing the weapon was mind-boggling, to say the least. It was somewhat less than accurate. But I suspect the psychological effect for both shooter and target would be stupendous. 'The guns didn't fire in unison, either/ Moyer continued. “One would get ahead of the other, which made accuracy impossible and wasted a lot of ammunition. It was a half-baked idea, but it surely poured out the firepower. In retrospect, it wasn't much worse than some of the crackpot things we came up with!" j Former U.S. Marine R.S. Scott remembered capturing a Vietcong officer and being curious about the man's rifle. 'First, it seemed to be an issue M16," he recalled. “Then I looked more closely and saw that the rifle was fabricated from issue gun parts added to soft metal fittings, coloration, and such. But it shot fine. 'We put it up on the board of the club when I was able to smuggle it back from the field. Isn't that amazing, some little turd made that gun by hand to dust us Americans. I1 'Close up, you couldn't notice that the weapon was a copy. It also worked, but always on full auto. It was amazing how detailed that VC copy was," he added. Special Forces vet Fred R exer, Jr. in Vietnam with the homemade VC 1 Thompson he liberated. (Courtesy of Fred Rexer, JO