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Submachine guns captured by US troops from the North Vietnamese Army, 1960; top to bottom: Soviet PPS-43, German MP 40, Vietnamese K-50M (license-built Soviet PPSh-41)

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Caption     Submachine guns captured by US troops from the North Vietnamese Army, 1960; top to bottom: Soviet PPS-43, German MP 40, Vietnamese K-50M (license-built Soviet PPSh-41) ww2dbase
Date  1960
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
 
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Photo Size 1,251 x 1,000 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
5 Oct 2012 10:43:03 PM

IN VIETNAM, I CARRIED THE CHI-COM TYPE 56 CHAMBERED IN 7.62x39mm THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE AK47. BUT THIS WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER MUCH YOUNGER.

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