Posted on Sep 10, 2022
What is the OLDEST model weapon that you used in the Military?
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For many of us, this will probably be dominated by the .45 Cal. Model 1911 Pistol (in service since 1911) and the .50 Cal. M2 Machinegun (Manufactured since 1921). For me, it was the above 2 weapons, plus the Smith & Wesson Model 1905 .38 Special Revolver. Please make this weapons that you actually used, carried, or operated as a service member. (The Navy guys will probably win. They never throw anything away.)
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M14, M60, M79, 1911 Model 45 and S&W 38. The .38 when I was an enlisted crew chief on the UH-1 Huey! Im sure there were others back in ‘69, when I enlisted.
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MSG Lonnie Averkamp
That's when I was (temporarily) issued the Smith & Wesson, back in the 6th Air Combat Cavalry Brigade. I was a "Blue" and generally carried an M-16, but sometimes, for duties around the TOC, they issued us .38 revolvers.
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The M-14 should have been kept as the basic weapon for the Armed Forces. However during my time performing MP duty the ,45 cal was with me whenever on duty,
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The oldest I've used was the M2 50 Cal "Ma Douche" , M67 "90 mm recoilless rifle", M45A1 ".45 cal 1911", M60 Machine gun. "The Pig", M79 "The Thumper" and the 66mm M72 LAW "light anti-tank weapon"
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The oldest weapon I used was the M-14 rifle during basic training in 1967. Talk about rough rifle PT. After that I had the M-16 in Vietnam but also used the M2 .50 Cal. MG.
Ken Schob
Ken Schob
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