The MAT-49 Was the Iconic Submachine Gun of the First Vietnam War

Looks like a nice little setup, anybody here fire one? CW5 Jack Cardwell

Interesting, CW5 Jack Cardwell. I attended the SF weapons course during the summer of 1970 and we familiarized, fired, disassembled, cleaned and reassembled every submachine gun, current and obsolete, foreign and domestic, that SFTG could possibly acquire. To the best of my recollection, we never put our hands on a MAT-49! I could be wrong, but I sure don't remember seeing anything from the French. It's ironic, because it seems like if there was any submachine gun on which we'd need training, the MAT-49 was one we needed to know about.
CPL Dave Hoover SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth LTC John Griscom COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.

Thank you for the weapons share Chief.