South East Asian Vacation

[Fragman]

Hi. I had the mother of all clean-up this weekend, having sorted out most of my bits and pieces. As Vietnam has been topical of late, I thought it worthwhile putting a few items together from that era (I may have taken liberties with the timing of some pieces :tinysmile_classes_t). I hope you find a couple of pieces of interest, if not .... :viking:Cheers

 

[wichitaslumlord]

Congratulations on a VERY nice assortment of items! Pat

 

[V40]

Fragman,

You certainly know how to make a person very jealous with envy don't you! Cheers my friend.

Now I have to find a place where my family is not around and to just cry it out and tell myself over and over again: "it'll be OK Mark, they are , Yes, he is only showing fakes! just fakes!:tinysmile_cry_t4:

 

[Fragman]

Fakes!! Repros!!:banghead: Ok you got me:flute:. The two M217 impact fuzes and the short wooden handle on the VC jungle workshop stick grenade are repros (also repainted). I suspect the VC booby trap has been repainted (too nice), along with M34 (pretty sure it should be light green). Other than that I'm confident the rest are original. Cheers

 

[V40]

Fragman,
can you send me closer pictures of the NVA/VC grenades?:tinysmile_tongue_t: Also, you are very right on the M34. It does look like it might be a little too much of a cream color according to your picture, but none-the-less, a great picture at that. Should be a little more green on the outside of it. It still looks like an original to me if that says anything? Also, you are spot-on in regards to the color it should be, "Light Green".

V40
"MACVSOG Living Historian"

 

[Jolly Green]

DON'T LOOK DANO!

Awsome assortment.
Can we see a closeup or two of what looks like a brownish colored V40?.
Thanks for the inspiration and for ratcheting up my addiction. Just when I was healing too.

 

[dano1917]

Just woke up Green, Great assortment Fragman thanx for showing...Dano

 

[banksy-2k10]

hi, verry iice collection ! lol think dano will be having a good look !

 

[GTR003121]

A killer grouping, love it!

 

[vinnyw]

Very nice group,I like the M34,is it a real dwatt,if its metal is a real one,or pratice,You guys probably no there was two paint scemes on them ( V40 ).THANKS for showing us.
vinny :tinysmile_classes_t

 

[V40]

vinnyw,

Yes, there were two paint schemes for the M34. The light green ones were used during Vietnam. I am not aware of any practice version though. SOG would carry them on their web gear. Usually 2-4 cans each. Where SOG went, the 34 provided instant smoke with some instant casualties on the NVA/VC side. Then, with that being said they were wiped out within 30 seconds on average or less. They were killed by either Cobras and/or Skyraiders (best attack plane out there in Vietnam) and usually with 2.75" rockets.

V40
Mark
"MACVSOG Living Historian"

 

[Fragman]

Hi, Thanks for the comments. Here’s some extra pictures as requested. The M34 is an original one and I got the V40 from a friend in the UK about 7 years ago (the pins is a repro, so if you have a spare please contact me). It has the stenciling on the bottom, but has never been painted (brown colour is light rust patina). Cheers