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8th November 2012, 05:19 AM | #1 |
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Viet Cong Weapons Display
Here's a few shots of a display I set up, at the recent Houston Gunshow. A bit O.T., with the modern guns and grenades. However, there are a few ethnographic pieces scattered about. My favorite, is the Cambodian, "Mak" axe. These seem to be pretty scarce. Comments/questions are welcome. Enjoy.
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8th November 2012, 12:17 PM | #2 |
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Wow...great display and, man, would love to have that old mak!
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8th November 2012, 12:19 PM | #3 |
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nice display. How is the axe used? looks odd to my eyes :-)
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8th November 2012, 03:40 PM | #4 |
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Fascinasting display & subject of the post-modern ethnographic use of arms..
Love the grenades! Realy course looking! Thank you. Spiral |
8th November 2012, 11:31 PM | #5 |
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What a great display - thank you for sharing. Did not know that they used such an array of weapons.
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9th November 2012, 06:10 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the kind words guys. It was fun to put together. The Mak is awsome. It is swung, with the curved part of the handle pointing rearward. The cutting edge is on the inside of the blade curve. After you handle one, it feels pretty good in your hands. Early on, during the US involvement in SEA, a hodge-podge of weapons could be encountered. Many locally produced. After 1966, a steady stream of Chi-com, and European Com-bloc weapons were available. However, Anything, and everything was found in weapons caches till 1975. I've heard several accounts, of helicopters returning, riddled with crossbow arrows.
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