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A closer look at the inside of the new book:
HARTFORD TO VIETNAM: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HOW COLT BROUGHT THE AR-15 TO WAR
Authored by me thanks to @jamesrupleyphoto and @forgottenweapons at @headstamp
From Hartford to Vietnam is divided into five main chapters – each telling an important part of this story:
Factory chapter: Rare views of the production and inspection areas at Colt, as well as Colt’s new rifle testing facilities built for the AR-15,
Guns chapter: An incredible array of photographs of weapons (many of which were experimental prototypes) taken in-house at Colt, with a heavy emphasis on the Model 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, Hybrid 607/608, M5, M2, LMG, experimental polymer receiver, CMG series, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, SP1, carbine variants, M16A1E1, M16A2, ACR, M16A3 Enhanced series, M231, and more.
Testing chapter: See Colt employees and US military officials at the range in a multitude of product demonstrations often firing the weapons seen in the prior Guns chapter.
Sales chapter: See Colt employees, US military officials, and politicians at trade shows and demonstrations of products, as Colt put forth its best efforts to sell the AR-15 family of weapons (and others) to militaries around the world.
Field chapter: Follow Colt employees Rob Roy and “Koni” Ito to the Vietnam War (and beyond), both to train troops in the use of new weapons (such as the XM148 grenade launcher) and to identify issues and problems being reported by troops in the field with the AR-15.
Additionally, an Appendix section at the end of the book presents a number of rare blueprints and additional documents.
Preorder it here:
https://www.headstamppublishing.com/hartford-to-vietnam
HARTFORD TO VIETNAM: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HOW COLT BROUGHT THE AR-15 TO WAR
Authored by me thanks to @jamesrupleyphoto and @forgottenweapons at @headstamp
From Hartford to Vietnam is divided into five main chapters – each telling an important part of this story:
Factory chapter: Rare views of the production and inspection areas at Colt, as well as Colt’s new rifle testing facilities built for the AR-15,
Guns chapter: An incredible array of photographs of weapons (many of which were experimental prototypes) taken in-house at Colt, with a heavy emphasis on the Model 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, Hybrid 607/608, M5, M2, LMG, experimental polymer receiver, CMG series, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, SP1, carbine variants, M16A1E1, M16A2, ACR, M16A3 Enhanced series, M231, and more.
Testing chapter: See Colt employees and US military officials at the range in a multitude of product demonstrations often firing the weapons seen in the prior Guns chapter.
Sales chapter: See Colt employees, US military officials, and politicians at trade shows and demonstrations of products, as Colt put forth its best efforts to sell the AR-15 family of weapons (and others) to militaries around the world.
Field chapter: Follow Colt employees Rob Roy and “Koni” Ito to the Vietnam War (and beyond), both to train troops in the use of new weapons (such as the XM148 grenade launcher) and to identify issues and problems being reported by troops in the field with the AR-15.
Additionally, an Appendix section at the end of the book presents a number of rare blueprints and additional documents.
Preorder it here:
https://www.headstamppublishing.com/hartford-to-vietnam
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