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Word: m42 (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...sappers who cut their way through the Marines' barbed-wire perimeter by thrusting ahead of them satchel charges and bangalore torpedoes mounted on the tips of bamboo poles. The Marines hit back with rapid M-16 rifle fire and grenades, plus twin 40-mm. guns mounted on M42 "duster" tracked vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Escalation from Hanoi | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

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