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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
A "friend of a friend who knows a guy whose uncle was in Vietnam" sort of story: through pretty much that exact channel I heard that late in the war, discarded LAW tubes were turning up in captured weapon caches converted into 60mm mortar tubes and subsequently the order went out that LAW tubes were to be beaten flat before being discarded.
Sounds specious.
Anyone?
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The discard tubes were used for any number of things. It wouldn't surprise someone would get the bright idea how to fire a 60mm mortar in them. Yet, they were big for IED type of booby traps for the most part. Due to the fact that many US troops would think anything about a discard tube until someone kicked it or stumbled over it....