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Originally Posted by Targan
Sawn off M79s were mentioned in a book I read about the SOG in Vietnam so they definitely work. I know that they had a shorter barrel but I can't remember if the butt was sawn off as well.
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Yup. They often carried them in a "holster" fashioned out of a canvas canteen carrier. They were most often used to break contact, firing the buckshot round, but they could also be used to lob HE.
John Plaster devotes a paragraph or two to the sawed-off M79 in his
SOG A Photo History of the Secret Wars. There's also a photo of one. The SOG man in the photo has it tied to his grenadier's vest with a lanyard. Another cut-down M79 is featured in a color plate by Ron Volstad in Osprey's
U.S. Army Special Forces, 1952-1984.