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The four gunmen were all Vietnamese immigrants: brothers Loi Khac Nguyen, 21; Pham Khac Nguyen, 19; and Long Khac Nguyen, 17; and their friend, Cuong Tran, 17. [2] [3] [4] The Nguyens had fled Vietnam as a family of eight in 1979 at the start of the second wave of Vietnamese refugees, first sailing to Malaysia and remaining anchored there for the first seven months, then waiting for four more ...
Further, some weapons—notably anti-personnel explosives, the K-50M (a PPSh-41 copy), and "home-made" versions of the RPG-2—were manufactured in North Vietnam. By 1969 the US Army had identified 40 rifle/carbine types, 22 machine gun types, 17 types of mortar, 20 recoilless rifle or rocket launcher types, nine types of antitank weapons, and ...
1965 Highway 101 sniper attack: Orcutt (nearby) 1965-04-25: 4 10: Teenager shot at cars on highway William Ray Bonner: Los Angeles: 1973-04-22: 7 9: Shooting spree: California State University, Fullerton massacre: Fullerton: 1976-07-12: 7 2: Workplace violence: Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego) San Diego: 1979-01-29: 2 9: School ...
One of the rifles he used in Vietnam is displayed in the Vietnam Gallery of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, [9] where it has been shown since its opening in 2006. [17] An "astounding" shot by Mawhinney has been recreated for the History Channel special, "Sniper: The Anatomy of the Kill". [18] Mawhinney later lived in Baker City, Oregon ...
Lockyer ruling, California passed a list of 84 firearms by name that are deemed as assault weapons and are subsequently deemed illegal to own in the State of California. These firearms include the Bushmaster XM-15, Colt AR-15, Armalite AR-15, DPMS Panther, and Rock River Arms, Inc, as well as the Kalashnikov USA Hunting Rifle and various other ...
The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to ...
M21 sniper weapon system; M24 sniper weapon system; M25 sniper weapon system; M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; M40 rifle; M86 sniper rifle; M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System; M110A1 rifle; M1903 Springfield; McMillan TAC-50; McMillan Tac-338; MICOR Leader 50; Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
As a sniper, he deftly wielded two types of rifles — the Karabiner 98k and the Gewehr 43. Deployed to Carpathia, Hungary, and Slovakia, Hetzenauer’s strategy notably targeted Soviet commanders ...