Australian/New Zealand Use of M16 Rifle in Vietnam?

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The NZ arty and the chopper pilots saved the day, there was a huge argument at HQ on the APC's being deployed.
The book on the subject the river they crossed to get to the battlefield was swollen and they had only a few inches of free board swimming over crossing it.

Here is a pic of Mervin (B/Inlaw Dec march 2022) riding shotgun in the back of a truck with the L2A1, they gave him an F1 after taking his Owen from him.
The F1 rusted in 24 hours so he cadged that off for the rifle for the rest of his tour.

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