“4 quite easy to file. In most cases it would be necessary only to file several thousandths to obtain a proper fit. This procedure was explained to C/WH/SA/MOB/FM and he stated that it would be acceptable. 9. On 24 June 1964, three open sight hoods with accessories insisting ”
“sheath knife, and smoke grenades or flares. 300 rounds of ammunition in clips for the rifle, and 50 rounds of pistol ammunition. #4 (Team Sergeant) AR-180 Assault Rifle, automatic pistol, sbeath knife, flare gun, and binoculars. Ammunition requirement is the same as #1 man. ”
“SECRET RYBAT ATTACHMENT B A DESENSITizED EQUIPMENT LIST” Five-nan infiltration team (2 infiltrees. guides and radop) A. Material to be Cached: 1 RT-48 Medium Speed Communications Gear ,B. Personal Weapons and Equipment 772=83 , 2. 5 Belgian Browning 9 aa. Pistols — J 1.”
“SECRET 20 Dacembe, 1457 CONCEALMENT - BOOKCASE Work Order 2176. ‘) ICDB-106______ _ A bookcase 42" * 48" • 12" was made with a concealme—t ex. The bockease was made from-plee and painted flat black. The roralment area is 1-5/87*10-1/2" z 464 and is located under the bea”
“14-00000 :• STC PROVISIOTAL SPECIAL OPRHATTOES /TRATool .9eo - Sp nir’s -on a MTR KILLER •10 00 9 tr. ;if. me sir ' se APNS- * 9 1 jco - TH ra 1 0- 721 J1 SC . th Sgt. ’a Jr. SCO/F - PIPERS1 A ) co - Cuitsntth • trep:co - 121- 11 Jr.C/M-Kto Sniper/DEm). is:”
“the chief of station cabled a suggestion that one small-size, high-fire-power weapon be forwarded in each pouch. This suggestion was not acted upon. - 59 - PrGDFT 00 i-E % C. 13 i •6 €”
“"Wars low esht'! •. nit, ll'bT waving been ired < fi1 y a Viet Cong sniper ■>,•■1 its :niper ter:". i.e tea: searched I free lin- 0. If tical eniit mit .in: te .i :t Cong sniper or r F * • at 729 meters distence. ils one cetla wer dica thin iri using the M42 ppottin; scop”
“Additional to the basic sniper rifle/ oigscope/sumprasnor coms in on the SO H/K Plth.w:11 be equipped with alternate noise suppressed weapons on as required by the -15- 4 1 2.12”
“SNIPER RIFLES, 7.62 CALIEER, WITH SILENICER S AID TELESCOPES; 2 MAC 12/22 SILENCED RIFLES WITH STRAIGHT StOCKS; AD 2 MAC - .10/22 SILENCED RIFLES WITH FOLDING ST OCK AID TELESCOPES, VASSAUX SAID HE HAD NO FURTHER INFORMATICS BUT THAT GOG W CULD APPRECIATE -;. GIVE in SToPPir”
“1 4-00000 S EC RE T PD"7 CCS... DESENSITIZED 24. 1 Ritchie Compass 25. 1 Sheet Camouflage Material, 20' x 10' 26. 1 RB 9.6 27. 1 HRT-7 Beacon 1. Maps cMarltine Charts 2 H.O. 1002 2 H.O. 2624 2 H.O. 0944 Series E723, 3-AMS, 1:50,000 2 ea. Sheets 4085 I 4085 XV 408”
“14-00 00 utef tie 9th Division Sniper cgl hr Vietnam. cxt Th* neo-ruirsen gold couF 12::: techniturs offices and 1 reonmo1 11 retuincito staff Coster with instructors in 1t1 fire ad justment, £1.°V on Yead decertion operations. certain number of Train- ing center comman”
“% SECRET -2- /BAT DESENSITIZED 21. 5 UDT-type Watches Da. 22. 5 Plastic Waterproof Flashlights 23. 5 Backpacks 24. 20 Waterproof Bags 25. 5 Swiss Pocket Knives 26. 5 Zippo Lighters 27. 2 Metascopes 1 28. 5 Penlights "„7989 ‘029. 10 Plastic or Rubber End Caps for 45 C”
“base since it has direct line of sight to the back of the LIMERICK target.- 1 m%P" 290 *>' Vat:”
“14-00000 e: it urelv. this avoids the diselosare of autoratic weapons ve atittons and letonation of .:!.: igen or other anti-distur- aiee/ aris evices. fhpre with icuri tr Slevent in Aabusi. she econd method of iployment will be that of placing snipers and 4 cto cic it ma”
“submachine guns for passing to the dissidents. ’ Headquarters asked for the station’s plan for securely passing the submachine guns to the dissidents. The station replied: . "Propose use essentially same technique as that for the three carbines. - ho - 4... or 17 LILO”
“14-00000 initiation nf ration: icitiill" in: until zir dl 1 3l. :l1 v pro too yout t’e: !6 ing 8 1;1 ratrale: Sizers from :i/h Tears will be attached to MA o pe units and 4. leyed with arpush patrols. This technique. has Leen the most successful method of emmlovment”
“de unit as it moves from one location to another. lcast < niver tears with i 5-3 Fanan curityoement is t long range ebservat 2a of the route over which unit -’ii e1an -icr off the caen/ as they follow in ambas.. Winife: vit., their telescope sig ts and : 2suppressors til”
“14-00000 1 SECRET -6- BAT DESENSITIZED 10. 4 Packs Lighter Flints 11. 4 Cans Lighter Fluid * / 12. 1 Set Parallel Rulers 00 13. 1 Set Dividers 14. 2 Protractors, Metal 15. 2 Pocket Rulers, Metal 16. 1 Flat Mill File 17. 1 Pocket Carborundum Stone 18. 1 One-Burner G”
“by Mr. hand removal, the explosivell. concealed in the magazine is at I detonated.". “Fragmentation ball —anti-e disturbance unit. Unit is similarjo in its operation as the anti-dis-’’" turbance flashlight, BRF model. FD-2. The exception is in the s . Itype of explosive c”
“14-00000 Tiumel 1 Lidihalx it 1. Iere, Cusp Fo ft roll) "st, 50 5, 2.. M bise gancil led 0a • White - Ba 5 3. Sninper L. Cape (39 ft r6)1) Ea:2 5. 6. Peno carrying bag 20 7.ruzen PAtcjesb %3k= 10 8 1 9Phr Red 6 -a 6 White _C_/ Creen L 6 3 10.m-d ' ' _a 4 . 1. ”
“steel ammunition ro belts. Received commendation from factory this w ill BGeoiTo 1 +”
“6. future Operations At the end of Phase V the Try should have proved %. itself as one of the tost effective counter-insurgency programs available to the RTG. As an example, in 6 months operations * the 72 snipers of the U..S. 9th Division attained over 600 confirmed kills, ”
“rose. ationg irce to 1 19 Stiration rtu. lisinated with 1 t!ic. -2:3 alternate Lin c-14 ardurized rifle could be • : it. te-194 telencons. These : t-ire A fixed 2.2 power telescope with a rest reticle. ldin i.e 294 the aniper must accurately retimate the gun target range ”
“. - -the *-0o equipment anding are excerpts 0a.es: ZMIDg over the devices de- arasiable : 14-00000 scribed by Senator Weicker in; ("Telephone handset insert. detail. Miniature activator with time; Colonel Conein. asked about delay -• use inside teleptionel the briefing, sai”
“filler sight clog the silencer and render it ineffective. A total of 200 rounds were fired with - the silencer in place and the noise level did seem to be higher at ,. the finish of the second day. (Round numbers 180 to 200 were the y ones expended during the previously menti”
“enemy — sniper activity. Each team, equipped with its telescopic sight and *49 Spotting Scope, will search the area of suspected sniper activity. The optical equipment permits a detailed search of distant areas. 7. recent example, in Vietnam, is -22- 2.12 9”
“,"It’s a shame they have Vietnam supervising the testr,stages of disassembly in our taken a nice officer like (Lting of flash and sound sup- liboratory,” he stated. Washington Post - 2 December 1769 2.36 211-259910”
“down, the next % *I an ever shot accidentally by some idiot step is to learn hour to aim and fire your 4. win be very difficult to suppress the weapons properly. All of this is to be done r re to blow his or her head off, providing before you ever put your first round of *= o”
“Cperey bLuid 10 THE WEAPONS WERE As-Follow A FAL CAL 762 # 2932 CONVERT 4 SUBMACH. MADSEN 1 M3 AI WITH SILENCER #737598 I MSAI WITH SILENCER # 732039 IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THAT THOSE H3 ARE COMPANY WEAPONS BECAUSE I INSPECTED THEM, AND IAMPRETTY SURE ARE THETYPE”
“small action| group to be used for self protection." -(Comment: The entry for 18 March 1961 refers to a request for submachine guns, but there was no follow-up on it from the station. This pouch waiver request was submitted while the chief of station was 0 - 41 -;: Cr”
“)0000 :ill coatrel • st illumination of tl tersest ion and irr: on (”.•” sta nf - in the till zone t’ne;ill tie Sriner ter s, !. eff-setting 8 git: fr: Los "erchlicht „‘€ • cing the searchlight •- 1/4 ton • liclh in ovition remote fro. the arlush site. tite .r. neg ia t ”
“07D 18-1 PACKING CRATE NR 1: 1 each Light Machine Gun (ChiCom) , S/N 930228 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom), S/N KZ 10682 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47)ChiCom), S/N 11062936 I each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom) , S/N 12057463 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom), ”
“RTG PROVISIONAL - SPECIAL OPFATIONS ___ _____HUNTER/KILLE rArOoN_______ list or MAJOR ITEMS or ROUIPHENO 1 1. PLATOON LADQUARTERS (1 Set) a. INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT 2M-14 Accurized Rifles 2 ART Sniper Scopes (N-84 Scope, Alternate) 2 Sionics MAW-A2 Suppressors 2 VARO Starl”
“25 PISTOLS .45 CAL S.Vatale 8ikt: 25 RIFLES AR-15 3 SMG M3 girund Wil ing .voter It.e struetzen.oxte. roncons sel coordinate ir mnprapriate. 201-267437”
“First S treet, S .E ., W ashington, D.C. ?0003 20 This covering fire group might have had a light machine gun, a Belgian weapon. They could have these kinds f weapons and 21 22 they did have these kinds of weapons which in the definition you are using could be used as a ”
“1 4-00000 104-10216-10171 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992. % 10 June 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR TEE RECORD SUBJECT : Tests of Modified Sights for 7.62 Bolgium (FAL) Rifle REFERENCE: Memo for Red. dated 23 May 64, Subject FAL Si”
“TOP SECRET 101 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 this mission was over and they returned, those weapons were 2 taken back from them and accounted for. They were shaken down o so that we did not have weapons disappearing out of our 4 control. 5 Mr. Baron. Such weapons, high-p”
“14-00000 ! J K 3. It is recommended that the scope and count bo discarded as unfeasible. The Williams sight is acceptable although the number of clicks por revolution of the krob should be reduced. r * Further testing of the underloaded ammunition should bo con- ducted t”
“engineers. It may serve to clarify the appropriate characteristics which special or m modified commercial equipment should possess to meet the needs of your operation. Pmblems of camouflaging the explosive or incendiary material to serve operational requirements would be mino”
“30000 SECKEI 13. DIFERENT. THE PENCILS ARE QUITE DIFERENT. I INSPECTED THEM VERY CAREFUL ALSO I FOUND SEVERAL NOTES COPY Book, ABOUT DEMOLITIONS AND SABITAGES AND All of THEM ARE BETTER IN SOME ASPECTS TO THE DEMOLITION COURSES THAT WE GOT. SOME ARMY UNIFORMS - B”
“fascin- or thebeen removed. battery space Remainder: is packed ating but that he had said with explosive.” 4I nothing to encourage the idea “Remote - controlled, light-;, that the agency would purchase activated sensor. Unit delivers such equipment. He said that he a predet”
“With the rest of the equipment (four Leicas, model 14-3) /the submachine guns/ the possible places of action are multiplied and the lost time greatly reduced." 1k April 1951 Extract from a note from SOCRATES Luis Baquero7 to DELTA O Ne - 12 - SECRE ILl L : 0 1 1 * ”
“14-00000 S-3-C-2-E-T 2.8S KLAL"ATLON NAMBL Razaond M. GEREIDE DIVISION WH SUBJECT Photography Briefing DATES THAZ20_3 July - 0930-1230 On 3 July 1957 a Photography briefing was given to Raymond H.G.RENDE. Hr. GERENDE was briefed on film processing, printing, telephoto ”
“ition, know: is position in rela- R2etfr Eionship to, friendly units and be able to navigate to his pro- selected position. The ability to accurately adjust artillery Pt fire is jportant to a sniper He frequently must adjust il lumi-e » noting rounds skillfully so that i”
“14-00000 1 23, we I (i) T. uratt : i firing ‘7 ;..! 1. ... integrated 1 - : 09 :. til". : j". J’ sintrrl. :1 flit align- vast, and -ii dietirn. Spudaita will see mu’it the techniques of njpti Lede and encagingovin tarets. Tastruction »1)1 wdrotida on the methods f”
“the AC stadia raise6 lines define >30 inch area on the target, the ballistic cam”
“zauipoai 1/4 ton vehicle 1200 to 1500 meters from a road intersection. ipers equipped with starlight scopes and :AW-2 cuppressora wil: onplaced 300 meters from the intersection and maintain radio contact with the searchlight operator. The sniper Tesnt -21- 2.12”
“t 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 ^04-10216-10234| ** 20 SECRET Do I. AMLASH-1 .Swine 0-74 *, / 1 July 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THS RECORD SUBJECT: Test of Open Sight Hood for 7.62um Belgium (FAL) Rifle REFERENCE: A) lion”
“broker. That is, stres, with one -, -* r/s:0 rouge. Then Mitch began firing a he 1, notrone of those shadowy figures preal, n standard Army 4%. The run ment, a bullet toc" • ta *t al who sell weapons-to both sides at exor- cozed upward and the noise echoed bitant prices or w”
“in that the agency would purchase the matter." - . . hand removal, the explosive - 1963 and served as liaison be such equipment. He said that heI LX, Colonel Conein Y said that hejleoncealed in the magazine is tween the United . States; had . purchased about $50015.1 had list”