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It was light and short, allowing MACV-SOG commandos to keep quick on their feet and maneuverable amid the difficult jungle warfare.

Rifles in service today like the M4 and the Mk18 are descendants of this very platform. These unique weapons were the pioneers of the carbine assault rifle. It was a 5.56 rifle that delivered compact firepower that outperformed any SMG in use at the time. The XM177 Commando was shortened variant of the M16 with a 10-inch barrel topped with a moderator and a collapsing stock. It was a member of the CAR-15 and M16 families of rifles. The XM177 is about as normal as MACV-SOG weapons got. A member of MACV-SOG wearing the iconic ‘Tiger Stripe’ pattern and carrying an XM177 Commando. The weird MACV-SOG weapons gave the United States a degree of plausible deniability in the event things went wrong and the MACV-SOG commandos didn’t make it back.ĭeception was also a critical factor in the survival of the MACV-SOG operators, and carrying indigenous weapon systems, or weapons that were capable of unusual and specific functions, sometimes aided in that effort. Perhaps most importantly, however, MACV-SOG conducted secret operations fighting North Vietnamese guerillas in Cambodia and Laos, both nations U.S. One of the most significant reasons these special operators weren’t rocking the same firearms as the rest of the service was that the standard-issue weapons just didn’t fit many of their special mission profiles. To accomplish their incredibly dangerous and secretive missions, the men of MACV-SOG were armed with a variety of weird and unique weapons.

MACV-SOG mixed a number of Special Operations forces and CIA men to form an elite team that could conduct special and black operations in places the United States could not acknowledge they were going at the time. The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, was one of the most secretive special operations groups in the world.

The MACV-SOG weapons, like the very men in the elite and secretive unit, most certainly stand out. I like the what and the why of the situation–the mission sets, circumstances, and individuals who are forced to look outside the confines of the base armory for their loadout. I love when military forces use something other than the same old standard issue kit.