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File:U.S. Army snipers, March 1971, Vietnam War. Left and right views of XM-21 sniper rifles mounted with off the shelf civilian Redfield 3x9 power adjustable range finder daylight rifle scopes.jpg

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U.S. Army snipers, Vietnam War, March 1971 armed with XM-21 Sniper Rifles

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English: Photo shows two U.S. Army snipers of the Vietnam War in 1971, armed with XM-21 weapon systems (known as army sniper rifles in common usage). The weapons are mounted with civilian supplied Redfield adjustable range finder daylight rifle scopes. Night use PVS-2 starlight scopes used for night operations are not shown. U.S. sniper on viewer's right is equipped with two standard issue canvas magazine pouches each holding two 20 round steel magazines. One fully loaded magazine in rifle, for a combined load of 100 rounds.
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U.S. Army snipers during Operation Lam Son 719 on the Lao's border, Vietnam War March 1971.

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