Not so....some were around in the early seventies, but they were scarce. I
had 2 in Vietnam. I left Saigon in April '75.
Steve

"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:32:44 -0800, Gunner
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:25:33 -0600, "Rob Fraser"
FraserRacing"AT"RobFraser.Net wrote:

Anyone know for *sure* when the US armed forces went from 20 to 30 rd
mags
for the M16 service rifle? Was it during the Vietnam Campaign?
It came up in conversation last night. How would one look it up? Army
Ordinance records?

Thanks guys,

Rob

IRRC..it was with the introduction of the A2 version, mid 70s

Addendum..mid 80s. I hit the wrong key.

Im not much on Matel toys, living in California.

Gunner