The U.S. Army teamed up with cartoonist and graphic artist Will Eisner to produce teaching tools for U.S. soldiers in a medium that they could easily understand. The M16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance, first printed in 1969, features a female narrator who instructs GIs on the proper care of their AR-15 (military name M16A1) rifles—firearms notorious for jamming and malfunctioning. More than a simple manual and step-by-step guide, this unconventional yet important military document tried to appeal to soldiers with suggestive chapter titles such as “How to Strip Your Baby,” “What to Do in a Jam,” “Sweet 16,” and “All the Way with Négligé.” A copy of the thirty-two-page booklet was issued to nearly every soldier serving in Vietnam.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Department of the Army
EAN: 9781616088644
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 234 g
HEIGHT: 178 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Skyhorse Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-03-21
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GENRE: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War
WIDTH: 121 cm
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Book Themes:
Vietnam, United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Reference works, Weapons and equipment, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Graphic novels, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction
Robert A. Sadowski is a contributing writer to Gun World, Shooting Illustrated, Combat Handguns, Gun Tests, Gun Digest and several other firearms magazines. He is the author of the Book of Glock, Shooter’s Bible Guide to Firearms Assembly, Disassembly, and Cleaning, 50 Guns That Changed the World, and the editor of the original Gun Traders Guide. He resides in Hampstead, North Carolina.
