How effective was the shotgun in the jungles of Vietnam?
that would depend. which side used more and which side won?
>>65160248Small arms and local tactics don't win wars, so that really doesn't mean anything. A gook popping out of a tunnel network spider hole doesn't really tell you anything about the merits of the SKS, if we were talking about that weapon instead.
>>65160245Very. Shotguns were the preferred weapon for sentry duty and pointman.
>>65160245I remember the one nig with the shotgun in Platoon getting bayoneted to death
In an era when assault rifles were fired in full-auto mode, would shotguns have had any advantage as a stopping power against charging Viet Cong?
>>65160248>which side won?
>>65164241> preferred weapon for sentry dutyliterally always has been
>>65160245Well the US lost so not very effectives
>>65166406saar
>>65160245Effective enough that the CAWS program happened, which would have seen dedicated autoshotgun users at the platoon level, and got decently far along to adoption before they realized that shotguns are very niche outside of jungles.
>>65160245Very
>>65164274You'd fall back to the riflemen
>>65164428>which side won?
>>65164870not if you're overlooking a field or valley, witch do exist and Vietnam
