FM 23-40 Manual M1928A1 TSMG 3-62

[Garand1083]

I found this really cool manual that's dated March of 1962 as being 1 of 300 reprinted, can any one help me out on this where more printed durning Vietnam war? Or is this one that rare, I am asking for the reason I would like to rebind it or should I leave as is,

 

Thank you,

[anticus]

I'd leave it as is. It may be an Army reprint for use by US advisors/trainers in the early stages of the Vietnam War and judging by it's condition was heavily used. If so, it's an artifact, and any alteration will diminish it's value.

[Garand1083]

Thanks,

I looked on the internet for the same copy and have not found another copy dated on the back cover like this one,

Thanks for your help I will it leave as is,

[dalbert]

Yes, leave it as is. There was also an official reprint of the same manual in 1964, and the cover is different. Perhaps yours was a bridge to the new publication. I'll post a photo of the 1964 version when I get a chance.

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

[dalbert]

As I look at this, I'm more intrigued. It appears the supplements (probably C1 through C4) were incorporated in front of the original manual content. This is the same as it was done in 1964, but in an officially revised copy, with an internal printing date of 1964.

 

I'll speculate that yours was needed for Vietnam, but we'll never really know. Perhaps they were provided with TSMG's for the South Vietnamese Army, or maybe they were for U.S. troops at that very early date of 1962.

 

Here is a photo of my 1964 version:

 

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

[Garand1083]

This is very interesting,

When I saw the date on the back page and the amount of copy's reprinted I thought the same,

 

Thank you for your help and I hope others can use this information if doing any research on the use of TSMG in Vietnam,

 

Steve Bell,

sbell@gvtc.com

[jim c 351]

I'd leave it as is. It may be an Army reprint for use by US advisors/trainers in the early stages of the Vietnam War and judging by it's condition was heavily used. If so, it's an artifact, and any alteration will diminish it's value.

 

 

I agree with anticus. At the early stages of the VN war the TSMG was heavily used by the VN troops. Most US advisers would not have been familiar with the TSMG. They would have had to learn before they could instruct.

Jim C

[Garand1083]

I would have thought the 1928/M1 Manual would have been reprinted for Vietnam,

The manual above the first 13 pages are the C1 prefix and it covers cleaning only,

 

Steve Bell

sbell@gvtc.com

[ron_brock]

It will take me some time to find it and photo it but I recently picked up a manual with a Vietnamese stamp on it. I will locate and post as soon as I can. I don't recall the date of the manual.

 

Ron

[Garand1083]

That would be great!!!