Project Eldest Son
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project-eldest-son-260-3585349
title:
Project Eldest Son
text:
Project Eldest Son was a program of covert operations conducted by the United States' Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the Vietnam War. The project focused on placement of exploding cartridges into supplies used by communist combat forces in southeast Asia. United States technicians assembled 11,565 7.62×39mm cartridges for AK-47 rifles, 556 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun cartridges, and 1,968 82mm Type 67 mortar shells to detonate in the weapon when firing was attempted. Project Eldest
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Covert US military operation in Vietnam
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Eldest_Son
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date modified:
2024-02-10T05:30:39Z
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