American troops harassed by Vietnamese snipers

American troops harassed by Vietnamese snipers

This is the Vietnam War photo taken by a group of photographers in 1970. The photographer made these precious Vietnam War photos public for the first time. 1970 In April, the American military base where the photographer stayed was harassed by Vietnamese snipers. The picture shows the 40mm machine gun of the M42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun firing at the position where the sniper appears.

The us military had to cover the hills where snipers might hide with firepower. The picture shows that American soldiers then fired flares on the mountain, and the tracer bullets fired by M-60 machine guns on the sentry tower ignited the trees on the mountain.

American soldiers tried to kill snipers hiding in stone bunkers and shooting at American camps.

This scene was taken by 22-year-old soldier James? Speed? Hensinger (photographer) took it with a Nikon camera.

The tracer bullets fired by M42 tank's 12.7mm machine gun lit up the hill. Soldiers don't know the exact location of snipers. They can count on fire coverage to destroy snipers.

Small caliber M60 machine guns fired thousands of bullets into the mountains. But the next day when the soldiers went up the mountain to look for the body, the sniper disappeared without a trace.

Tracer bombs fired by three machine guns (one M42 anti-aircraft tank and two M60 machine guns) woven a fire net over the camp.

During the Vietnam War, a US military base was harassed by Vietnamese snipers and had to cover the hill with heavy firepower, but no snipers were found in the end.

American soldier James Speed Hensinger took a rare photo at the base that night.

The photo was written by Hensinger, a 22-year-old soldier of 173 Airborne Brigade.