Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Experimental Marine Corps M-14 Load Carrying Vest Designed for Troop Test Program - Extremely Rare Antique Wheellock Firearms He also served as technical

He also served as technical advisor to the 1959 films On the Beach and Up Periscope

The battlefield is viewed by the use of two opposing glass mirrors

One looks like a maker marking

except for several inches near the muzzle

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Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Experimental Marine Corps M-14 Load Carrying Vest Designed for Troop Test Program - Extremely Rare Antique Wheellock Firearms He also served as technicalOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an extraordinarily scarce experimental USMC M 14 Load Carrying Vest, designed as part of the Troop Test Program around 1960. There is very little written reference for these vests, but one article in the Marine Corps Gazette from October 1972 notes their use in the Troop Test Program: I was fortunate enough to take part in the Troop Test Program about 1960. Three different load carrying systems were issued