XM177E2 MACV-SOG Tribute Rifle
-16" Pinned/Welded Barrel (922r Compliant)
-Excellent Cerakote Vietnam Tiger Stripe Finish
-Slick Side Upper Receiver
-Includes Original XM177 Sling & Colt 20rd Magazine & Original A1 Pistol Grip
-Shows “U.S. REPUBLIC” Engraving (..as the U.S. is a Constitutional Republic - NOT a “democracy”)
-Shows MACV- SOG Logo Engraving (..as this was one of their primary weapons in Vietnam)
MACV-SOG - Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations before and during the Vietnam War.
They conducted operations in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), Laos, and Cambodia; took enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, conducted rescue operations to retrieve prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia
MACV-SOG recon casualties exceeded 100 percent, the highest sustained American loss rate since the Civil War. In 1968, every MACV-SOG recon man was wounded at least once, and about half were killed. But despite such high losses, MACV-SOG boasted the highest “kill ratio” in U.S. military history, topping out at 158-to-1 in 1970.