M42 Duster: Anti-Air Revived from the Dead

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Sources:

1950s Employment:
• FM 44-2 "Light Antiaircraft Artillery" (July 1956)
• "Reference Data: Infantry Regiment" (July 1954)
• "Reference Data for Armored Units" (March 1956)
• FM 7-100 "Infantry Division" (October 1958)

Vietnam Employment:
• Rottman, G. "The US Army in the Vietnam War 1965-73" pages 41-42
• Hawkins, Vince. "DUSTER: M42 SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN" The Army Historical Foundation
• Killblane, R. "Convoy Ambush Case Studies: Volume I - Korea and Vietnam" (2013)

Technical Aspects of M42 Duster:
• http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m42d...
• http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m42duster...

Technical Aspects of M16A1r:
• FM 44-2 "Light Antiaircraft Artillery" (July 1956)
• http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/mgmcm16.html
• TM 9-2000 "Multiple Cal. .50 Machine G Mounts M45, M45C, M45D, and M45F; Multiple Cal. .50 Machine G Trailer Mount M55 and Mount Trailer M20" (December 1953)

Non-Duster
• McCrory, D. Antiaircraft Journal. May-June 1950 edition. page 3-8 (Korean War context only)
• ST 17-1-1 "US Army Armored Reference Data: Volume I The Army Division" (FY 1977) (Vulcan/Chaparral context only)