Photo gallery on Afghanistan's War

Notice the difference in the terrain between Afghanistan and Vietnam.
http://www.time.com/time/audioslide/0,32187,1927405,00.html

A Photo Gallery on Vietnam War

These picture's helped me understand some of the situation's in Tim O'Briens book, "The Things They Carried."
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/photoessay.htm

M4 Carbine

This is the assault gun they use in the army nowadays.
http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89046/m4-carbine.html
And some more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_carbine

M240G

More info about the M240G.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M240_machine_gun

Replacement of M60

http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89057/m240g-medium-machine-gun.html
So I guess they replaced the M60 in Vietnam with the M240G for the present.

Restrepo

I'm going to include this documentary in our group essay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZmJ9iYWx5o

Vietnam's Gun Power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
Wikipedia has a nice page on the Vietnam War equipment.
Enjoy!