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The Swift Boat used by the Brown Water Navy had two v-12 engines that produced 400 horsepower and the boats could reach a speed of 32 knots.

Only four crews out of the original fifty made it to a hundred missions in the original Wild Weasel unit.

The F-105 Thunderchief had a maximum speed of 1,386 miles per hour.

The Wild Weasels used the F-105 Thunderchief in the Vietnam War.

The Ravens had the highest casualty rate of any squad during the Vietnam War. Thirty percent of the squad of 130 airmen were killed in combat.

In World War 2, the U. S. expended 20,000 to 25,000 rounds per enemy soldier killed and in the Vietnam War it was 200,000 to 400,000 rounds per enemy killed.

The initial M-16 contract was for 840,000 rifles.