[Pan_Yan]

I’m slow to understand why such a puny Army weapon deployment story is, well, a story.

1. It's the Marines, not the Army.
2. I put it in 'General/Chat', not 'News/Activism'.
3. Thousands of Americans died in Vietnam with their useless, jammed, untested, rushed into combat piece-of-crap AR-15s in their hands. I'd prefer not to see a repeat in Afghanistan.

[ex 98C MI Dude]

Its a non-belt-fed suppresive fire weapon in a really wimpy caliber. I don’t see the upside. A select fire infantry weapon is one thing, but this is supposed to replace a machinegun. How does no sound?

[Shamrock-DW]

“Thousands of Americans died in Vietnam with their useless, jammed, untested, rushed into combat piece-of-crap AR-15s in their hands. I’d prefer not to see a repeat in Afghanistan. “

Maybe “thousands” died because they are required to have an IQ three points more than a fork to use it.

I see it today. The more technically advanced the equipment the dumber the troops are to absorb the technology...Not enough time is given for training....and the IQ factor isn’t getting any better.....

[SVTCobra03]

The rifles were M-16’s, not AR-15’s and there was a problem with calcium carbonate in the powder of the ammunition supplied early in the war.

[mad_as_he$$]

Brother I respect you but I have to call you on the “thousands”. NO ONE that has studied it says there were thousands that died because of M-16 failures.