Posted on 10/11/2022 7:33:15 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
An Army base in Washington state spent part of the long holiday weekend searching for a missing part to a .50-caliber machine gun, the latest incident after the service was criticized for lost weapons.
The receiver assembly of an M2 .50-caliber machine gun went missing from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment's staff duty area and triggered an all-hands search that, for most of the rank and file, lasted a little over 12 hours. But it resulted in an Army investigation that was still ongoing Monday.
A culprit was identified that afternoon, according to a soldier involved in the search. By evening, the soldier had allegedly confessed to tossing the receiver into a dumpster. At some point, the trash bin had been emptied and its contents -- including the machine gun part -- had been hauled away.
"Who else lost their four-day weekend to a stolen 50?"
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Eyes open and mouth shut.
Reloading dies for .50 BMG are available.
Ukraine?..........................
Suuuure he did.
Could be true. And the person to whom he sold it, knew which dumpster from which to retrieve it.
How many went “missing” in Afghanistan?
“By evening, the soldier had allegedly confessed to tossing the receiver into a dumpster”
“Suuuure he did”
Agreed.......that makes absolutely no damned sense what so ever.
Once you’ve got the entire receiver assembly how hard is it to get a barrel and bolt on the private market?
If you’re gonna steal an MG, you can’t do better than a Ma Deuce...(with a heavy barrel, of course).
—”“Suuuure he did””
It is possible someone had a MAJOR beef and wanted to cause some BIG trouble for the unit.
This would more than do the trick.
Hawkeye: [regarding the requisition of the incubator being denied] We’re not asking for a jukebox or a pizza oven.
Captain Sloan: Oh, those I can let you have.
Henry: No kidding! Hey, those would be great on movie nights. You got any pizza requisition forms?
Captain Sloan: Just use the standard S stroke 1798 and write in “Pizza” where it says “Machine Gun”.
I see Leavenworth in someone’s future.
Look for it to be attached to an old Toyota truck in Minneapolis…
One does not “toss” a M2 receiver .... anywhere. It is over 80 lbs of awkward steel. You can put it, place it, even set it down. But “toss”, nope, not buying it.
Lost 4 days? My company was locked down for about 2 weeks over a “lost” AN/PVS-4 night sight.
That was a graphic scene.
and neither of his thumbs are on the butterfly...
Easy. Lots of demilled .50’s out there as props/collector’s items. The receiver is the gun. Here’s an example.
https://www.royaltigerimports.com/product-p/browningm2pk001.htm
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