Army Base Still Searching for Machine Gun That Went Missing Days Ago

yahoo ^ | 10 Oct 2022 | Drew F. Lawrence

[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?"

[DUMBGRUNT]

DON'T ASK! DON'T TELL!

Eyes open and mouth shut.

Reloading dies for .50 BMG are available.

[Red Badger]

Ukraine?..........................

[circlecity]

“ the soldier had allegedly confessed to tossing the receiver into a dumpster.”

Suuuure he did.

[Sirius Lee]

Suuuure he did.

Could be true. And the person to whom he sold it, knew which dumpster from which to retrieve it.

[WKUHilltopper]

How many went “missing” in Afghanistan?

[Leaning Right]

A missing machine gun? I think I found it. And please US Army, don’t be mad at Ronald. See it from his point of view. Things are getting rough at many McDonalds these days.

[V_TWIN]

“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.

[circlecity]

Once you’ve got the entire receiver assembly how hard is it to get a barrel and bolt on the private market?

[Gaffer]

If you’re gonna steal an MG, you can’t do better than a Ma Deuce...(with a heavy barrel, of course).

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”“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.

[RckyRaCoCo]

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”.

[11th_VA]

[CIB-173RDABN]

I see Leavenworth in someone’s future.

[larrytown]

Agreed.......that makes absolutely no damned sense what so ever.

We're talkin' about an enlisted infantryman that took a M2 receiver... When did 'sense' enter into the argument?

This is TOTALLY believable - troopie gets stoopid (well, MORE stoopid) and then panics and tosses it into a dumpster.

[EEGator]

Look for it to be attached to an old Toyota truck in Minneapolis…

[taxcontrol]

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.

[Flag_This]

Lost 4 days? My company was locked down for about 2 weeks over a “lost” AN/PVS-4 night sight.

[EEGator]

That was a graphic scene.

[Chode]

and neither of his thumbs are on the butterfly...