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How are our M16's and M4's doing in Iraq?(VANITY)
Posted on 03/27/2003 9:16:34 AM PST by jacksonstate
Have not heard any reports but would like to know how they are performing in the desert.
Anyone know or have links?
Thanks!
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To: jacksonstate
Keep the ejector cover closed, a mag in the magwell, a condom over the muzzle, and you'll do just fine! :-).
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:19:41 AM PST
by
kidao35
To: jacksonstate
From my experience I never trusted the M-16, however the M-4 is more reliable, doesn't jam. The sand however is havoc to any weapon. I just got a new weapon yesterday, the Charleville 1777 Corrige' AN IX Flintlock .69cal...I reenact Revolutionary style :)
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:19:58 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If I could get a degree in trivia, I would have my Doctorate!)
To: jacksonstate
No news is good news methinks.
I personally have been to NTC in Death Valley 3 times and to Kuwait for 4 months. I didn't have any problems so long as it was clean.
To: jacksonstate
If there were problems don't you think tom/peter/dan would devote the first hour of their 1/2 hour show to it?
snooker
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:21:43 AM PST
by
snooker
To: jacksonstate
No problems with this "Point and Click" technology.
To: jacksonstate
In a short range battle such as a city, the M4 will do just fine. However for anything over 100 yards, the velocity of the .223 round coming out of the short M4 won't be high enough for the round to be as effective (yawing action as bullet goes through flesh) as the longer M16. At longer ranges, the M4 round will simply punch through leaving a tiny wound that won't neccessarily disable a combatant unless it hits a vital organ.
Most of the rifles I have seen our soldiers use were M16's.
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:26:43 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: snooker
If there were problems don't you think tom/peter/dan would devote the first hour of their 1/2 hour show to it?You're right on - if you really want to look at it, the fact that the media has so much trouble finding valid gripes tells you how good it's really going.
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:27:21 AM PST
by
trebb
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