[Wolverine]

...and no one picket up on this...???

 

''We just do not have enough rifles to equip all of our soldiers.....said Lt. Col. Mark Young, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.

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Some soldiers also say it's easier to get ammo for the AK they can pick it up on any raid or from any confiscated weapon.

''It's plentiful,'' said Sgt. Eric Harmon, a tanker who has a full 75-round drum, five 30-round magazines, plus 200-300 rounds in boxes for his AK. He has about 120 rounds for his M16.

[cavtrooper21]

Basic load for a infantryman is 120 rnds in mags (plus 30) in the weapon (if he has any brains at all!!) and 100 to 200 in bandoliers in his ruck. The reporter that wrote this doesn't know squat about soldiering.
Besides, the guys sound like tankers. They are never far away from the tank so they don't carry the ammo load that a light infantryman would. I'd bet that their scout platoon is up to their little beady eyeballs in ammo and other things that go boom. Scouts can never get enough of that stuff. I know, I used to be one.

[RussianConservative]

''We just do not have enough rifles to equip all of our soldiers.....said Lt. Col. Mark Young, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.

I understand point. Look, 67 Armor Regiment...why would tanker carry assault rifle? He gets pistol...sucks if tank destroyed and you dismount.