To: Wolverine
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.
44 posted on
08/27/2003 5:32:40 PM PDT by
cavtrooper21
(The only thing criminals will get from me is a .45 bullet or cold steel... Their choice.)
To: cavtrooper21
Thanks...I suppose tankers are not issued rifles, when dismounted they need more than their 9mm.
59 posted on
08/27/2003 5:53:00 PM PDT by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: 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."
Gee, our basic load in VN was 20 mags loaded and any extra you chose. Bandoliers weren't considered. You wouldn't have time to reload during combat. The M-16 was a piece of $hit in combat then. It couldn't handle the dirt in combat.
The improved version in the 80's still didn't hold up in prolonged firing. Accurate rifle when it did fire. In the dirt and dust of combat a reliable weapon is much more desired than a temperate jamable one. The Ak47 just needs better sights. It is good for combat but not a good prairie dog rifle. ;0)
97 posted on
08/27/2003 9:50:56 PM PDT by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
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