Comments by "The Immortal" (@theimmortal4718) on "Garand Thumb" channel.

  1. In the summer of 2007, i waa leading my fire team down a street pushing north of my platoon in a town south of baghdad. We were pushing toward a building on the end of the street to take a couple of AT4s on the roof. We had been in a series of skirnishes with fighters, including armed trucks, and needed AT posted. We ran past an occupies building with 2 guys + AKs. One opened fire as i ran past. He hit me with 2 rounds. One hit my side plate, crimpling it and breaking 2 ribs. Round number 2 hit my hip, breaking bone and dropping me. I was very fortunate to be armored against that threat, because if that hadnt stopped the first round, I'd be dead.
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  2. I'd really love to see other manufacturers be able to chamber their handguns in 5.7x28 mm. The Glock 57
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  3. Closest we had to mk12's were accurized m16A4's with stainless barrels, mk262 ammunition, two stage triggers, and Leupold m4 LR/T glass. We were making hits past 700 meters in combat against moving targets.
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  4.  @snapdragon6601  Yeah we yeeted a couple of frags in there. I was pushed to the cash and then to Germany. I didn't get back my platoon until almost Christmas. By the time I got back, most of our first squad had been sent home, along with one of track crews. That was one hell of a year
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  5. Ive been a gunner using the M60, M240, and the M249. The M60 was always my favorite, being halfway between the M249 and M240 in weight, full powered round, low rate of fire, and short length of pull.
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  6.  @daviddavidson9923  No, I have experience.. The M60 was so controllable that gunners often returned half of their ammo after qualification because it was easy to hit targets with 2-3 round bursts. Especially on tripod. But sure, on video games I guess the difference isn't discernable
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  7. Ripped out the crotch of ACUs from knee to knee on an air assault south of Baghdad. It was a 3 day mission Luckily, I had boxers on
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  8.  @NateJRSatt  I guess. Don't know if there was an official name. It was my rifle in 2003. It was an FN m16A4. Best rifle I was ever issued. Accurate as fuck and very reliable
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  9. Don't forget that Seth Rich wasn't robbed
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  10. The ammo is twice as heavy. SAW gunners will have much less rounds for suppression
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  11. That 125 grain cartridge is pushing 2300 fps with a 16" barrel and about 2050 out of a 9" barrel. Probably only going 1750 out of thus 6.5" barrel. Compare both barrels of equal lengths, blackout causes more destruction
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  12.  @NOOBKIAtv  Dude. Went on 2 deployments and went to grad school. Got spooked by what's going on these days, too. Went into overdrive preparing
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  13. That's old-school. Mine has a tracking point
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  14.  @po9146  Nah, I was in the 3rd ID at the time (Army) Standard front sight assembly, but it did have a free floated handguard.
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  15. That penetration you're seeing in subsonic 8.6 Blackout matches that of the .338 LM at 1800-2000 yards
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  16. The SVD replaced the 91/30 in Russian service
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  17.  @po9146  I was in the division during the same period (2002 to 2009). He was in 2-69 AR while I was in 3-15 INF
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  18. I watch Micah all the time. He's awesome
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  19.  @evilblackcat6357  The rounds they are firing into gel and at range are 125 grain supersonics. It's just they that round would be roughly 250-300 fps faster with equal barrel lengths of 10.5. Ever seen the ballistics on a 6 inch barreled 5.56?
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  20. Our PFCs end up teaching support NCOs how to shoot
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  21.  @po9146  Good shit. That rifle was my favorite I've ever been issued. Had the mix of everything to make it durable, reliable, accurate, and deadly. I've carried everything from machineguns, m24, M25, and M4 and would take that FN rifle any day of the week.
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  22.  @g1mmedatdome284  Imodium isn't a cure. In fact, your body needs to purge whatever is causing it, if the infection is bacterial in nature. Ecoli is the most common cause of "travelers diarrhea" and needs to be flushed from the gut. It's easily avoided by treating water. The reason that it's no longer a battlefield killer isn't because of medication, but because soldiers drink treated water.
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  23.  @freddiedash1653  Yeah that's awesome
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  24. Yeah, I'd say he knows what he's talking about. They're 2-3 MOA rifles with good iron sights.
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  25.  @Fred-rv2tu  That's a shame. I've heard about a lot of that, over the years. Loading down the lower enlisted troops while carrying next to nothing. I was in Kunar in RC East, and I know how unforgiving those mountains are. They crush you over time. As a squad leader, I always made sure my machine gunners were taken care of. Team leaders carried extra ammo for the SAWs, and belts for the 240 were spread around. Same with 60mm rounds for the light mortar. Luckily, we never had to carry the Javelins out there. Those things are 35 pounds a piece.
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  26. ​ @StarfishPrime1969  How would 5.56 not handle those? 5.56 can already pierce those ground robots. If they're larger, the platoons 7.62 machine guns or Carl Gustaf can handle them. That's not even considering vehicle based weapons, and higher battalion and brigade level assets.
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  27.  @slaytanic921  The worst part is that ammo is only a fraction of your weight. Weapons, water, radios, batteries, armor, PVS14s, PAS13s, tripods (AGs), rations, CW/WW gear, explosives, AT rounds, etc, make up the bulk of our loads. The average guy is carrying 100 pounds. It sucks balls. The most mags I carried for my carbine was 13. 6 on my vest and a 6 mag bandoleer I'm my assault pack, one on the gun. The saying that goes around the infantry is "my ammo is for you, your ammo is for me", since we rely so much on our buddies providing cover fire while we're moving. The last thing I want is for one squad to go dry while my squad is moving forward.
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  28. ​ @LRRPFco52  I think that mostly had to do with age. They became more unreliable the more years they had on them
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  29. A few well placed steel 24x24 panels (40 pounds/ pc) lined with kevlar go a long way. For about 300 pounds, you can armor all 4 doors and behind the rear seats with enough armor to stop most rifle rounds
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  30. Yet, brass 7.62 is faster from the same length barrel. It would be better to get it in 7.62 if you're not going to use hybrid ammo
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  31. I could be wrong, but I think the 1-9" twist is ideal for accuracy with 55 to 69 grain ammo.
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  32. The afghan army uses 7.62x54r PSLs
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  33. That suppressor mount style is very similar to the YHM ones I've used for years
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  34.  @mrhellotherehowareu1384  Where did you get that? Lol. I never said any of that. In fact, quite the opposite. I've been in this war from the beginning, and did 6 combat tours as an infantryman in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Nowadays, I'm no longer in a line platoon, but I'm on my 7th deployment right now. And yes, I did my time on the line. Everything from SAW Gunner, rifle team leader, Bradley gunner, Squad Leader, WSL, Platoon Sergeant, and now company 1SG. Did my time like everyone else. Do you have a problem with GWOT vets? You seem to like watching gun channels created by them just fine. I was never SOCOM or anything like that, but I did do my part.
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  35.  @armynurseboy  Yeah, I carried one Afghanistan. It behaves exactly like a SAW, good and bad. Unfortunately, they don't have the best service life, either.
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  36. @GarandThumb  Totally agree
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  37.  @rungfang27  A 1-30TH Infantry
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  38.  @LRRPFco52  I agree
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  39. The sustained rate of fire for an M249 is still about 85-100 rounds/min, whether you're firing semi or bursts. About the equivalent of three 30-rd magazines out of a carbine. She'll start getting really hot if you exceed it.
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  40.  @miletello1  I'd prefer if the Lina was fitted with an endplate that allowed a buffer tube like projection so we could put AR15 stocks on it. That way I could have a Sopmod stock on it
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  41. The 2010 will be the Army's main long range rifle for quite a while longer. The mk22 is for SOCOM
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  42. If you ever have torn off the bottom of your tshirt to wipe your ass
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  43. I saw a video a while back with Travis Haley using something like it in Iraq back in the day. I wish we still issued them
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  44.  @mrhellotherehowareu1384  Who are you talking to?
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  45.  @mrhellotherehowareu1384  Lol. Call of duty, huh? I'm active duty infantry
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  46.  @mrhellotherehowareu1384  What is your problem? Are you one if those guys who say stupid shit like "I would have enlisted but..."? What unit were YOU with 17 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of us fought. Where were you? And yes, these guns were more than capable of taking long shots, especially when firing multiple rounds on targets. The Marines had the mk12s down to the squad level, but I never saw one over there. Our guns weren't as nice as these, and we didn't have suppressors or expensive optics, but they did the job well.
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  47. ​ @smithnwesson990  The US military doesn't even use 147 grain 7.62 anymore. The standard ball round is 130 grains pushing 3100 from a 24" barrel. That same round will still be going 2900 from a 16" barrel. From a 13" barrel, the M80A1 still has a MV over 2800 fps . If M80A1 were to be loaded with an even lighter round like this load, it would no doubt have the same velocity
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  48. I one time saw an Iraqi Guardsman with a gun shaped cigarette lighter in a drop leg holster. He MIGHT have been better armed with this
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  49.  @armynurseboy  Weren't nearly as accurate, either. I have no experience with these short barreled M60s, but I was an M60 gunner with the same gun the Vietnam vets know. They had their quirks, but I liked it. For shorter guys (I'm 5'9"), it was way easier to fire standing from the shoulder, actually has a good handguard, and was pretty accurate with iron sights. The biggest problems we had were feed pawls, just like the m249. It's been a very long time since I've been a machine gunner, but it was a good time. I'm really interested to see where the FN Evolys goes from here. 12 pound 5.56, and 13.5 pound 7.62 guns. Very interesting what they've done with those. What do you think about the newer generation of machine guns coming out?
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  50. M80A1 130 grain 7.52x51 24 inch - 3100 fps 16 inch - 2900 fps 12.5 inch - 2750 fps 6.8 113 grain copper solid 16 inch - 3200 fps 9 inch- 2750 fps I guess if cutting barrels shorter is worth a complete caliber change, I guess this is your gun
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  51. 5.45 is relatively the same cost of 5.56 in the states If the guys who have said its superior are honest, they will still shoot it Or maybe they were only saying it was better due to low price of milsurp
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  52. @Izo-v2z  Understandable
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  53. I wanna see a Spear LT firing one of SIG's hybrid steel based rounds at 80k PSI. Could get 16" barreled ballistics from an 11.5" barrel
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  54.  @TheGamingHellhound  Yes, it's in 6.8x51, which is slower than 7.62 from an all brass case.
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  55.  @RB-xv4si  I'm well aware of that. Look at the barrel wear and destruction that 62k PSI m855A1 does to barrels, locking lugs, and feed ramps. The 80K PSI 6.8 will be even worse. The 264 USA is a superior bullet and doesn't have the excessive pressure. It's lighter, top.
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  56. I was thinking more along the lines of meth'd out leftists trying to burn your city down
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  57.  @David_Bergerac  Glock 666
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  58. Due to the size of the bore, 12 guage loses very little velocity per inch. Often below 10 fps. The difference between a 24" and a 10" should be around 150 fps.
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  59. Its been a looooong time since diarrhea was a big killer
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  60. Why not both? An M250 and 2x M5 per squad, everyone else gets this
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  61. Best GPMG us the world. Until KAC made LW-AMG
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  62. Summer of 05, a man drove through our TCP not paying attention. A team leader with a SAW blasted 7 or 8 rounds through the windshield from about 40 meters. Every round but one missed, and that hit him in the elbow. The M855s were deviating as much as 45 degrees after impact with the glass We didn't have that problem with M855A1 or brown tip in Afghanistan
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  63. ​ @jameslovesjammie  You said this 3 times in a row as if you knew what you're talking about about. They are shooting 113 grain fmj in this video It's the same ammo the US Army is using for range ammo
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  64. Little known fact- a 3 round burst of 7N6 is called The Shocker
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  65. There's no way 6.8x51 can replace 5.56 for most roles, but it seems it could easily replace 7.62 in DMRs and GPMGs. We still need to retain 5.56 for everyone else. Your rifle is only one of many weapons and a ton of equipment soldiers need to carry. The Spear LT with a 11.5" barrel and the folding stock would be a logical choice to replace the M4, maybe call it the M6. I can't imagine carrying the 13 pound M5 on top of carrying a Javelin, an M320 with 24 grenades, a Carl Gustaf, or hauling ammo for the GPMGs. This gun, I can see filling that role. 6 pounds stripped means by the time you add the 1-6x SIG Tango optic, IR Laser, loaded mag, and suppressor, the weapon would be 9.5 pounds and only 22 inches with stock folded. Very light and compact for the ranges most troops engage. Further than 300, the 6.8 weapons are utilized. For most troops who aren't in combat roles, a simple red dot like the current issued CompM4 would keep the gun around 7.5 pounds loaded.
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  66. If the electronics fail, it has an etched reticle. If the entire optic fails, the rifle has iron sights. Just like any other military optic.
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  67. Then it would be far less durable.
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  68. From a revolver, no less
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  69. All depends on how far you need to shoot. In self defense, a 10" is fine. 14.5 is great to 300, and 20" will get you to 800 with a good optic.
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  70.  xxxod  I'd go with 300 if I went that short
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  71. Was that at the Harvard rifle range?
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  72. Great rifle
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  73.  @hervy1180  I'm a killer. What about it? Never killed any babies. They never presented a threat to me. Maybe if they could wear an S vest
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  74. The ACOG is a prism scope
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  75. I'd rather have a suppressor than a bayonet, and you can't mount both
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  76. Hip flexor? What the hell?
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  77.  @jason200912  I fam fired one, but never used one in combat. I know what it's like to be on the receiving end, but the enemy gunners weren't especially skilled. I doubt I have ever been fired on by a truly zeroed weapon. They tended to just rock and roll instead of accurate bursts.
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  78.  @armynurseboy  Fair assessment. I think it might go the opposite with the new 6.8x51mm round. I think it can easily replace 7.62. There's both a high pressure round, along with a lower pressure round. Both seem to be better than 7.62. Just makes sense to me. With newer designs and metallurgy, I think we're going to see more guns and ammo going that way. FN has designed the new 6.5x43mm LICC round with a similar 3 piece round with high pressure, along with a new carbine to fire it. They also have modified the 12 pound 5.56 Evolys to fire it. Pretty cool, indeed. I'm still a sucker for the old guns, though
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  79.  @DukesOfArma  Yeah, it is. You get used to it. Most of us carried it with the 100 round nutsack, with another on our belt, and two 200 round pork chops on our chest. It changes the whole gun when you add the KAC "dildo grip" to the bottom of it. Becomes a true automatic rifle.
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  80. Really wish this would have gotten issued to us regular line grunts
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  81. I don't see the point of that many mags. A good leader should be ensuring that everyone is carrying about the same weight so one man isn't more overloaded than the other. That means carrying ammo for the M249 and m240, not mags. I'd much rather have soldiers carrying an extra 20 pounds in GPMG ammo than the same in carbine mags. 35 mags is 35 pounds. Better to carry 7 mags and 400 rounds of 7.62 for that weight
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  82.  @johngriffiths118  Thanks, man
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  83. It's a hellava lot more effective
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  84.  @lewisgann280  Easily
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  85.  the Graf  thanks for the advice, nurse
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  86. Nah, theyll have us zero irons and optics, then take the optic off an qualify, THEN put the optic back and qualify with THAT. Craziness.
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  87. Nowadays, a 123 grain 6.5G in a much lighter rifle would make more sense
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  88. Maybe the 6x machineguns ACOG, but those are rarely seen in the civilian world
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  89. My effective range with my 9" 300 BLK has been about 200 meters with subs, and 400 meters with supers
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  90. The pre flannel days
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  91. Had to use this at Waffle House Saturday night. It was a bloodbath
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  92. Or your gunner leaves it against a tree and can't find it now
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  93. Pretty sure most murders in the US are committed with centerfire handguns. Almost none are committed with . 22s
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  94. I wanna see this with a standard 30 round magazine
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  95. Nowadays, with M855A1 ammo (frag threshold less than 2000 fps), the range of these guns is extended. They will fragment out past 200 meters with the 10.3" barrel. That's usually plenty of range in cities.
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  96.  @GarandThumb  I guess the best alternative would be the 62 grain Federal MSR 5.56 round. Has similar velocity and expansion threshold and is available to civilians.
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  97.  @NinjaofApathy  This is the same bullet and velocity as a 338 going subsonic after tracking 1800 - 2000 yards
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  98. My driver in Iraq reached for his water and grabbed his piss bottle instead
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  99. Giys will crap on bullpyp triggers and then overlook awful triggers on G3s and Fals
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  100. Can confirm that the thumper cars driving through my neighborhood can't hear the shots
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  101. From my experience in Iraq and Afghanistan as an infantryman, I trust the ACOG my re than any other optic out there. I need my weapon to still be able to fight if it fell off a mountainside, vehicle, or building. There. Are few that will consistently do that.
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  102. I've been in since 2000. I've never seen one pair of BDUs or DCUs rip like the ACUs. Since we switched to the ACU cut, I've seen at least several dozen pairs of ACUs disintegrate while the user was wearing them
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  103. All deadlined in the arms room by 2024.
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  104. I would imagine it would be good with a cheek riser and side mount
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  105. Desert Tech has spent a long time thinking about how yo improve the bullpup platform. They have done veey well
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  106. So I'll just hit the robot with a Switchblade from 5 miles away and leave the squad without supplies.
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  107.  @birthdefect1186  Why would it be harder to kill?
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  108.  @birthdefect1186  Lol. Ok. Whatever
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  109. I have the 3x on my personal rifle and it has over 3" of relief. It feels almost like a red dot mounted more forward on the reciever rail
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  110.  @thegeth4293  I've been issued the Aimpoint como 2 and comp 4. They had some problems with battery life in the old days and have always had durability issues. The eotech 523s we used back in the mid 2000s burned through batteries, had shifting zeros, and the battery compartment lid would snap off. I hear the newer ones are better. I've used an ACOG in the infantry for the last 15 years. Never lost zero, takes a beating, and is just more reliable than the others. It's a solid piece of alluminum with a very tough set of really clear lenses. The mounts are really solid, too. We have to do alot with our rifles and they get bumped and beat up alot. I haven't found a red dot or variable that keeps up. The elcans are also tough as nails but are a little heavier and bulky. We don't really fight using passive NV. We just use laser discipline or only touch on our lasers right before firing. We figure the yelling and bright muzzle flashes along with the noise of our guns firing is going to give away our positions anyway. You don't stick in one place too long, so it's not a negative. We've actually given non judicial punishment to soldiers on squad lanes for not having IR discipline and keeping the PEQs on too long. Just my two cents from using them overseas over the years.
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  111.  @thegeth4293  I've heard good things about the xp3. They're not army issued, but I've known a couple of guys who used their personal ones on the duty rifle. An IR laser isn't totally necessary for use with nods. If you can get a high quality red laser that you can zero, it'll be passable. They barely give away your position and only really show from the emitter and the target but can be clearly seen in nods. You won't be able to see the beam with the naked eye in the dark past 50 meters, but can easily see it out to 300 with a good pair of 14s.
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  112.  @thegeth4293  We always used taclights for fighting indoors and taped a small LED light for searching houses. We avoided lasers in buildings
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  113.  @thegeth4293  The taclights blind the enemy in CQC. Also, quite often we were entering building in the day with no nods on our helmets, but cardboard was taped over the windows, power was out, or there were dark rooms in otherwise we'll lit buildings. We wanted to be able to view into spaces without actually entering and exposing ourselves to fire. For searching the rooms for items or secret hiding spaces, we would use the small LED light ghts because they worked with nods or without, didn't blind us like the taclights, and didn't splash back or give a big light signature for anyone observing the building from the street.
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  114. I tested that out on a 240 in '05. The 240 won and I lost 3 teeth
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  115. The program was mismanaged, but yes, the rifle was really good
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  116. Austrian master race
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  117. The 6.8x51 has several different loads. The ones he is firing in this video are the FMJ training rounds, and have a lower chamber pressure and a MV of 2600 fps from this 13" barrel. The full pressures EPR ammo is the higher pressure 2900 fps variety that recoils much more. You'd definitely tell the difference. For comparison, the 7.62x51mm 130 grain SOST and M80A1 rounds have a MV of 2750fps from a 13" barreled MK 17 CQC rifle.
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  118. I'd rather carry a MK18
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  119.  @RB-xv4si  And the 6.8 hybrid ammo isn't pushing 3k from this 13" barrel. It's going 2850. 3k is from the 16" barreled LMG.
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  120.  @RB-xv4si  I'd much rather have the FN carbine/ LMG pair than these
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  121.  @RecondoPaul  Yes, it is. This would do fine for replacing 7.62,, but not 5.56. There's no way a squad could support 2 of these in the field. Back to the squad machine gun, I guess
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  122.  @RecondoPaul  I wondered about that, too. I've seen very little shooting of either gun past 25 meters.
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  123.  @RecondoPaul  Yep. Can't pierce armor any better than current 7.62
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  124. Single point slings really suck carrying a casualty
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  125. I'm not sure on that. The 5.45 is a pretty long bullet compared to a pistol bullet
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  126.  @neglectfulsausage7689  Ah, got it
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  127.  @dasboot9471  The folding buttstock is a godsend on jumps and in a vehicle. If we adopted this as a DMR, with the Spear LT for every other guy in the squad, the folding stock is even better. Great for guys who's secondary is an M4 Carl Gustaf, the grenadier, and vehicle drivers and gunners. Anyone in an Abrams or Bradley turret would appreciate vis immediately.
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  128. At some periods of the war, a guy carrying a pack was at least something to roll him up for, and at most he's getting shot. Think of that when thinking about a pack. Not saying you shouldn't, but it's a target indicator
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  129. The issued Modular Accessory Panel is a pretty good option. They can do alot of what the Mayflower can for a lot less money
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  130. Hirtong 300 meters with any 6" barrel is pretty difficuot in any caliber
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  131.  @stevemisfit1  Nah. 1:7 isn't necessary until you get up to 75 grain. A 1:12 will stabilize a 55 grain, and only a 1:9 is necessary for mid weight 62-69 grains. The military uses 1:7 to stabilize the longer tracer bullets. It actually hurts the accuracy of the issues ball round.
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  132.  @stevemisfit1  Never seen that at all. Most accurized ARs these days have 1:8 twists for 77 grain SMKs.
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  133. I'd be much less against the adoption of the XM5 6.8 rifles if the Army also bought these for all combat positions in which 6.8 would be an anchor. If eash squad had an 6.8 M5 carbine, a 6.8 M250 LMG, and an M3E1 84mm Gustaf, all other troops could be armed with these, with suppressors issued as needed. The folding stock and short length would be very much appreciated for armored crewmen, mortars, RTOs, AT specialists, and crew served weapon crews. Much better for mout and assaults than an M5 or M4.
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  134. In the thumbnail, you look like you have a condom on your upper lip
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  135.  @TheMrFu  True
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  136. Lol. It should have!
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  137. For a guy who's not a DM, I'd much rather have the 11.5" KAC gun
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  138. Me too
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  139. Now, try shooting a 200 meter target at night with the M16A1. No PEQ15, no night fighting
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  140. Overall, id rather have the longer gun. More rail space for a clip-on thermal and higher muzzle velocity
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  141. Looks like it would be handy for punching holes in BTRs and armored cars, and knocking out the optics of armored vehicles. This would be able to penetrate up armored humvees and Russian Tigers.
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  142. I agree on 6 ARC
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