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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