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

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. All deadlined in the arms room by 2024.
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  4. I would imagine it would be good with a cheek riser and side mount
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  5. Desert Tech has spent a long time thinking about how yo improve the bullpup platform. They have done veey well
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  6. So I'll just hit the robot with a Switchblade from 5 miles away and leave the squad without supplies.
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  7.  @birthdefect1186  Why would it be harder to kill?
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  8.  @birthdefect1186  Lol. Ok. Whatever
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  9. 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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  10.  @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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  11.  @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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  12.  @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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  13.  @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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  14. I tested that out on a 240 in '05. The 240 won and I lost 3 teeth
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  15. The program was mismanaged, but yes, the rifle was really good
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  16. Austrian master race
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  17. 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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  18. I'd rather carry a MK18
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  19.  @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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  20.  @RB-xv4si  I'd much rather have the FN carbine/ LMG pair than these
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  21.  @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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  22.  @RecondoPaul  I wondered about that, too. I've seen very little shooting of either gun past 25 meters.
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  23.  @RecondoPaul  Yep. Can't pierce armor any better than current 7.62
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  24. Single point slings really suck carrying a casualty
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  25. I'm not sure on that. The 5.45 is a pretty long bullet compared to a pistol bullet
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  26.  @neglectfulsausage7689  Ah, got it
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  27.  @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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. Hirtong 300 meters with any 6" barrel is pretty difficuot in any caliber
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  31.  @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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  32.  @stevemisfit1  Never seen that at all. Most accurized ARs these days have 1:8 twists for 77 grain SMKs.
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  33. 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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  34. In the thumbnail, you look like you have a condom on your upper lip
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  35.  @TheMrFu  True
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  36. Lol. It should have!
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  37. For a guy who's not a DM, I'd much rather have the 11.5" KAC gun
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  38. Me too
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  39. Now, try shooting a 200 meter target at night with the M16A1. No PEQ15, no night fighting
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  40. Overall, id rather have the longer gun. More rail space for a clip-on thermal and higher muzzle velocity
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  41. 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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  42. I agree on 6 ARC
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