Comments by "The Immortal" (@theimmortal4718) on "Task & Purpose" channel.

  1.  @zoiders  Wrong. There's a massive difference between MTO&E and what troops were actually carrying by the end of the war. The Thompson was even more popular during the Korean war. In fact, there was a large representation of guys getting the MOH due to actions they committed with Thompson's. It was a very formidable weapon at the time.
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  2.  @theangrycheeto  Adjustable gas blocks, higher grade steel on carrier and bolt, H3 buffers, cold hammer forged steel and stellite barrels that reduce port erosion, etc.
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  3. Those CV90s are gorgeous
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  4.  @Venator631  How does an autoloader give you more precision? An autoloader doesn't make it more accurate. It does, however make the tank lighter
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  5. It's a step backwards, very evidently. You don't change your tactics to match a weapon. You develop tactics first and then acquire weapons to accomplish that task. We DID clear rooms with 40 inch weapons and it sucked. We didn't issue M4s just because reasons. We did it because a weapon the length of the AK is superior in cities and riding in vehicles. Honestly, it seems most people that get excited about this program haven't ever had to carry a rifle and go kill people. They don't understand what being a rifleman entails, past shooting weapons. Most would blanche at the weight of ammo, armor, and fear we already carry. In Afghanistan, we regularly carried 125 pounds on patrols. This will make that even heavier and will send a lot of guys to a painful, early death with serious spinal and musculoskeletal injuries.
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  6. We had an FO that was exactly like this. He carried 5 fucking knives, no joke. Including the 2 on his back above his shoulder blades. Can't make that shit up.
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  7. All reports seem to be the the T14 won't be produced in large numbers. The US has universally been using the M1 Abrams as it's only tank for 30 years. We completely retired the M60 by the mid 90s. The advantage of having one tank, as opposed to several like the Russians, is maintenance. Tanks are maintenance intensive. Having the same parts and mechanics trained is important. Plus, having a crew of 4 rather than 3, means more guys who can work on the vehicle. Whether you're changing track, pulling a motor, or just pulling security in defense, the more the merrier.
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  8.  @gae_wead_dad_6914  So unless a tank is more than 70 tons, it has "no armor"? How the hell did you come to that conclusion?
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  9. Damn, I didn't know that
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  10. The M14 has been in constant service since 1959. I'd say it's pretty successful.
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  11. These aren't for fighting in China. Why would their terrain matter at all?
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  12.  @technoruffles7747  9x39 isn't banned.
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  13.  @sevrent2811  The Russians have done that, as well. They have upgraded the T72 for decades, as well as the T80, and the T90. There's multiple variations and upgrades of each. The T14 isn't meant to replace current Russian tanks but to add additional capabilities to the force. They don't need thousands of them, but only a few hundred for spearhead forces.
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  14. That sounds exactly like someone who wants to die
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  15. Without a spotter and a tripod, about 800 meters
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  16. US Marine raider squads (10 men) had no less than 6 Thompson smg's.
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  17.  @zoiders  You can't think of ANY ando units besides the rangers? None? 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon (Provisional) - "Castner's Cutthroats" 1st Special Service Force – "Devil's Brigade", a joint U.S.-Canadian unit 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) – "Merrill's Marauders" – "Charles N. Hunter" Ranger Battalions Alamo Scouts Alaskan Scouts Marine Parachute Battalions – the "Paramarines" United States Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, "VAC Amphib Recon Company" or "FMFPAC Amphib Recon Battalion" United States Marine Corps Scout (Tank) and Sniper Company – originated Scout Snipers and Division Recon Naval Scouts and Raiders Navy Combat Demolition Units (NCDU) US Navy Beach Jumpers Underwater Demolitions Teams (UDT) Precursor to the Navy SEALs 1st Air Commando Group Office of Strategic Services, whose functions included the arming, training and supplying of resistance movements; the use of propaganda, espionage, and subversion; and conducting post-war planning. Precursor to the CIA.
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  18. I didn't carry an extra ounce I didn't have to in combat. Armor and helmet is 28 pounds, water 10 pounds, radio, headset and extra battery another 5, rifle and ammo 16, 203 and 12 bombs another 10, not to mention good, maintenance gear, medical, along with 60mm mortars and belts of ammo for the SAW and 240 or an AT4. Yeah, that sh*t is heavy. Around 100 pounds or so. If an M250 becomes organic to each squad, it would be way too heavy to support with ammo. I believe it would end up being the sole MG for the squad and everybody carrying belts for that. Same with the carbine- maybe one per fire team, as other guys would be carrying AT weapons/rounds, grenade launchers, or a stinger for drone defense. The ammo is just too heavy for universal issuance, but I could see it replacing 7.62 in the role it's already used. The lighter machine gun will be welcome, but the carbine would at best replace the M110A1.
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  19.  DGK201  No, I'm not mistaken. The SIG round is 6.8x51mm, much different that the 6.8 SPC II which is 6.8x43mm. According to SIG, the 6.8x51mm round fires a 125 grain bullet at 3000 fps and has a total cartridge weight of 24 grams. The current issued 7.62x51mm round, the M80A1, fires a 130 grain bullet at 3000 fps, and has a total cartridge weight of 24 grams. The only difference is that SIG claims they get their velocity from a 4" shorter barrel. They increased the chamber pressure from 60,000 psi to an extremely dangerous 75,000 psi. That's like have a potential bomb in the gun, shearing locking lugs, cam pins, and extractors. As far as bullet construction, I seriously doubt it will be anything revolutionary. It will most likely be an EPR projectile like the M80A1, with a steel penetrator. I fail to see how the same sized bullet, going the same speed will perform massively different, especially at 600 meters! Lol
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  20.  @gupler  Any device consistently jmimg on a broadband with high energy is going to get a HARM volley pretty quickly. Jammers are missile magnets
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  21.  rockn roll  7.62x39 is not the Russian equivelant of 7.62x51 NATO. The Russian equivelant of 7.62 NATO is the 7.62x54R, which the SVD, PKM, and Mosin Nagant all fire. 7.62x39 is fired by the much smaller AKM.
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  22. The army pistol training is the worst.
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  23. Yep, berm drills are the foundation of gunnery. You're very correct. As one section is dropping down into defilade, the other is up engaging. Same when bounding by section. The possible ATGM team already has guns on it as soon as they pop up.
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  24.  @zoiders  You mentioned the rangers. Did I? What you have just built is called a strawman argument, in which since you cannot argue based on what I actually said. Instead, you create an argument I didn't push forward and then argue against that. When did I ever say anything about rangers?
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  25.  @zoiders  You really think the rangers were the only commandos of WW2? And you're telling me to study history. You're the living embodiment of the Dunning Kruger
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  26.  @zoiders  Didn't say that, either, did I? You're arguing against yourself, again. That's very dishonest. The Thompson was incredibly popular with soldiers. Many units carried more than were on their books. That's what I said. See the difference between my version and yours? The initial comment that "nobody wanted to carry" the Thompson is what I disagreed with. That's the comment you white knighted. Supposedly, the 9.5 pound M1 Garand is WAY lighter than the 10 pound "heavy hunk of metal" M1A1 Thompson? That's ridiculous on it's face. To say nobody wanted to carry the Thompson just isn't true. And that's the argument for which you've come to argue- that the M1 was unpopular with troops. It wasn't, and makes you sound stupid.
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  27. And fucking General Miley wants to give us heavy as fuck 6.8 rifles. Asshole
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  28. Concur
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  29. Lol. That picture of the busted M4 isn't due to problems with the weapon. It had a barrel obstruction
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  30. That's because most BMPs aren't BMP 3s
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  31.  @828enigma6  Gustav M3E1 ammo and gun weigh the same as the RPG7, but with better ammo, better accuracy, better range. The wind plays havoc with RPG rounds
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  32.  @saltyfloridaman7163  You don't understand combat, and it shows. You mean the Chinese soldiers who don't wear body armor and fire 5.8x42mm weapons (comparable to 5.56)? Those Chinese troops? We already outrange them. Wait- aren't you the guy who claimed 338 is just as powerful as 50 BMG, even though that's nowhere near the truth? The generals who are pushing this program, including Gen Milley, are idiots and just gage up Afghanistan wholesale. They had no clue what was happening on the ground, bullgeadedly didn't listen to troops in daily contact with the ANA, and assisted the corruption there for 20 years. These guys have made careers getting every single thing wrong. Everytime. And ground troops are supposed to listen to people who've never fought there about what we should be doing better? The only times American troops were in disadvantaged positions were directly the result of idiots not understanding the fight. We had every weapon we could ever possibly need, but if you're placed in the tactically worst situations possible ( KOP Keating), none of it matters. I can guarantee that, in 20 years of fighting, it's doubtful I was ever fired on by someone with a zeroed weapon. Anything over 100 was area fire for them. I was in Iraq 3 times ('03, '05, and 07/08), Afghanistan 2 times ('11 and 2013), and I was in Syria last year. The mess we are in isn't due to improper weapons and ammo. You don't honestly think that success the next war will be hinged on what ammo we use, to you? That these would have helped at all to accomplish our mission? I certainly don't. Our government has terminal cancer, and bee weapons programs aren't going to cure it. We'd just be leaving these guns behind in whatever warzone our generals fail in next.
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  33. We've been through this before. The PKM does not have a max range any greater than the M240. Same size bullet, with the same velocity. It's impossible for one to shoot farther than the other.
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  34.  @spartanx9293  I think the benefits of an autoloader are more taken advantage of in the T14, since it now allows added protection to the crew, as well. That is a big advantage, I think. I've never heard of the 125mm missiles being used in combat, bit that also seems to be an advantage. Do you know if the autoloader works with them or if they have to manually load those? I don't know much about them
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  35.  @ZboeC5  Can you name our biggest and best battleship the US Navy is sailing right now?
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  36. That's called the US MK47
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  37.  rockn roll  Incorrect, again. 7.62x39 is in the same class as 6.8x43 SPC, 7.62x35 (300 BLK), 6.5x39 Grendel, 5.56x45 and 5.45x39, which are all assault rifle cartridges. They fit in AR15 or AK sized magazines. They all have muzzle energies from 1200 ft lbs to 1800 ft lbs. 6.8x51is a full powered cartridge, like 7.62x51, 7.62x54r, 30-06, 6.5x55, etc. They fit in actions such as the AR10, Dragunov, FAL, M14 and M1 Garand. They have muzzle energies of 2500 ft lbs to 2800 ft lbs. 7.62x39 and 6.5Creedmoor are in completely different cartridge classes and will not fit in the same type of gun. A battle rifle fires a full powered cartridge, and an assault rifle shoots a smaller, shorter "kurtz" round.
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  38.  @tbomb69  America's Army It wasn't training. It was for recruiting
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  39.  @gupler  This is the exact explaination given by YouTube viewers to explain why stealth aircraft technology is absolutely worthless. In fact, there's always somebody explaining how some bill on dollar tech can be fooled with a shoestring and a gum wrapper.
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  40. He mentioned about M855A1. It's really true that it's a superior round. It's reliably fragments from an M4 at 350 meters, and doesn't rely on yaw. Really addresses the problem of m855 green tipped ammo.
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  41. They weren't in this vehicle.
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  42. They are all terrible
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  43.  @ylee12  That's what they should have done from the beginning. When we invaded Iraq, we took 3 weeks to go 600 Km to Baghdad. It was as fast as we could go and still have a logistics tail. One we got there, my Brigade had to fight 3 Iraqi Guards divisions.
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  44. @Nicholas Rodriguez That's a new requirement that didn't exist in the past. 5.56 does just as well as any fielded assult rifle round. The Russian and chinese ammo don't penetrate any more than 5.56. in fact, they do worse. I seriously doubt the US infantry is going to field a battle rifle to replace their carbines. That's a step backwards to the 1950s. It's much more likely we might replace 7.62 in some roles. Only 20% of a soldiers body is covered by level 4 plates. It hardly makes you unbeatable without AP ammo. The ammo design it would take to meet that ridiculous requirement of level 4 penetration at 600 meters is fantasy. The round would have to be large and made of expensive materials. Something like that will never be issued just do most can be shot in targets at the range.
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  45. @Nicholas Rodriguez Kid? I'm a 21 year infantry vet who's fought this entire war since 9/11. I have a huge amount of experience fighting with these weapons. I've been in 3rd ID, 72nd ABN, 1st CAV, and 10th Mountain and carried these guns on 4 continents. I'm not just some "kid" on the internet. I have a vested interest in what we end up carrying going forward. Mistakes in the procurement could cost lives. It's not just a theoretic discussion. This has real world implications for the warfighter.
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  46.  @Taskandpurpose  That's a training issue. Most soldiers have very little shooting experience and will practice whatever you show them. With training, you can reload a bullpup as fast as a conventional weapon.
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  47. I'd love to see an autoloading Spike missile launcher with 8 rounds in line with the 30mm main gun like the 100mm gun/launcher on the BMP3. Also, make sure to have a 7.62 armed RWS. Give it seats for a crew of 3 and 8 passengers.
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  48. I feel the 12 man squad is the perfect size. Squad leader, assistant squad leader, 2 man GPMG team, 2 man AT team, 2 grenadiers, and 4 riflemen/ammo bearers.
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  49.  DGK201  Lol. Not a Boomer. Just a 20 year infantry NCO with more knowledge about this weapon program than you do. If you'd soak in the knowledge I'm giving you, you'd be much more educated on it. Unfortunately, you believe you know it all without studying one bit. All opinion with no facts or understanding of ballistics or military tactics.
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  50. We carried them stockless in pistol holsters, bungeed to our kit. It wasn't bulky or difficult at all that way. Carried 12 rounds in an ammo belt, as well.
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