Comments by "J ay" (@Jay-ho9io) on "Ryan McBeth"
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After 12 years in the Corps, I took a break, and realized I missed the military enough to take another shot at it in the Guard. On the other end of that, my longest term platoon commander, for whom which I was his platoon sergeant, Agreed that I conducted myself the entire time like a Marine who was detached to the United States Army.
So on behalf of every time I said some version of "You know, there's another way to do that.." I apologize for myself and perhaps some of my less tactful brothers and sisters.
We are but a simple people, at times. 🤣🤷🏽
You are absolutely right about the difference in Army and Marine Corps versions of esprit de corps. My Engineers were always Engineers first and Soldiers second. But they were seriously proud of being 12Bs, and in time I came to grudgingly admit that "Essayons!" kinda grew on me too.
"The Army is something you did, the Marine Corps is something you are."
I don't know how right or wrong you are about the Army, But looking back at my history, and my family's history... You're absolutely right about the Corps.
Thanks, SFC. This was solid. Much appreciated.
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@ndolba6210 anti-aircraft weapons are generally poor antipersonal weapons over time, due to the rate of fire. And this weapon is over 40 years obsolete as an effective anti-aircraft weapon.
The necessity of depth you would need to entrench this vehicle is unreasonable even for WW1 era trenches.
You have never served in a modern military, I have. If you had, regardless of whether you or Western or Eastern or African or from Mars, you would understand that the points being raised against the usefulness of the weapon system are rooted in the best practices of war.
Too tall..... Too big of a target for no good reason, and needs to be buried deeper than you would want it to have to be to be able to be appropriately protected or hidden.
Anti-aircraft weapons have to fire quite quickly, which means an awful lot of expended rounds. This is useful for targeting a single aircraft but a wasteful and ineffective method of suppressing infantry.
And as stated, there isn't a huge amount of ammunition available for the weapon.
The Russians have produced reliable weapon systems in the past. This does not appear to be one in any way shape or form.
But then some of us have the benefit of experience, and you have the "benefit" of confusing your hurt pride and position on the other side of an ocean from me, as somehow being an argument against physics, or logistics.
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