Comments on: Soldiers Want a Bigger Bang

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:50:44 +0000

I’m looking for a reasonably good picture of a quad 50 that was mounted on the back of a truck in Viet Nam. Preferred without the truck picture.
Thank you.

By: rappelz gold

rappelz gold — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:52:22 +0000

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By: triffid98

triffid98 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:39:32 +0000

The current 5.56/9mm ammo is a joke. The ubiquitous 7.62 mm AK47 trumps it in both reliability, stopping power and (in rough conditions) accuracy.
Either bring back the classics (Colt45/Browning 50) or replace them with something better. If they were good enough for the Nazis they’re good enough for terrorist sects. Shooting people and watching them get back up is the last thing we need in the face of 4000+ casualties and roadside shaped charges courtesy of Iran.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:27:11 +0000

Good day to all my fellow soldiers marines air force and navy .Im a ex navy gunner and i agree we need better firepower and should be allow to carry what every each person want so if you want a lame ass 9mm cool but dont tell us to feel sorry for you when after 3 mag you still cant kill anyone simple put until every person is a crack shot mean you can take head shot at 25yr 9out10 time you need a .45 to do the job and rifle i say the 6.8mmm look sweet saw the test fire of it

By: Jackie Perry

Jackie Perry — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:12:36 +0000

The enemy has no rules why in the world would we put our men and women over there or anywhere without the best and most stopping power there is? That is a crime. Put the congress and senate over there on the street with our military surrounding them to protect them then see what type of weapons and ammo they approve for use!!Wait leave them here and take their families so that they can be here to vote on what they can use. Some families have already had to send the vests for their loved ones to wear I guess we need to send guns and ammo also.

By: m.smith

m.smith — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:59:16 +0000

as a marine i think we do need more stopping power. However we also need a weapon that is easy to maintane. The glock .45 or .40 is the way to go. Forget the rules! Hollow points, and head shots!!

By: m.smith

m.smith — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:58:48 +0000

as a marine i think we do need more stopping power. However we also need a weapon that is easy to maintane. The glock .45 or .40 is the way to go. Forget the rules! Hollow points, and head shots!!

By: manuel jesse lara

manuel jesse lara — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:48:03 +0000

we were in ‘contact’ we quickly gained superiority over them as they were running we were picking them off like flies on a cantaloupe, there4 was this insurgenr that was not running i checked with my fire team leader he gave me the go ahead so i peppered this disciplined hard core veet cong with some willy pete. later on that dayi asked about the veet cong this soldier told me you did that animal a favor he was probably sacrifacing hisself for his god so i went on along with my tour with that in my mind and615888orah“

By: Demophilus

Demophilus — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:12:26 +0000

Yo, mjl:
People are still on the board; they just don’t have anything to add after 405 posts.
If you want to continue the discussion, you might go over to the Military.com board. You’ll find it at http://forums.military.com/eve.
Apart from that, there are weapons boards pretty much everywhere. Cast your bread upon the water.
You might try the Center for Army Lessons Learned; they’re at http://call.army.mil/. You can contact LEATHERNECK magazine or the MARINE CORPS GAZETTE over at http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/.
Some of the stuff you’re saying about the blooper makes sense. Don’t know how useful those tactics are with a lot of civilians around. I do know the USMC is working with a 6 shot 40mm launcher that seems tailor made for what you’re talking about. You can find a story on that at http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,SoldierTech_060323_mgl140„00.html
Then again, there’s always the Mk19. That too was pretty much made for what you’re talking about.
Good luck.

By: manuel jesse lara

manuel jesse lara — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:45:21 +0000

i want to get my bro's-in-arms to get the victories that they deserve in those minutes in actual contact (the word "contact" brings back a memory of 'nam after we had to medevac three guy's from our platoon "doc" our medic said "you know these high falutin mf's talk about "war is hell" n hit by a phosphorecent willy pete shrapnel you need to get grenadiers that can put 7 to 10 rounds in the air before the first one impacts you need fast and accurate "bloopergrunts".good luck to you broham's and may you all come back saf ely adios muchachos hoorah!!!!!!!!!!