Comments on: Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer

By: German Gurkha

German Gurkha — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:24:24 +0000

Just As I have always said: 5.56 is an American Aberration.
Either you are in your own, then you Need range or you are dismounted , then weight is Not that important…
Just my 2 Cents…

By: Skysoldier173

Skysoldier173 — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:37:28 +0000

I wish every platoon had a Gustav, its not real heavy and its eaasy to operate. I also wish the Army would phase out the 5.56.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:07:41 +0000

Because every soldier wants to be the big PX commando and have a Colt M4 with an AGOG on it so they can be the baddest FOBbit around.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:06:42 +0000

Marksmanship says it all. If they are trained where to place their shots, and trained to place those accurate shot onto targets out to 500 meters, they are likely doing so. The Army is still operating under the Cold War mindset that all engagements will be under 300 meters and they don’t need to shoot that far. If the Army wants to learn what to do at longer ranges they need to hire some Marines to teach them how to shoot!

By: Crain

Crain — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:41:06 +0000

You have some good points, but on a historical note, WW2 Allied Forces were heavily weighed down, some to the extent of drowning on D-Day because they couldn’t get 60+ pounds of gear off them in time. Read The Soldier’s Load and the Mobility of a Nation. We are carrying less weight now than during WW2 or Vietnam. Our Body Armor is what slows us down, not that I minded the armor. It’s bulky, hot, uncomfortable, but it will stop a lot of things coming at you.

By: BrinLondo

BrinLondo — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:02:48 +0000

Lethality is truly related to shot placement. Recently a very large man was brought low by 2 shots to the chest with .22 cal pistol. Lets teach the boys to shoot and push the bad guy out of their weapons range. Brin

By: yung.vet

yung.vet — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:20:44 +0000

you cant fire more than a few shots a day with that weapon. the concusion is that powerful

By: yung.vet

yung.vet — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:19:35 +0000

you know the only people known, in my experience to do Qualfactories is the goddamn National Guard (TEXAS). everywhere else ive been, the supply POGs would drop 3x what we needed. we would qual all our guys and then do stressfires and reflex-fires, shoot-moves and then more smoke sessions with followed by stressfires. ive done unknown distance shooting, spoting, so much shooting i hated the range. point is; if you wanna make fun of how we train our POGs feel free. delude yourself into thinking that the corps is the bomb compared to the army because the INFANTRY KICKS CORPS A$$!

By: yung.vet

yung.vet — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:05:47 +0000

PWNED

By: AR_15

AR_15 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:16:05 +0000

Part 3 They even make a .458 SOCOM 405g that while not so effective in way out range will take out anything at medium, range and if you are still not satisfied with its killing ability then pick up a 50 Beowulf 300g Speer Gold Dot Jacketed Hollow point. Point is, that with the M4 frame you can fire just about anything by changing out the upper, ammo, and may just a little modification. It’s a hell of a weapon, and we all have them both DOD and Civilians alike. They are also all over the place and they are cheap, and can be made to be able to be fired without oil to jam up the works, FailZero treatment. That’s not exactly true, you should put some in the barrel once in awhile. We have the best, we just aren’t giving them to the troops. Call your senator and congressmen.