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Lost Boy wrote:A friend of mine describes the M4/M16 Stoner platform as a polished turd. When it first experienced reliability problems from the beginning of its introduction in Vietnam, they made the mistake of trying to fix the problems and improve on the design, rather than scrap it as a bad idea and go with a better infantry rifle.
Grenades. No cleaning required.
deselby wrote: I could be wrong, but don't RPGs have to travel a distance before they're armed?
Jefe wrote:The original post was to me, clearly from a Marine in the field. Unsurprisingly, armchair warriors from the BFC rip it up from their basements.
Yeah, a few technical points are wrong. Most 20 year olds (the average Warfighter) don't get detailed training to the point of .223 is actually different than 5.56.
To me, it was clearly from the field and not the basement.
And RPGs do not have to travel hardly at all before arming and yes, point blank range is accurate to the extent that beyond 2-300 Meters they are not effective on a moving target.
Just a question: How many of the critics on this thread have actively engaged the enemy in Afghanistan using or receiving the weapons systems the orignal report card addressed? My guess is the original poster and pretty much nobody else.
AztecDave wrote:Only thing wrong with the M16/M4 design is the gas operation method. If it used a buffer system (like the HK416) vice actual gas expansion into the chamber, there's no real issues. Was at the range here 2 weeks ago and put about a thousand rounds thru my M4 in a few hours. Shot very accurately out to distance (was shooting to 250-300m). No stoppages or malfunctions. But cleaning it later - was a ton of carbon buildup in/on the chamber & bolt carrier group. With a buffer system, there's no gas blowback into the chamber. I understand that there's an OTS conversion kit to convert to a buffer system. Anybody?
here's a you tube video on the HK 416
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObXZMepn ... A344528958
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