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w_houle · January 6, 2009, 01:38 PM

Actually, I thought he said "Grab anything that kills..." (pronounced keels)
Umm... what is suppressive fire? Isn't that just pretty much spray and pray firing? I mean this is an odd doctorine to come from a nation of marksmen. If anything, it would be cool to have a calico .22lr mounted to an AR like an M203 so just in case you have to throw a lot of lead at an area. Why? Well, it makes the MG noise to keep their heads down, and .22lr is easy to carry.

January 6, 2009, 01:38 PM	#16
w_houle Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,391	Actually, I thought he said "Grab anything that kills..." (pronounced keels) Umm... what is suppressive fire? Isn't that just pretty much spray and pray firing? I mean this is an odd doctorine to come from a nation of marksmen. If anything, it would be cool to have a calico .22lr mounted to an AR like an M203 so just in case you have to throw a lot of lead at an area. Why? Well, it makes the MG noise to keep their heads down, and .22lr is easy to carry. __________________ How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished?