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kraigwy · April 12, 2011, 05:51 PM

We had a point man that came up with one somewhere, it was a heck of a lot of fun to shoot, he finely got rid of it and went back to his CAR because the ammo was so dern heavy.

Later I was the Weapons Sgt in a NG Special Forces company, (No I wasn't flash qualifed). I had several Forgien weapons and some older US weapons (1919A6, BAR, and Grease gun). We got a lot of ammo for it but we couldnt get it to jam. We had an Armor BN that had them up until 73 when they lost their armor status. They had to turn over their armor to the Regular army to replace what they shipped to Israel during the '73 war. The SF Unit (38th Special Forces) was disbanned in 76 and I had to turn in all my neat guns.

April 12, 2011, 05:51 PM	#17
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	We had a point man that came up with one somewhere, it was a heck of a lot of fun to shoot, he finely got rid of it and went back to his CAR because the ammo was so dern heavy. Later I was the Weapons Sgt in a NG Special Forces company, (No I wasn't flash qualifed). I had several Forgien weapons and some older US weapons (1919A6, BAR, and Grease gun). We got a lot of ammo for it but we couldnt get it to jam. We had an Armor BN that had them up until 73 when they lost their armor status. They had to turn over their armor to the Regular army to replace what they shipped to Israel during the '73 war. The SF Unit (38th Special Forces) was disbanned in 76 and I had to turn in all my neat guns. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071