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Old June 27, 2012, 07:55 PM   #26
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Old June 27, 2012, 09:17 PM   #27
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It is scarey as hell being in heavy brush with tanks at night. Whole lot of noise and you can't tell where it is coming from. Turn around and it is right on you. No wonder whole companies panic and bug out. Yeah, tanks are different.
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Old June 27, 2012, 10:58 PM   #28
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Used a 3.5 rocket launcher, M1 rifle, M14 rifle, M16 Rifle, Remington 45Cal.pistol.

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Old June 28, 2012, 12:26 AM   #29
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Early on training with the M-14. Later in the Corp of Engineers it was getting a little more interesting with C-4, Det Cord and etc. Then there was a period of time as an Infantry Training Officer at Ft. Polk where there was time and experience with a bunch of killing tools;
M1911A1
M-16
M-79
M-60
50 cal
90 mm Recoiless
106 Recoiless
Chunking Hand Grenades and setting up claymores
Even had one training course using BB guns for point shooting training.

In Nam, I even got the chance to fire a Quad 50 (what a hoot). Our jungle clearing compy (Rome Plows) uncovered numerous enemy caches of weapons. We got to look at and shoot SK's, AK's, & RPG's. Then there were plenty of old US military weapons in the caches like M-1 rifles and carbines, BAR's, and the list goes on.

We also got the chance to observe the workings of the Naval big guns, B-52's and their loads creating instant swimming pools, the Navy and Air Force with the F-4 Fantoms providing close-in air suport using napalm, Army Artiliery, Huey Gunships and the Cobras and the mini-guns keeping the perimeter lit up at night. All this came from the guys supporting us in our operations. We also had the M-60 tanks out on the cut sites side by side with our Caterpillar D-7's. The smoke grenades lined the inside of the D-7 cab kits and were used to ward off the stinging bees from huge wasp nest in the brush and trees we were clearing.

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Old June 28, 2012, 12:42 AM   #30
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M16A1
M16A2
M16A3
M4
M4A1
CAR-15
M14
M1A1
M1 Garand

H&K MP5 / MP5K / MP5SD

M9 (Beretta)
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Mk 23 Mod 0 (HK SOCOM)
Sig P226
Browning Hi-Power

M249 SAW (Para & SPW)
M60
M60E3
M240B
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M203 GL
Mk19 GL

M24
M24A2
M21
M82 / M107 (Barrett)

M500/590/590A1 (Mossberg)
M870 (Remington)
M1014 (Benelli M4 Super 90)

And many, many more....

Being in SF throughout the '90s, we trained on nearly every small arms available, to include all commonly found foreign weapons, so that we were minimally proficient with whatever weapon we came across in any part of the world. Our armories at Group had such a vast array of weapons...it was awesome! Some of my favorite range days were foreign weapons familiarization training days. Good times!
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Old June 28, 2012, 12:57 AM   #31
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Standard Issue stuff;

.45 1911a1
12 gauge pump shotgun
M14 (although an E-2 version during shark watch on some ships)

No neat stuff.
Yea, I'm boring.

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Old June 28, 2012, 01:23 AM   #32
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I was unable to find my 214, but from memory,
M72
M203
M79
M1911a1
M16a1
M67 RR ? Not sure if this is right for that sewer pipe!
M60
M2
Daisy BB gun w/o sights.
Quick Kill I think!
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Old June 28, 2012, 10:27 AM   #33
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Over-doing a good thing !!

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Being in SF throughout the '90s, we trained on nearly every small arms available, to include all commonly found foreign weapons, so that we were minimally proficient with whatever weapon we came across in any part of the world.
A former Marine friend of mine, was a small arms instructor and he tells me that they would get a variety of foreign weapons shipped in which were disassembled and evaluated. Eventually used in their classroom instructions. States that he got burned out shooting every day. I always thought that would have been interesting. ....

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Old June 28, 2012, 11:11 AM   #34
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3"x50, 5"x54, Terrier missiles, standard missiles and then the fun stuff, M1 Garand, BAR, 1911 22 cal, 1911A1 45ACP, S&W M52 38 spcl, S&W M41 22 LR, M14 and then it was out of the Navy and into the Army where I added M16, M203, LAW, M60 and M2 to my resume. Still have and shoot the 1911A1 45, S&W M41, and M1 Garand in .308. Can't let my first love go, the rest I can do without.
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Old June 28, 2012, 02:02 PM   #35
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Old June 28, 2012, 03:10 PM   #36
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I should mention here as a matter of curiosity that part of our training with a 105mm howitizer included direct fire at a moving target. I don't think we even did that with the M14.

Being that I was in a division headquarters, we had in the arms room two Colt .380 or .32 ACP (don't know which) pistols for the general officers. They were kept in the same cabinet as my personally owned pistol but not surprisingly, I wasn't allowed to touch. We also had some Colt revolvers, too.
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Old June 28, 2012, 04:16 PM   #37
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Old June 28, 2012, 04:18 PM   #38
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Drew, when you were deployed with Group, did you guys have some personal flexibility on weapon choice?
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Old June 28, 2012, 05:08 PM   #39
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Always trained and qualified on: M16A2

Actual issue weapons:
M16A2 (twice)
M4
M9 (rarely got any ammo, even when this was a "replacement" for the M4 and its 320 rounds.... )

Weapons I got a chance to play with a few times, or touched/encountered every day:
GAU-18/A (.50 BMG - AKA M2)
GAU-2/A (7.62x51mm Minigun - AKA M134)
M4A1
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Old June 28, 2012, 06:08 PM   #40
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Basic Training M-1
82nd Airborne M-14, 81mm Mortar, 106mm Recoiless Rifle, M-60, 1911 .45
173rd Airborne M-16, US Army Small Bore Rifle Team Remingtons, I think.
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Old June 28, 2012, 07:31 PM   #41
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M14, 1911A1, M60, LAAW, M16, 3.5 Rocket Launcher, M79.

Was trained early in life by my Grandfather, a WWI rifle and machine gun instructor. That training served me well in the USMC.

What I didn't get to shoot and would have loved to shoot are:
BAR, Thompson, M3.
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Old June 28, 2012, 08:27 PM   #42
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M16 - basic training, spring 1969
Colt Detective Special - MI school, Ft. Holabird, MD, summer 1969
Carried at various times while assigned to 525th MI Group in Vietnam and 902 MI Group in Virginia: M16, Colt Detective Special, Winchester 1897, and Colt 1911.

Technically, Uncle Sam didn't teach me how to shoot any firearm. I had already been shooting and hunting for roughly 15 years before my employment in the U.S. Army.
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Old June 28, 2012, 08:27 PM   #43
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*M9
M16A 2-3-4
*M4
*M500
M203
M249
M240B
*M2 "MA DEUCE"
*MK19 MOD2 *MOD3
AT-4

I trained on others but these are the weapons systems I actually fired, disassembled, cleaned and reassembled on multiple occasions. My weapons systems used in country are marked with an *. I have to say the Ma Deuce is my favorite, this weapon has stood the test of time and has seen few changes. The M2 has served in wartime with my Great-Grandfather (WWII) Grandfather (Korea) my Uncle (Vietnam) and now me (Afghanistan). Four generations and Four actions, now that's an awesome weapon.

I would like to add Thanks to all my BIA's before me and after, you guy are why I signed the dotted line.
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Old June 28, 2012, 09:43 PM   #44
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M16
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M3
M60
M203
105mm tank gun (M60)
152mm (M551 Sheridan tank gun)
M220 TOW missile
M18 Claymore
and of course, the M1A2 Bangalore Torpedo.

Probably a few more that I forget. That was a pretty fun four years of my life.
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Old June 29, 2012, 03:17 PM   #45
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M16a1/2
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M2 50-cal. (most fun by far)
M72 LAW
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Old June 29, 2012, 03:33 PM   #46
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5" 38 cannon
40mm pom-pom
M1 Garand
45 auto
There was also a 38 revolver. Don't remember the make.
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Old June 29, 2012, 04:29 PM   #47
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M-16A2
Rem 870P
Beretta M9
SigSauer P229DAK
M14
M249
M240B
M2
25mm
57mm
76mm
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Old June 29, 2012, 04:53 PM   #48
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BAR M1918A2 Browning 1919A4 and A6
M1 Garand
M1 and M2 carbine
M3 Grease gun M1 Bazooka M20 3.5 Rocket Launcher
Colt 1911
S&W Model 12 or 13
M14
M72
M79
AR15
M16
M22 system (Aircraft Mtd)
M203
M2 .50 Cal (Aircraft Mtd)
M60 (Aircraft Mtd)
Dual M60 (Aircraft Mtd)
M55 Quad 50 (Truck Mtd)
M134 (Aircraft mtd)
Nike Hercules (Surface to Air Missile)
Nike Ajax (Surface to Air Missile)
IHAWK (Surface to Air Missile)

Might have missed a weapon or two but the above listing are the ones I qualified on. Added two attachments of my aircraft in 1966 and one in 1970 with other than standard gun installations.
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Old June 29, 2012, 05:20 PM   #49
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Old June 29, 2012, 05:34 PM   #50
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M 9
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M 203
M 249
M 60
M 240b/c
M 2
M 72
M 82
G 3
G 36
M1911
MiM 104
FiM-92
M 109
AT-4
AK-47
M 242
SVD-137
PKM
Probably others too...
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