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It‘s a direct fire support vehicle alright. It can‘t fire on the move, only accurate while stationary. Not a bad vehicle to have in ones arsenal, however not even close for a filler for our tanks. It would only be good as our light arty, employed in the light-direct fire role, only more mobile.

More then one guy fell in the "crap" The guy who was injured was lucky, although he did buttstroke himself in the eye with a C8, he was better off then the many other guys that stepped in actual holes full of poo that came directly out from the compound that we surrounded. It wasn‘t cool when...

We don‘t "need" Humvee‘s. This is a senseless argument. The iltis may be getting a bit of a hard time, but it gets the job done. In fact, we wouldn‘t be able to use anything bigger in the cramped alleys of Afghanistan. The G-wagon is a good buy and will fit our role nicely, in pretty much...

Also to answer the first posted question, yes...that‘s all I can say about that.

In the Para Coy you aren‘t always having to watch your back like in the other coys. We know how to do our job with little or sometimes no direction. We are "another rifle company", but we are a better company. Those of you who know, know what I‘m talking about...

Personaly I just prefer to my bivi bag in the field, and whatever sleeping gear that is required for the season. Ranger blanket, fleece liner, 1 of those crazy sleeping bags. I don‘t think I‘ve ever used both, not even in the winter. Now I‘ve got a Softie Hawk #9 and a Merlin #3 which will...

There are no Griffons in Afghanistan, and there never will be...

Like every hosted internet site, we have a limited amount of bandwidth. After the accident, we‘ve gotten more hits then we‘ve ever had before. In October we went over, and December now as well. The site is reset on the 28th of the month, so it should be back up shortly.

Asking how one can fail basic is a stupid question anyway. And yes, there IS such a thing as a stupid question. It seems as though it may have been just a set up for some crossfire hacking!

I didn‘t see it yet, but I was there, does that count?

I don‘t know what the heck you guys are talking about? Almost all DND computers have burners now so a USB drive doesn‘t really make a difference. No different then floppies even. In fact, USB drives are the new floppies. If they are against DND policy, then why does everyone on OP Athena...

That "pocket" is used to turn your jacket inside out into, just like those old windbreakers and regimental PT jackets. The straps inside simply serve as the carrying strap.

The plastic on the Simunition round is not to long to cleat the Browning‘s action. When the charge propels the paint "ball" out of the weapon, the heat causes the plastic to expand, thereby firmly lodging itself in the barrel of the pistol...

I suppose anyone can become a sniper. However, this is one of the qualifications that you‘re selected for. The course is difficult, and even if you pass, if you don‘t measure up to what your unit master sniper expects of you, you can forget about it. Pathfinders and Snipers alike are pretty...

There wasn‘t any "JTF" named predecessor. The RCMP unit that was replaced by the JTF2 was their SERT teams. JTF2 was chosen for no other reason that it sounded cool. The JTF didn‘t replace the Airborne Regiment, It was in the works well before there was any talk of disbandment.

I don‘t know Bosnia Dude! I think the guys were commenting on the fact that everyone who wanted or needed a better backpack already got one from the kitshop... As far as I know, most of the good Kitshops stopped selling NBCW bag rip-offs and started selling Blackhawk, Camelbak, and packs from...

Yeah, Griffons Pub used to be Bleachers......and before then it was Dundee‘s. The Oak Room closed a couple years ago...

Man, are you that dumb? My email is that little envelope that‘s on each and every one of my posts.

Marc you big weenie! WTF, you‘re no infantry recce, you weirdo. Didn‘t you know that Mike Bobbitt runs this site? Brad‘s been out of the army for quite a long time, I‘ve been looking for him too. There‘s a lot of us old West Novie‘s kicking around, all over the place, there‘s about 10 that I...

Kevin, as usual you‘re right on the mark. Too often people are woried about the things that don‘t really matter to performance. It‘s always the simpler things that really improve a weapons performance. The little things that always get overlooked, because they aren‘t as visible.