no change in vote
Officer's Wife stated that the auto capable weapons we have now have kept us in good stead. No argument; much -here.
However, our military forces have been expending an ever increasing amount of ammo for less and less kills of the enemy, as we enter each new war.
My anxiety is that should a massive, global, WW occur, we may run critically empty of ammo. Not withstanding total nuclear destruction. Even with a limited nuke warfare, our troops may be in some God forsaken remote part of the world ( like....) and run low on ammo. I've seen it happen!
Certainly, we have geat resupply forces, sea, air and land, but may I tell you that in war, even the best systems are cripple by the enemy and the soldier on the ground had better get twenty dead enemy troops out of each magazine he has.
Side line for you suppressive fire lovers. If, .. you are in a dug in position,
and the enemy is assaulting and getting close up. Are you going to let
suppressive fire, all that noise, keep your head down until you see the white's of his eyes?
Some of the enemys we face are rather "fatalistic" in their view of life and are not as impressed by suppressive fire as you might think.
Some may be, but you may face the others that are not.
Accurate placed (semi auto too) fire suppresses very effectively and with less ammo expenditure.
The other poster who implies no trust in the troops. Well, I know of men in whom I had great confidence. They were brave and well trained. And yet, fire discipline in hellish situations, will bring out the overwhelming desire to live and fight -like mad! With all the screaming and blasting on a battle field,
the toughest of men are sorely tempted to blast away.
I'm staying with my input in favor of the semi auto ; burst control -OK.
HSO: I think the burst control had mechanical difficulties didn't it?
Like when two round were fired, and the shooter released the trigger and had one round remaining in that ratchet. Or has that been fixed?
A little understanding is in order for the posters who use non PC terms for our nations enemies. Men who have seen friends killed by whom ever our enemy is, have grief to bear, and it is reflected in the terms they use. It fades away with time, like the grief, and calling them on the rug for a poorly used term, that can be categorized as racist -in the context of discussion, is , well taunting them.
Please give a little slack before slapping.