A Present For a Soldier

[craig1]

I know - do you go with an M240 with holographic dot scope and be conservative with the ammo - or take a bog standard AK47 and shoot everything that moves - same in the knowledge that what you shoot will probably be dropping AK47 mags.

Decisions... decisions...

Artillery is your friend.

[DaveB]

Artillery is your friend.

When the going gets tough, the tough call in Close Air Support*











*As long as it's not the yanks providing it

[AlfredJPruffock]

Artillery is your friend.

The Russians used to say that Artillery is the God of War.

[Paddy]

I know - do you go with an M240 with holographic dot scope and be conservative with the ammo - or take a bog standard AK47 and shoot everything that moves - same in the knowledge that what you shoot will probably be dropping AK47 mags.

Decisions... decisions...

Dunk an M240 and an AK47 in water, and then leave them in mud overnight, drive over them and then choose.

[centurian]

On a more serious note, my officer friend was quite clear how high up the priority list ammo was. Out on deployment, they probably have 1 or 2 spare mags - that's it - you've really got to make those rounds last.

Those redcaps that were killed a few years back had one clip each. Most gang members are probably better tooled up than they were.

It's no fun playing an FPS on low ammo - but for the real soliders, it's literally life and death.

[craig1]

On a more serious note, my officer friend was quite clear how high up the priority list ammo was. Out on deployment, they probably have 1 or 2 spare mags - that's it - you've really got to make those rounds last.

Those redcaps that were killed a few years back had one clip each. Most gang members are probably better tooled up than they were.

It's no fun playing an FPS on low ammo - but for the real soliders, it's literally life and death.

In the first Gulf War, I was deployed with one full mag plus 8 spare rounds for the first whole month I was there. It was only about one day before the ground offensive started that I got another couple of mags. Kit shortages aren't a modern thing.