The Army and Marines have used the M240 for years. It's the standard platoon level machine gun. They don't have to dismount them from the vehicles. The dismount kits for the M240 thats the coax gun in the Abrams and Bradley is very hard to come by. If they dismounted the M240 from the turret, it's most likely unusable in a ground mount role.
Dick Dart said:Johnny Jihad and his man jammies
FightinJoe said:Hey yall, I've been lurking here for a like 2 years or so.
I am a SAW gunner in the 101st Airborne 1/506. I am leaving for Kuwait in less than 2 weeks. My company will be attached to the 4th ID in Ramadi. This will be my first deployment so everything I have to say is based off of stateside training. So here is my $.02 or our current weapon systems.
he AK's he's seen are of such low quality they barely hold together. I pressed him on the issue, asked about the stamped metal etc. He said "I hope this is the weapon they are shooting at me with."
Thought I'd point that out since the AK seems to be so revered.