Deserthunter
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Which version of the Generation 3 Magpup P-mag is the Army issuing for M-4's, with window for round count or the non-window version?
There was a kinda infamous picture of the new CO of the USS Blue Ridge pulling deck security duty recently, carrying an M4 with an (obviously) empty PMAG Window in the mag well.
Of course, they were in an Italian drydock at the time, but it still made the whole thing look like a BS photo op stunt.
Lol. Good commentIt was BS. As the CO, my job was to command the ship, not stand a topside watch. In fact, if a Force Protection incident had happened, I wouldn’t have been able to do my job if I was tied to a watch station. But I don’t expect aviators to really understand that.
It was BS. As the CO, my job was to command the ship, not stand a topside watch. In fact, if a Force Protection incident had happened, I wouldn’t have been able to do my job if I was tied to a watch station. But I don’t expect aviators to really understand that.
The Army has not authorized the Magpul P-Mag for issue, therefore, in answer to your question - none.
That's new to me, and fairly new, March 2018.https://soldiersystems.net/2017/09/28/army-now-authorized-users-of-magpul-gen-m3-pmag-magazines/
FWIW, the Army also claims that P mags break down in cold weather. Considering I spent nearly my entire enlistment in a mountain warfare unit of some kind, this claim is BS. Even going back to Gen 1 mags.
As to breaking at low temperatures. Did you drop an M4 with a fully loaded magazine 5 feet to a concrete floor so that it landed on the bottom of the magazine after it had cold soaked at -65 degrees F for 6 hours? Because almost all magazines dropped this way failed. The floor plate broke off and it ejected all the rounds. At around -20 F about half broke and ejected the rounds the rest were just cracked. Aluminum magazines were pretty mangled on the bottom after that same test, but you could fire all the rounds.
There are a lot of items with an NSN, but that doesn't mean you can order them. Every mag we deployed with was the standard issue steel with green follower