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Sergeant
U.S. Army
6 years and two very long tours
If it's NATO or Warsaw Pact and goes bang ive fired it and carried quite a few of them

And this thread is now cursed because the dreaded song has been typed on it... It wont get out of my head...
 
Hey what are complaining about, at least you didn't have to sing the 82 ABN song...

Damn thought about that to type it...
damn errr.
now I got boots and chute chute chute stuck in my head
 
E-5P (Out now though)
Army
11 years. Deployed to Kosovo for 9 months, Iraq for 13, and Iraq for 15.
Been issued a SAW, M16 and M4 before I reclassed, then reclassed and always had an M4. Shot about everything from 9mm to 50's.
 
SSG
73-94 68J3F aircraft armament. air cav.
M-16 A1 and A2,1911,smith mod 10,win 12 ga,M60D
almost 9 years in germany lots of time on the east german border.
 
US NAVY
E-1,2,3,4,5,6, O-1E,O-2E,O-3E,O-4
23 years, retired
Drilled with an M-14(?) in boot camp, heavy B@#$% to carry around for 2 months.
First qualification some type of .38 revolver in Great Lakes just after boot camp.
Qualified with 1911, Mossberg 12ga pump, M-16, M-9

Never carried any of them routinely.

Was part of a boarding team in the Gulf conducting inspection on merchant, carried the M-9. Others on the team carried a combination of 12ga pump, M-16, and M-9.

Also shot the M-60 mounted on the ship’s main deck at killer tomatoes.

It was real, and it was fun, but it wasn't real fun.
 
1. E5 with line for E6
2. Active Duty Air Force (did EW then Combat Controller)
3. 1999 to 2007, served 2x Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia (SFOR/KFOR)
4. m9 (I love this as a close up gun with proper loads, but unfortunately 115gr FMJ only sucks in these, but I own a 92FS with 124gr +p+ HP's as my bedside gun), m24 (primary weapon) all I can say is the gun shoots better than you will be able to. m249 gets real heavy after having to lug this sucker around for hours. mark19 (fun to shoot, but don't ever hit the bolt release on accident because you will have a lot of work ahead of you), m4a2, m4a3

going back into the service in January, this time as an Army Reserve Officer (MI).
 
1. E-4
2. Army
3. ~5 years, active and reserve
4. M16A2 easy to operate plus with burst you were almost certain to hit a target without a lot of acquisition time, M249 really liked except the range kept catching fire in the winter(dry grass), M203 easy to shoot and hit targets. I'm a lefty and even I could qualify expert without any special mods(just apply windage and send them down range) as you can see they were all rifle class especially the saw. Not sure why they choose me, since I drove or operated equipment most of the time. They were fun to shoot though.

Was Assigned to one of the primary training bases in Europe with lots of ranges. Qualified on many others including:
M60 (accurate, but problematic probably due to age), M72(law), AT4 and M67 (not sure why we still had these)
Also qualified on the G3(would really need to work on cheek weld), MG3 (would not want to be at the other end) and a Walther P1(which I didn't like)
 
Sgt,E-5
Army, Military Police
6 Years 1975-1981
No wars, a real good thing, because several times from 75 to 78 I was several hundred
yards from alot of Warsaw Pact troops.
M16A1, 45 1911, 12 ga winchester
 
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1. Rank

SSG as enlisted, LTC as officer

2. Branch of the military

Army, National Guard, Army Reserve

3. years served. (and maybe any wars you may have fought in)

1967-1970 Active Duty, Vietnam, Germany

1980-present National Guard and Army Reserve about 2 years active duty in there to various places.

4. firearm/firearms you were issued and what your personal opinion of the weapon was/is now.

M14- good weapon, heavy to carry but does it's job well, throw away the selector switches as you can't hit anything full auto
M16- did what I was told to do and it always worked for me
M2 carbine- has it's place, I would prefer it over a pistol
M3 greasegun- good for close in stuff but no accuracy for any distance
M60- heavy to lug around but just what the doctor ordered when you want to put lead on the target fast
1911- good weapon that's why I still have one
M107 gun- just what you wanted for range but not accurate
M101 howitzer- good for responsive fire support and volume of fire
M110 howtizer- what you really want in jam, maybe the most accurate artillery piece the Army ever had.
M79/M203- prefer the 79 as it seems more natural to shoot fast but the 203 gives you better backup firepower (1911 vs M16)
M9- good weapon and still have one
 
1. E-5(P!!!!)
2. Army
3. 8 (Iraq)
4. M4, M16, M249. The M16 is a big rifle with a small punch. The M4 I like. At least it's small. M249 was cool with me (no problems) but I only had one for a few months and never in combat. I have seen them have "problems". To sum it up though I will put this quote by a guy in my unit out there: "I shot a lot of (EXPLITIVE DELETED) and I always had to shoot 'em more than once".
 
1. E-5 & O-3
2. Army
3. 4 years active, 7 reserve
4.
M16A2 and A3 - Works as advertised
M203 - I shot expert with it. Fun to shoot, bulky to carry.
M1911A1 - Had a great one in Germany, accurate as all hell.
M9 - Blahh
M60 - Take a great German design and fugly it up.
M2 - Deliver the hurt
M72- Serious Paintballs.
M240 - Meh.
M249 - Okay, but finicky
M68 - 105mm on the M1 - second most fun you can have with your clothes on.
M256 - 120mm on the M1A1 - The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
M109- Cramped and loud
M198 - Lots o' fun. I was Number 3 man.

Also got my silver Schützenschnur with the G3, P7, and the MG3.
 
(1) SSGT (E-5)
(2) USAF
(3) 1967-71 (Korat, Thailand, 68-69, during Vietnam War)
(4) Smith & Wesson Model 10 (But only when you were on flying status.) M16 (But "only when base was under threat of imminent attack.") Otherwise, you carried whatever you could find on the black market.
 
1. E-1 to E-6 Commissioned in 1978 O-1 to O-6
2. U. S. Navy
3. Enlisted 1969 Retired 2004
4. 1911 Favorite weapon, M16 and carried Win Mod 12 during Desert Stom (assigned to USMC for DS/DS), M9.

Silver Dollar
No Guts, No Glory!
 
E-5
Army
11b2pf7
2003- present
OIF 2+5 with another one comming soon.
m4, saw, 240,

I have full confidence in the m4, my m4 and i run it well i have spent alot of time, and money out of my pocket to learn to fight and run an ar, and it has paid off.

the 240 is an awesome weapon and i can't say enough great things about it.

the saw imho and in my experiences... when it work it works, otherwise not so much.

I Wouldn't Give A Bean
To Be A Fancy Pants Marine,
I'd rather Be A Dogface Soldier Like I Am.
I Wouldn't Trade My Old O.D.'s
For All The Navy's Dungarees
For I'm The Walking Pride Of Uncle Sam;
On All The Posters That I Read It Says
Be All That You Can
So They're Tearing Me Down To Build Me Over Again
I'm Just A Dogface Soldier
With A Rifle On My Shoulder
And I Eat Raw Meat For Breakfast Everyday.
So Feed Me Ammunition,
Keep Me In The Third Division,
Your Dogfaced Soldiers A-Okay.
CHAAAAAARRRGGGEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oh lord, i have to sing this every morning, and now i have to see it on here too!:)
 
silver dollar,

the winchester model 12 was discontinued from use in the military in 1967, so how did you use one in Desert Storm (clarification please)? Also, I never saw a captain (navy O6) or a colonel carrying anything more than an m9 or an m4a3 during my time in the service.
 
E-5
Army 7 years Active 1988-1995
Gulf War-6/41st FA 3RD ID. No, I am not going to sing the song.
I shot allot of different firearms. Favorite was 109A2 Howitzer.
 
the winchester model 12 was discontinued from use in the military in 1967, so how did you use one in Desert Storm (clarification please)? Also, I never saw a captain (navy O6) or a colonel carrying anything more than an m9 or an m4a3 during my time in the service.
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When I visited Aberdeen Proving Grounds over winter break, I saw a late-'80s remotely-operated explosive ordnance disposal "robot," and it primary armament was an upside-down Winchester model 12. It might have been FBI property, though--I think it was being used under their auspices.
 
most of the robots I saw in service either had the 500 or 870 shotty or that new benelli or the full auto (can't remember who makes them) that is clip or drum fed.
 
I've been in the Army just over 5 years now with two deployments, both to the same 3rd world sh*thole, low level war zone. Got a 3rd deployment coming up, this time to a different 3rd world sh*thole and not so low level war zone.

The only guns I've actually been issued were the M16A2 (when I was in a REMF unit in Germany) and the M4A1. The M4A1 is a lot nicer since they gave me the Elcan SpecterDR along with it. I've also used the Aimpoint and EOTech. I have no complaints with the M4A1 other than it can be high maintenance. The last range I went to I fired around 1200 rounds on Day 1, gave it a quickie clean, re-oiled, and fired 1800 rounds on Day 2. I had exactly 1 jam out of that; the one jam was due to a faulty mag, not the M4's fault. Course, I spent most of the following day cleaning the gun. I don't have any experience with the rifle in sandy conditions, so I can't speak to it's function in said environment.

I've also carried the M9 on occasion while deployed and have fired the M249, M240, M2, Mk19, the shotgun (not sure which one, I know almost nothing about shotguns), ummm, think that's it. All the complaints I've heard directed against the M9/Beretta 92FS were about the 115 grain FMJ 9x19mm round itself. That would be my only complaint with it as well; I've never had a M9 or my Beretta 92FS not go bang.

I've issued myself a Sig 1911, Beretta 92FS, M1 Garand, and a M1A. Prefer the M1A and 1911 personally.
 
1) E-5 SSgt
2) USAF 2A0X1P (EWS)
3) Just over 6 years now. Haven't deployed yet.
4) I qualify on the M-16A2. The ones they have us qualify on are much like alot of the range rental guns: loose and beat up. I've had a couple of them go burst on me when they were on semi. Most of the problems seem attributed to old, worn out magazines as opposed to the much maligned DI system...but then again I own an AR, so I might be a little biased :D I also haven't deployed, and I don't do what alot of the Army guys do, so I don't have the depth of experience they have with it.
 
1. Chief Aviation Machinist Mate
2. U S Navy
3. 1958-1979 Viet Nam Vet
4. S&W model 10 38 Spl. While flying, 1911 45acp, Ithaca Model 37 Riot gun 12 ga., M16
 
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E5, 13B
3 years active duty
Qualified on M4 and the 109A6 howitzer.
First tour was 14 months in Baqubah, Iraq and this one is near it's end in the lovely northern city of Mosul.
Great forum here. Lots of knowledge and the the occasion funny story. I love the gun culture for the most part. Lots of good people.
 
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