Vern Humphrey
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As a company commander in Viet Nam, my policy was an automatic Article 15 (Commanding Officer's Non-judicial Punishment) and a $50 fine for firing full auto.
We were ordered to adopt the M16 during the Johnson Administration -- another of Robert MacNamara's brilliant ideas.
To be fair, the modern M16A2/A4 is not the M16A1 of the Viet Nam era. It is a much better, more reliable rifle, with better ammo. (It ought to be, after 40 years of tinkering and modifications!!)
Okay not to hijack the thread, but if semi-auto is used as often as it is and burst or automatic fire is so rarely employed, then what is the point of having a small caliber round and an assault rifle.
We were ordered to adopt the M16 during the Johnson Administration -- another of Robert MacNamara's brilliant ideas.
To be fair, the modern M16A2/A4 is not the M16A1 of the Viet Nam era. It is a much better, more reliable rifle, with better ammo. (It ought to be, after 40 years of tinkering and modifications!!)