Watching a promo for the FN Scar... Barrel life question over M16

[SHvar]

"Not in the US Army. At all. SHvar, this may apply where ever you served, but is completely incorrect in almost every way for the US."

Maybe not now if it has changed, but depot maintance was done after wartime in the US army by that units own soldiers on post, in a detail assigned to many units from that post.
BEEN THERE DONE THAT, remembered it well. All parts tested, measured, checked, cleaned, scrutinized, and whatever is out of spec was replaced, unless it was something beyond the details ability. This was done in one big detail with every M16 from every infantry brigade on post. I was told that the depot maintance was never done on the divisions M16s prior to that. There were a few parts that were checked by armorers that were also assigned to the detail, but most was done by soldiers that were ordered to show up and get trained to do the job.
Nothing inappropriate, nothing inaccurate, nothing misleading.
Yes the SCAR is among the weapons being discussed to be a US Army rifle, and its currently being used by SF units, Id like to see reports from its use in the field after its been used for a while, Im sure its well liked.

 

[Al Thompson]

but depot maintance was done after wartime in the US army by that units own soldiers on post, in a detail assigned to many units from that post

Which unit, which post and when? What you are describing is NOT depot level maintenance. As a former Army guy who had both command and maintenance responsibilities, I can tell you that the required annual gauging for a Tier One Infantry battalion is about a 3 day process, conducted by the FSB. What you are describing is nonsense, as usual.

depot maintance was never done

Depot level maintenance is done at a depot. There is NO depot level maintenance authorized for the M16 family of rifles. Check your maintenance allocation chart in (usually) appendix B of the applicable TM.

 

[SHvar]

I guess then you claim that hundreds of soldiers who reported from the entire division with every M16 that 3 infantry brigades in that division has, plus several armorers, and they spent all of that time working on them, it was all a dream. RIGHT.
If I remember right the detail was around 2 weeks, at least for most of us.

 

[Owen]

im not saying it didn't happen, i'm saying it wasn't depot rework.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Well, it seems simple enough to settle the matter if SHvar wants to. All he has to do is answer the "Which unit, which post and when?" question.

However, if it is any help Al, I believe the unit he is referring to is the same unit that was running around with a brigade of Bushmaster-equipped 82nd Airborne soldiers during Desert Storm

 

[as37692]

You know in over six year in the Army, both on Active Duty, MDAY, and now as a Uniformed Federal Technician. And having worked at Division, Brigade and Company levels as Armorer. I must say I have never once seen a unit detail setup to do maintance at a depot on any weapon system, for anything other than maybe cleaning the weapons after a deployment.

 

[Owen]

having worked in an actual depot, the last thing I want is Pvt. Snuffy running my phosphate tanks...

 

[Al Thompson]

plus several armorers, and they spent all of that time working on them, it was all a dream

What unit, what post and when? And why bother? You would not have had adequate PLL if it was that desperately needed. If your timeline is accurate rolleyes it wasn't needed, just getting a contact team and an armorers van in each battalion would have done the same thing and almost as quick. If this was in the 82nd or 101st, there were only 9 rifle battalions in each division (H and J series MTOEs) or 6 rifle battalions in the light divisions.

You have no idea about what your talking about.