Wrong Lubricant, Jammed Weapons, Dead Soldiers

[WvaBill]

To me, trying to claim that EVERY SINGLE WEAPON in the entire convoy jammed, all at once, sounds absolutely absurd,

Ain't it the truth. The most plausible account of the 507th's ambush I have heard found them lost, in Indian Country, attempting to reorient line of advance, experiencing multiple MVA's, and taking heavy fire simultaneously. Murphy stomped them whether they had fully functioning weapons or black plastic single shot clubs.

 

[geekWithA.45]

Tetra Grease to lube an AR-15/M-16?

I've had bad, bad experience with that.

It turned my formerly 100% reliable Dissie into a short stroking jam-o-matic 2000.

After 2 cleanings with Hoppes not rectifying the situation, I had to hold my nose and haul out gun scrub to sort it all out.

 

[MicroBalrog]

Some points.

A guy in my course used to be an armourer for Shayetet-13. Due to some official problems, he wasn't technically certified, so he got the course to get the papers. It is 100% true he was in S-13, I checked it. At any rate, this is what he had to say (inexact quote): "Yeah, we've got -16's. The fighters don't really like them much, and neither do I. We also have lots of AK's. When the fighters seize AK's during an operation, they don't destroy them, they bring them back to me. And the AK's never break."

True Story.

My instructors: "Guys, I hope you get somewhere with lots of Galils, because if you do - you'll never have to work a lot."

True Story

 

[Lancel]

There are some interesting comments on the M-16, AK-47, and Galil at the isayaret web site here.


Larry