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JustJake do they still carry those? I thought I read somewhere they ditched them due to unreliability.
JustJake do they still carry those? I thought I read somewhere they ditched them due to unreliability.
Parade-tasked Marines are just as important to the Corp as fighting Marines.And last time I checked, I was a real Marine when I stepped across the parade deck back in ‘89.
Parade-tasked Marines are just as important to the Corp as fighting Marines.
But probably not after next year. Unfortunately the M17’s are finding their way into Force Recon holsters.Real Marines carry Colt M45A1s.
In most cases, more 5.56mags is a better deal than a 9x19 pistol, if you are fighting in with a bunch of teammates.
I served from 86 to 92 (Army) ....
In all but one of those units only the officers carried handguns. NCOs and lower enlisted where not issued handguns.
The only exception were the tankers, who were issued handguns regardless of rank.
I know what the general issue is, its who they issue them to?
In this case is it standard issue to infantry? (Army, Mainers or both)
A good friend of mine was a tanker. He's fifty now, I believe. I met him a bit over twenty years ago, at which time I believe he was recently released from active duty. So he would have been active in the 1980s or 90s.44 AMP said:It is kind of interesting, how things change, and when. Through the late 70s, when I left the service, SOME tankers got pistols (1911A1s), and some of them got SMGs, actual WWII production M3 and M3A1.45acp, and most people who were in tank units but weren't actual tank crew got issued M16A1s.
I was an 11E M60A1 tanker during the '70s and '80s. Every crew member drew a 1911 and a shoulder holster from the arms room. In addition, each loader and driver drew an M3 from the arms room. The loader's grease gun was maintained in a simple, vertical rack at his position in the turret. The driver's grease gun was maintained in a simple, vertical rack in the driver's compartment.The vehicles were equipped with a couple or three SMGs. I don't recall if the first tank type he was in had Thompsons, but I know he has mentioned the M3 "grease gun."
Grease guns were fun to shoot. They were full auto only but you could fire single rounds if you were quick on the trigger. Filling their magazines by hand was definitely a chore though.
Yup but we were young, dumb, and impatient. The painful lessons are the ones that seem to stick with you the best. Our thumbs thanked us once we figured out what the 90° shaped tab was for and how to use it.were you aware that there is a "magazine loading tool" built into the buttstock?