What did Uncle Sam teach you to shoot?

In basic and A.I.T. m16a1,m60,m203,1911a1,M9,and hand grenade.That's what is in my 201.
Later m14 m16a2 in the rifle matches,Rem 870,Win 12,m3 greasegun,M2.50,S&W 28,Mk19, and other weapons that i had no idea what they were doing in a U.S.Army arms room.
 
US Army - Ft Leonardwood, Missouri

1960 I qualified on the M1 Rifle. I also qualified to serve on every KP detail that they could invent.

For God and Country
 
PawPaw

It is scarey as hell being in heavy brush with tanks at night. Whole lot of noise and you can't tell where it is coming from. Turn around and it is right on you. No wonder whole companies panic and bug out. Yeah, tanks are different.
 
Early on training with the M-14. Later in the Corp of Engineers it was getting a little more interesting with C-4, Det Cord and etc. Then there was a period of time as an Infantry Training Officer at Ft. Polk where there was time and experience with a bunch of killing tools;
M1911A1
M-16
M-79
M-60
50 cal
90 mm Recoiless
106 Recoiless
Chunking Hand Grenades and setting up claymores
Even had one training course using BB guns for point shooting training.

In Nam, I even got the chance to fire a Quad 50 (what a hoot). Our jungle clearing compy (Rome Plows) uncovered numerous enemy caches of weapons. We got to look at and shoot SK's, AK's, & RPG's. Then there were plenty of old US military weapons in the caches like M-1 rifles and carbines, BAR's, and the list goes on.

We also got the chance to observe the workings of the Naval big guns, B-52's and their loads creating instant swimming pools, the Navy and Air Force with the F-4 Fantoms providing close-in air suport using napalm, Army Artiliery, Huey Gunships and the Cobras and the mini-guns keeping the perimeter lit up at night. All this came from the guys supporting us in our operations. We also had the M-60 tanks out on the cut sites side by side with our Caterpillar D-7's. The smoke grenades lined the inside of the D-7 cab kits and were used to ward off the stinging bees from huge wasp nest in the brush and trees we were clearing.

Rome Plow:
 

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M16A1
M16A2
M16A3
M4
M4A1
CAR-15
M14
M1A1
M1 Garand

H&K MP5 / MP5K / MP5SD

M9 (Beretta)
M1911A1
Mk 23 Mod 0 (HK SOCOM)
Sig P226
Browning Hi-Power

M249 SAW (Para & SPW)
M60
M60E3
M240B
M2HB

M79 GL
M203 GL
Mk19 GL

M24
M24A2
M21
M82 / M107 (Barrett)

M500/590/590A1 (Mossberg)
M870 (Remington)
M1014 (Benelli M4 Super 90)

And many, many more....

Being in SF throughout the '90s, we trained on nearly every small arms available, to include all commonly found foreign weapons, so that we were minimally proficient with whatever weapon we came across in any part of the world. Our armories at Group had such a vast array of weapons...it was awesome! Some of my favorite range days were foreign weapons familiarization training days. Good times!
 
Standard Issue stuff;

.45 1911a1
12 gauge pump shotgun
M14 (although an E-2 version during shark watch on some ships)

No neat stuff.
Yea, I'm boring.

BMCS (SW/DV) ret.
 
I was unable to find my 214, but from memory,
M72
M203
M79
M1911a1
M16a1
M67 RR ? Not sure if this is right for that sewer pipe!
M60
M2
Daisy BB gun w/o sights.
Quick Kill I think!
 
Over-doing a good thing !!

Being in SF throughout the '90s, we trained on nearly every small arms available, to include all commonly found foreign weapons, so that we were minimally proficient with whatever weapon we came across in any part of the world.
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A former Marine friend of mine, was a small arms instructor and he tells me that they would get a variety of foreign weapons shipped in which were disassembled and evaluated. Eventually used in their classroom instructions. States that he got burned out shooting every day. I always thought that would have been interesting. .... :)

Be Safe !!!
 
3"x50, 5"x54, Terrier missiles, standard missiles and then the fun stuff, M1 Garand, BAR, 1911 22 cal, 1911A1 45ACP, S&W M52 38 spcl, S&W M41 22 LR, M14 and then it was out of the Navy and into the Army where I added M16, M203, LAW, M60 and M2 to my resume. Still have and shoot the 1911A1 45, S&W M41, and M1 Garand in .308. Can't let my first love go, the rest I can do without.
 
I should mention here as a matter of curiosity that part of our training with a 105mm howitizer included direct fire at a moving target. I don't think we even did that with the M14.

Being that I was in a division headquarters, we had in the arms room two Colt .380 or .32 ACP (don't know which) pistols for the general officers. They were kept in the same cabinet as my personally owned pistol but not surprisingly, I wasn't allowed to touch. We also had some Colt revolvers, too.
 
Always trained and qualified on: M16A2

Actual issue weapons:
M16A2 (twice)
M4
M9 (rarely got any ammo, even when this was a "replacement" for the M4 and its 320 rounds.... :rolleyes:)

Weapons I got a chance to play with a few times, or touched/encountered every day:
GAU-18/A (.50 BMG - AKA M2)
GAU-2/A (7.62x51mm Minigun - AKA M134)
M4A1 ;)
 
Qualified With

Basic Training M-1
82nd Airborne M-14, 81mm Mortar, 106mm Recoiless Rifle, M-60, 1911 .45
173rd Airborne M-16, US Army Small Bore Rifle Team Remingtons, I think.
 
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