lrrprecon

When i became the armorer for my troop. Before we deployed to Iraq. We sent 6 of our SCOUTS to Sniper school for a 2 week crash course. When they came back from the school. I issued each individual, the M24 Sniper Weapon system. And each sniper team (3) was issued: The M82 Barret Sniper Rifle weapon system. The sniper teams were also issued M4's. But in-game i noticed they used M16's. And in INF squads "Sharpshooters" use the M16 with scope. I know in Iraq i had a ACOG on my M4 with M203. The M4 is a versatile weapon with many interchangable mounts. But Caliber lacks any knockdown power at all. I saw a Iraqi take 6 shots to his back and he kept on running. Really sad the US hasn't come up with a better standard issue weapon, with some kind of knockdown power. We still are going off of a OLD mind set back from the Vietnam days. Considering this is a new age and all. [ September 20, 2007, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: lrrprecon ]

Dude your a deusch bag, its for CMAK.....

Bird i have seen no tactical advantage with being hull down in game. It really depends on your Gunners accuracy and Bonuses. I'm not sure of the specifics in calculation and what not. I remember on the first map of the Campaign, i was behind the Berm and shooting through the Berm resulting in kills on the hull-down T-54/55 MBT's. But i really haven't used much of hull down at all, i use buildings as a barrier and creep my Strykers out a bit just to get shots on INF in the open. Thats the closest i ever get to being hull down. Granted its not really being "Hull Down" a M1A2 SEP hull down would be devistating though!

Morbid conclusion: neither roof nor building collapsed. A toned-down Javelin would significantly impact gameplay! Best regards, Thomm </font>

Jesus christ, just throw the patch on 2 pieces of bread with cheese, some mustard, pickles and lettuce. And a whole lot of loving! and throw in the occasional Guinness and bring on the patch already. The retard who keeps saying the patch should be out, your killing me. I see you as a evil "Paul Revere" running around the forums saying, "THE PATCH IS COMMING, THE PATCH IS COMMING.".....

Where the hell is that patch for the love of allah! I feel a PTSD fit comming on!

And a Cinnabon! and Burger King. Granted the lettuce was nasty wet, but they sure weren't bad on a long patrol. We would go to BIAP and buy like 30 Whoppers at a time! It was crazy!

Yeah those things are really awesome, when i was bored i would watch the KBR convoy's a distance off. Then after i got shot at by the KBR convoy PSD. It wasn't fun anymore. hehe good times!

Well thats great, thanks for your opinion. You guys stop patrols considering your countdown? We did patrols and right seat rides up to our 5th day before we packed up to head home. Well i stayed to load up the HET's and then a month in kuwait at Camp Arifjan to load the VEH's on the boat. What unit you with? </font>

Hell if i know man, i never saw a actual javeline missle in Iraq, just the CLU. Now when i went to the Javelin class i saw everything that deals with the Javeline missle system. **** i just remembered we actually did use 1 CLU in my armory. We had it out at CP22A on MSR Tampa. We used it for CP (Check Point) security at night. It has white hot vision, and you can see farther out, it has a very nice view distance. Amazing how i can't remember little details until people talk about this stuff. I think i have alzheimers....

Well thats great, thanks for your opinion. You guys stop patrols considering your countdown? We did patrols and right seat rides up to our 5th day before we packed up to head home. Well i stayed to load up the HET's and then a month in kuwait at Camp Arifjan to load the VEH's on the boat. What unit you with?

Well i guess if the VEH has no Weapon platform and uses a LRAS, its main job is for RECON for a larger force. But in all reality from what i have seen from my tour in Iraq, my troop utilized our Scouts, but in Iraq we are not utilizing RECON Doctrine. We go from house to house on searches and raids, bounce faces off the blacklist for our AO, ask questions and track down who is hiding weapons and explosives, find the cache's, dig em up and blow them up. Or we drive around till we get blown up, while on our patrols. I kinda felt like a cop on his beat, just going around and keeping the peace and what not.

Hehe this made me laugh and i remember before i went to the MIT team, i was the armorer for my troop. We had 6 CLU's in my armorer's room. And i never had any Javelin missles. They sat in my armory room the whole time i was in Iraq and never moved from the spot i had them in.

Personally i would like to know how many of you who actually post here ever been in a M113 or Stryker. I know i have been in a M113 and i have driven one also. When it comes to a Stryker, i have been in the ones that went boom and now reside at the Stryker bone yard at Kuwait docks. Some of you armchair warriors only know what you read or see on CNN. If you really want a experience go down to your local recruiter, raise your right hand and give away some of your freedom for a couple years. Then your perspective of how these vehicles operate will be more clear. Personnaly i would pick a M113 over the Stryker, reason being i know how it works and operates. If you know how to drive a M1 then you should have no prob driving a M113. And another thing, a Stryker can not PIVOT steer, and in combat, i would rather want to PIVOT steer then back up. M113 is a versatile track vehicle, the army uses it for practically everything. So you could say its a very used workhorse. I also saw a Stryker break from its chains on a HET at CP22A on MSR Tampa, in Iraq and IMMEDIATLY catch fire and burn, i brought home a solidified disc from the armor that melted off the stryker. You can have that piece of c-r-a-p, i'll stick with my M113. [ August 29, 2007, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: lrrprecon ]

Yeah, i was watching Discovery channel and they were showing the new MOUT site with all the pyrotechnics. It was pretty sweet, kinda wanted to go through that scenario. But my days of doing that are over, i'm going through my 2nd knee surgery and i am getting a P3 profile and MEB. So i am getting out of the Army, and personnally thats fine with me. I am currently one of the poor bastards that got sent to 3ID, after our Regiment moved to Fort Hood, Texas.