12-11-2011, 04:04 AM
stanc Wrote:AH!!! MY EARS!!! (3:56)
[video=youtube;y4N2Xz5uICE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4N2Xz5uICE[/video]
Great video....probably one of the best I've seen so far. Several of these SASR guys are using Knight's QD suppressors on their M4A1's. It's a bit nose heavy with the 14.5" barrel, which is why the CQBR uppers came out, but not everyone has those. Remember: These guys' country uses a licensed copy of the Steyr AUG as its service rifle...so why are they using M4A1's, and in 5.56 NATO to boot?
There were a lot of things one could learn from watching just the first 1:45 of that video. About 6 years of training and experience was put into play in just those 105 seconds...their procedures in the air, reacting to contact before they even touched down, use of cover and concealment, muzzle discipline, employment of the 203, approaching the objective and how to favor your approach to a structure.
Excellent video really. Only thing that would be nice to have would be a thermobaric SMAW-D, and just turn that turd hut into dust, but I digress.
The hearing loss issue just illustrated what I was talking about, even with electronic muffs. A larger bore weapon is much worse in close proximity. I can't really hear much of anything when my left ear is up when my right ear is on the pillow, because of an AK burst within 3ft of my left ear in 1995.
Regular units will not be a good place to issue suppressors, because of the associated problems that occur with them if not attached and maintained carefully...i.e. baffle strikes, baffle fatigue, "loss" of items by Joe, etc. There was a big push within the past 7 years to issue a can to every Joe, and it went away quickly. A Grendel carbine would only increase the hearing loss issue.