03-19-2012, 10:55 PM
Now you see why the SAW is hated. Firepower+, reliability -. If you actually train to do your reloads, you can be much faster than that. Also notice the mistake of not placing the belt on the feed tray after he cleared one of the numerous malfs he had. Also notice how the nut sacks and soft cases were retained in the pouches of his kit. They needed something with 7.62 performance, but lighter weight than the SAW in that scenario. Another missing thing was someone to coordinate and direct fires. A key leader's job is to make sure his unit doesn't expend all their ammo, and that effective fire is being distributed on the enemy, not pray and spray. While watching this, I was thinking "loophole" the whole time. Somebody in charge find a loophole, and direct fires from it. Sniper Periscope would have been nice too.
Without knowing the full details of this unit's composure, I'll stop my Monday morning QB rant. They definitely had enemy that wanted to play, and felt safe doing so with the natural boundary of the river between them, & plenty of cover and concealment on the other side.
Without knowing the full details of this unit's composure, I'll stop my Monday morning QB rant. They definitely had enemy that wanted to play, and felt safe doing so with the natural boundary of the river between them, & plenty of cover and concealment on the other side.