03-19-2012, 10:03 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:I read some feedback from a Marine who was in a Scout Sniper Platoon in Afghanistan recently, and he said they still chose to take the SAW's out on patrol for the firepower over the IAR, which he believes saved at least one guy who was hit in an initial burst during an ambush. The volume of fire they were able to distribute after that initial contact was such that the guy that was hit could be evacuated, and they were able to get out of the kill zone after establishing a decent amount of suppressive fire in response to the ambush.A belt-fed does provide a high volume of fire. Reloading sure is slow, though.
[video=youtube;uZ2SWWDt8Wg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ2SWWDt8Wg[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ2SWWDt8Wg
Note the Vietnam (spray n pray) flashback, 5:56-6:02 :eek:
