04-15-2014, 06:50 PM
I guess I wasn't referring to the workability of particular counter-ambush tactics, but to the workability of a scenario wherein U.S. dismounts have two basic shoulder-fired weapons: 65G ARs and LMGs, along with a shoulder-fired, laser-ranged, air-burst grenade launcher (ABGL? 
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This, of course, doesn't negate the use of things like the M3 "Carl Gustav" or heavier crew-served machine guns when capability and necessity demand.
Another way of asking the question is: What does a dismounted patrol need doing, with only the weapons and ammo they can carry on their backs, that can't be done with the combo of 65G ARs and LMGs, and ABGLs?
With that mix, I'd question the need to bring along a 7.62N MMG or a .338LM MMG.
John
P.S. And when I say LMG I'm thinking belt-fed. Something like a Grendelized Knight's Stoner LMG, an Ameli, or a scaled-down PKM bullpup at about 10 lbs.
).This, of course, doesn't negate the use of things like the M3 "Carl Gustav" or heavier crew-served machine guns when capability and necessity demand.
Another way of asking the question is: What does a dismounted patrol need doing, with only the weapons and ammo they can carry on their backs, that can't be done with the combo of 65G ARs and LMGs, and ABGLs?
With that mix, I'd question the need to bring along a 7.62N MMG or a .338LM MMG.
John
P.S. And when I say LMG I'm thinking belt-fed. Something like a Grendelized Knight's Stoner LMG, an Ameli, or a scaled-down PKM bullpup at about 10 lbs.
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