VetteMuscle427 said:
O.K. .... I feel better about myself now, after someone just ripped me for being a "know it all" ..... (kisses and smiles, though
)P.S. Let's make sure we don't have a "Gun Thread" on the forum, yes?
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O.K. .... I feel better about myself now, after someone just ripped me for being a "know it all" ..... (kisses and smiles, though
)P.S. Let's make sure we don't have a "Gun Thread" on the forum, yes?
Or go down with the ship so to speak that way all your weapons are right there. Huey guys even carry the pistol grips for the m240s in case they have to E&E kinda ups the survival rate to mave a medium machine gun with you. It is reassuring having the M-4s aboard for us though
shoo24 said:
That's kind of what we used to say about the Filipino Negritos from J.E.S.T. School in the P.I. While small in stature, they were large in E&E knowledge and capabilities. Still a tad too big for an SV-2, however, so maybe they might fit .... in the seat pan?
If you go down in Gomer-Land, we tongue-in-cheek said the best thing you could have going for you was one of the little Negrito J.E.S.T. instructor/scouts with his BOLO knife --- and I'll bring along the extra battery for the PRC-90.
Do you have time for a ..... Semi-Sea Story (Sea story-lite?? A land based version) side note: see the guy on the left? That is a close approximation of how they looked in J.E.S.T. Very little changed over the centuries with a slight addition of surplus GI webgear. See the "BOLO" style knife/machete he's got?? The Army found them so effective in the jungle that after the early 20th century Philippine experience, they designed several versions of our own -- all basically a copy of the original Philippine Bolo.
I still have mine displayed in my library. Our "donation to the cause" was to buy one of the Bolos from our instructor/scout after our week in the jungle was up -- it was expected, helped supplement the small stipend UNCLE paid them, and was a tangible way of saying "maraming salamat." The Negrito scouts made the BOLOS out of old leaf springs from leftover canabalized WW2 jeeps --- wood sheaths, as leather was too hard to come by and would rot too quickly in the jungle steam. The scouts were great little guys --- tigers --- some of the instructors had been Guerillas and fought the Japanese in the Philippines during the occupation. Some were in their 50's and 60's and looked 30.
I don't know about you guys.... but as much as I like going out and shooting guns... I'd prefer to stay in the aircraft and go home after the fight. M-4 or not... I'm no infantryman and I think I'd fair horribly in any way/shape/form of acting like one.
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