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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Iraqvet on May 20, 2013, 07:58:57 AM
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The reason I sometimes in properly range my targets......wife ack in tank is quite deadly.
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I wonder if HTC will give us an armor Upgrade to the M-3, to withstand explosions like our Humvee did?
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240 Saw mounted to back of our Humvee for low passing cons that try to strafe and give position away :airplane:
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:aok ...thank you and all vets for your service :salute
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240 Saw mounted to back of our Humvee
Which one is it? :neener:
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looks like a 240 to me.. not a saw 8)
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He must have hit a 0 instead of a 9.... or he is saying they mounted a saw on a humvee....
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He must have hit a 0 instead of a 9.... or he is saying they mounted a saw on a humvee....
Field Mod? :D
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There's no reason you can't mount an M249 in a turret. My unit used to have an M2 facing one direction and an M249 facing the other.
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I had to carry my saw!!! dang new fangled Humvee thang!! :bolt:
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There's no reason you can't mount an M249 in a turret. My unit used to have an M2 facing one direction and an M249 facing the other.
Sorry was a miss type fellas it was a M240B ....but yes it was a field mod we did to a cargo Humvee. We needed more support when we would go out on Log Packs into the city of Mosul
Had my TC ride back there to gun, his only support was cargo strap ......we made do with what we had at the time. :aok
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I think that I was the only SFC in A'stan/Iraq that carried a SAW as a daily weapon. I had an after market sling that made holding it for CQB as easy as using am M-4.
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I think that I was the only SFC in A'stan/Iraq that carried a SAW as a daily weapon. I had an after market sling that made holding it for CQB as easy as using am M-4.
My younger brother carried the 249 as his primary weapon when he was in 3rd Rangers, I know he loved that thing. Fired it left handed, too, something you're apparently not suppoed to be able to do, or shouldn't.
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Somolia, 1993. He's in the center, kneeling.
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I think that I was the only SFC in A'stan/Iraq that carried a SAW as a daily weapon. I had an after market sling that made holding it for CQB as easy as using am M-4.
Yep ours had a thick black over the shoulder sling was supposed to make it easier to carry etc. Our SPC we had assigned it to did not like have to carry it at and if I recall correctly it was almost 23 pounds with the 200 round clip. He also had to carry an extra clip of 200 and he hated to have to clean it as much as we made him do so.
He was happy when we got it field mounted it on the back of the Humvee.
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My younger brother carried the 249 as his primary weapon when he was in 3rd Rangers, I know he loved that thing. Fired it left handed, too, something you're apparently not suppoed to be able to do, or shouldn't.
(http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2008/05/09/kenithomas_military1_h_i.jpg)
Somolia, 1993. He's in the center, kneeling.
I'm a lefty also. :aok
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I think that I was the only SFC in A'stan/Iraq that carried a SAW as a daily weapon. I had an after market sling that made holding it for CQB as easy as using am M-4.
I kept telling all you folks that it was Ranger in the movie BlackHawk Down carrying the SAW! If ya ever seen Ranger, you'd swear it was the same guy. :salute Ranger old buddy :lol
All the Best...
Jay
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You'll never let me live that down will ya? :rofl
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My younger brother carried the 249 as his primary weapon when he was in 3rd Rangers, I know he loved that thing. Fired it left handed, too, something you're apparently not suppoed to be able to do, or shouldn't.
(http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2008/05/09/kenithomas_military1_h_i.jpg)
Somolia, 1993. He's in the center, kneeling.
Hey - I carried the SAW lefty too when I was in - but I was also a driver, rad op, and a field tech all at the same time (it's a Canadian Army thing). And we also had scopes on all our MG weapons way back in the 80's when most were still using iron sights. Guess we'd rather shoot efficiently than waste ammo. Crazy silly canucks. :D
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He only had to carry 400 rnds??? They wanted me to carry 200 on the gun 600 more in the LBV.... But I didn't think that was enough so I would slap a extra 400 still in the green sling bags and another 400 in the assault bag. I would also have each of my squadies pack 200. I never wante to run out of ammo :devil.
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I kept telling all you folks that it was Ranger in the movie BlackHawk Down carrying the SAW! If ya ever seen Ranger, you'd swear it was the same guy. :salute Ranger old buddy :lol
All the Best...
Jay
If you're referring to Twombley, he transferred to my Army Guard unit (C Co. 3/172 INF (MTN) NHARNG) after his active duty time. He was gone by the time I got there, so I never met him.
In 2009 or 2010 (can't remember for sure), HQ ordered us to turn in all of our old skis and snowshoes (you can buy them at the Sportsman's Guide if you really want a pair). As we were pulling them out of storage we found skis with Twombley's name still on them. We mounted them on the wall in honor of his 15 minutes of fame.