And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
All that dust will certainly give away your position
Well, it was said in Vietnam that thousands of rounds were fired off by American soldiers per confirmed VC casualties.
It's all fun until you realize the machine gunner is the prime target for return fire and eventually you're out of ammo (as we found out in Afghanistan more than a few dozen times). Mujahideen loved to trigger poorly trained solders and just wait behind the rocks until they stopped. To trigger them again with a single RPG.
No one left to see it…
ReplyDeleteThat was why they trained us back in the cold war era to put down a tarp before the Machinegun.
ReplyDeleteOne wonders what that gunner could even SEE through his ??Scope?? after the first round or two.
In addition to compleatly obscuring your sight picture
ReplyDeleteWith hundreds of bullets being fired in your direction, I am not so sure if the dust matters.
ReplyDeleteWell, it was said in Vietnam that thousands of rounds were fired off by American soldiers per confirmed VC casualties.
DeleteIt's all fun until you realize the machine gunner is the prime target for return fire and eventually you're out of ammo (as we found out in Afghanistan more than a few dozen times). Mujahideen loved to trigger poorly trained solders and just wait behind the rocks until they stopped. To trigger them again with a single RPG.
And our snipers caused massive panic on the enemy with "one round and one kill."
DeleteThats why the whole squad should empty the bladder before engagement if possible.
ReplyDeleteAlso conceal you from accurate return fire. For a few seconds. Might be all the time you need.
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