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That is the answer. Our weapons had to of US or Allied design.

While out drinking with the STA guys, we decided to turn the 1/8 pogues into super-opfor during some fugg-fugg pre-deoloyment games with miles gear.

STA guys gave is the route and we used that info to smoke the "real" grunts. Some idiot was all "Haagy set it up to start the ambush with the belt fed" and the 1st Sgt was all "since you pogues like the machine guns so much, follow me."

Much hilarity (and pain) ensued.

92 to 00 under Billy Boy was a all around goat f u c k with him as Commander in Chief.
Literally standing in Bn and Bde formations during his Lewinsky and impeachment exploits.
Being read DOD/Secretary of Defense directives/riot act schitt to cease and desist ridiculing the dipschit in office, and punishable under UCMJ if heard and proved.

We still did it of course.
NGAF about what his tools Perry and Cohen had to say.
Was a check the Block thing the chain of commands had to do.

2 weeks at Summer camp. Spent a couple of days shooting up ammo at different times. I also got to shoot one out of a Huey. That was a fun time. Only in training and never at another person.
kwg

^^^ This ^^^

I fell one target short of qualifying Expert with the M-60 with just a half-belt of ammo. When I picked up my belt off the flat bed trailer the links broke apart mid-ways but was rushed on by cadre with "Move on trainee". Kept shots to minimum rounds possible per target. Last popup target was the farthest, belt was gone, checked and I had just one round left in the chamber. I aimed as I would a rifle but apparently took too long as I shot the timed popup was just starting going down so it wasn't counted as a confirmed hit. Still left me with the max score for Sharpshooter and just 1 shy of minimum score for Expert.

Mid-late '60s we were all issued a M-14 AND a M-16 rifle in Infantry AIT at Tigerland and both had full auto selector switches. M-14 only issued in Basic Training at Ft. Knox and were all sem-auto capable only.

was my weapon of choice, I did PT with it.

Oh yes, I carried one for about 6 months.

I was 11B infantry so learned early on to never wear new boots on any sort of road march. As a Pvt1 I learned to love moleskin 😁
Our worst nightmare was in Wildflecken Germany when we had to hop a 2½ton (deuce & ½) to get where they wanted us quickly. So damn cold and the metal floor of the 2½ ton sucked the warmth out of your feet. Then when it stopped and you had to jump down off it, hitting the ground with completely frozen feet was like jumping on 10,000 needles. Oh I can still remember that pain 32 years later.
The worst marches ever were in Hohenfels Germany. The damn mud would stick to your boots like glue. Every 3rd or 4th step you would kick your foot out to try and dislodge 20lds of mud only to gain it back again in a couple steps. I have never walked in mud like that anywhere else in the world...... Ah the sweet memories of life as an infantry soldier. Like every Vet here on the Fire I could talk for days about my time in the Army.

I have
M240 to...... will definitely make a good work out

You could not impress this more back when. Some of you may recall being taught to lube the [bleep] out of things. Way bad idea! We broke down our gas system every cleaning , to the dismay of the armorer and PLT SGT wishing to get home to mama! We did a ton of experimenting with lubes back then. Very light oiling keeps the guns functioning and I always carried spare bolt parts with me, extractors and ejectors w/new springs, etc. We modified some old army kit bags and had them sewn up with thick parachute webbing as slings. Hung them off my left side w/300 rounds s-rolled in it. Kept the ammo clean and out of the way. I kept another 500 in my ruck ,scenario dependency varied amount. It was brutal on the shoulders!

I was stationed about 35 k SW of Stuttgart in Boeblingen .
Panzer Kaserne.
1/16 th
1st ID 3rd Bde Fwd
Main Part of Bde was in Gerpoingen (sp) about 60k west
May 86 - May 88.

Hohenfels sucked the root also just like Graf.
Reforgers were always kinda fun for 30 to 40 days.
My Psg made us all pivot steer in a winter wheat feild at the end of a dead end trail on a reforger.
5 113,s grind and turn.
Herman the German got paid big time for that one.
Watched a M88 try to squeeze thru a 600 yr old rd arch in Tubigen for some dumb reason.
Some Maintenance unit types.
Toppled over like a set of kids building blocks...
Great.....
Survives schit loads of wars.
And some dumb recovery crew of grease monkeys topples it over.
Not good......
Herman the German was not pleased with that one.

Bde task during reforger was too secure the 3 Bridges over the Rhine from Kharlesrule down to across from Strasbourg.
28, 500, and 10 sections of autobhan and connector rds going to the bridges also.
We really didnt have ta play all the reindeer maneuver games the whole time.


Good times anyways.

atvalaska, you ran PT carrying an M60? Good grief, Im assuming you stand 6'4" if not more?