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Bushmaster1984 team member Team Member Joined: Jan 2009  NY, USA Posts: 2223 Feedback: 100% (27) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 9:04:24 AM Originally Posted By sinlessorrow: enough talk more pictures http://www.warboats.org/stonerordnotes/car15018.jpg Ah the 'ole OIF2 uniform
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GHPorter Crufflers Rule! Team Member Joined: Oct 2004  TX, USA Posts: 10636 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 9:05:08 AM Originally Posted By sinlessorrow: enough talk more pictures http://www.warboats.org/stonerordnotes/car15018.jpg What's the square thing taped to the top of his helmet? Anti-theft device? Seriously, what is that?
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ahurs530 Member Joined: Jan 2012  NC, USA Posts: 8 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 9:12:16 AM [Last Edit: 4/14/2012 9:19:17 AM by ahurs530] It the mount for Night Vision goggles... oh nvm.. you mean the thing on the "top" that is taped down hmmm... what is that?
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R0N Member Team Member Joined: Aug 2004  USA Posts: 11408 Feedback: 100% (19) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 9:58:54 AM Old school way of putting GLINT tape on the top of the helmet.
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ThatGuy91K Labtek Rednek Team Member Joined: Jun 2005  TX, USA Posts: 4687 Feedback: 100% (7) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 10:06:35 AM [Last Edit: 4/14/2012 10:09:50 AM by ThatGuy91K] summa mine
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scottrh2 Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2006  KWT Posts: 4153 Feedback: 100% (181) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/14/2012 2:54:27 PM Originally Posted By ahurs530: It the mount for Night Vision goggles... oh nvm.. you mean the thing on the "top" that is taped down hmmm... what is that? IR reflective tape for Friend/ Foe ID at night. Army covers come with small patches of it sewn on now.
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Posted: 4/14/2012 9:15:28 PM Originally Posted By Augee: This has always been one of my favorite pictures of conventional M4s in the service: http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/060931_Daily.jpg Three guys with three M4s, all presumably from the same unit (all wear the same 101st patch), but with a TA31F, Aimpoint CompM or M2, and EOTech 552, straight down the line. A couple from OEF 2007/8: http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2086.jpg http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2088.jpg http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2098.jpg http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2114.jpg http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2116.jpg http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/2137.jpg Slightly beyond standard from the same time frame: http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/DSC00355.jpg ~Augee I was attached to the 101st in OIF1 and saw one unit that had optics on top, and irons mounted on the right side of the handguard. Their theory was that, when they were "kicking down doors" they would go in ghetto style with their rifles tilted to the side. Haven't seen that config since, lol.

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Posted: 4/14/2012 9:39:44 PM I wore Hatch on my first deployment, Nomex on my second, and either Hatch or some issue motorsport type glove that we got at Luke AFB from main supply stateside. As I understood it, the gloves were being issued to the flight line troops. Working on metal parts like those that make up 98% of the F-16 in the Arizona sun tends to burn the shit out of bare hands. Somebody in my unit decided that Security Forces troops probably had occasion to grab hot items like door handles, steering wheels, vehicle bodies, etc during the performance of our duties and thought it would be a nice idea to give us the same gloves. They worked fine, but they did not last more than 6 months or so with daily wear. Gloves, of any kind, are essential in hot weather climates as metal gets grill- a-steak hot. Most troops I saw used whatever they could get.

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Posted: 4/16/2012 11:22:37 AM Originally Posted By GHPorter: Just a side note: I see Soldiers in-country wearing anything from no gloves to Nomex flying gloves to cheap-o issue leather work gloves... Unit, theater, availability...is there any rhyme or reason to that? Lotta rules, lotta different policies, not a whole lot of enforcement results in a pretty haphazard selection that you might see. My "standard" may or may not have been a left sage green size 8 Nomex aviator glove with the cuff rolled once over itself 90% of the time.... ~Augee

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Krautling Member Joined: Jan 2012  CHE Posts: 138 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 12:53:07 PM Can someone explain to me what a PEQ does? It looks horribly big for whatever it´s for.....
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sinlessorrow Member Team Member Joined: Jun 2010  TX, USA Posts: 7146 Feedback: 100% (40) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 12:56:05 PM [Last Edit: 4/16/2012 12:56:51 PM by sinlessorrow] Originally Posted By Krautling: Can someone explain to me what a PEQ does? It looks horribly big for whatever it´s for..... visible and IR laser. those peq's are all older. SF groups get the smaller fancier ones
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Krautling Member Joined: Jan 2012  CHE Posts: 139 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 1:20:26 PM Thank you very much! These must be very old for their size..... late 80´s- mid 90´s?
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jcrowl Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2007  TX, USA Posts: 10545 Feedback: 100% (111) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 1:23:33 PM Nope, they were standard issue until around 2008-2009 I believe,
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sinlessorrow Member Team Member Joined: Jun 2010  TX, USA Posts: 7147 Feedback: 100% (40) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 1:30:54 PM old peq-2 new peq-15
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Shadow4Golf I'm not THAT guy Team Member Joined: Jan 2007  USA Posts: 3484 Feedback: 100% (91) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 9:45:04 PM Originally Posted By Fishbone928: http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z401/Will_Hines/IMG_0219.jpg I've seen this. Somewhere I've got a picture of the aftermath of some genius deciding to put a bunch of M9's in an MRE box.
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Harv24 Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2003  WI, USA Posts: 7631 Feedback: 100% (45) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/16/2012 10:14:36 PM [Last Edit: 4/16/2012 10:15:53 PM by Harv24] Old School....
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GHPorter Crufflers Rule! Team Member Joined: Oct 2004  TX, USA Posts: 10647 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/18/2012 9:39:51 PM Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing?
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sweatpants You just hatin' cause I'm stylin' on you Team Member Joined: Nov 2008  TX, USA Posts: 6222 Feedback: 100% (82) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/18/2012 9:41:30 PM Originally Posted By GHPorter: Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing? I believe it's a QR code, but let me find a pic and confirm
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scoutfsu99 Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2008  TN, USA Posts: 3779 Feedback: 100% (362) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/18/2012 9:55:09 PM Originally Posted By GHPorter: Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing? that sticker has been there for a couple years now. right up until they come off.
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sweatpants You just hatin' cause I'm stylin' on you Team Member Joined: Nov 2008  TX, USA Posts: 6224 Feedback: 100% (82) Link To This Post	Posted: 4/18/2012 9:59:11 PM Originally Posted By scoutfsu99: Originally Posted By GHPorter: Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing? that sticker has been there for a couple years now. right up until they come off.
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Posted: 4/18/2012 10:33:17 PM Originally Posted By GHPorter: Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing? It's an IUID tag - Individual Unit Identification: This is a mock up of the most common (Army) IUID format - it's not a QR code, it's a Data Matrix, similar but not identical. There are actually several different forms of IUIDs used on the M4 and M4A1 Carbines. The first line: (17V) 13629 is the CAGE code for Colt Defense. (1P) 12972700 is the part number for the M4A1 Carbine (RO921HB). The part number for the M4 Carbine (RO920) is 9390000. The "(S)" block is for the serial number. ~Augee

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Posted: 4/18/2012 10:38:44 PM Originally Posted By Augee: Originally Posted By GHPorter: Does anyone have pictures of the mag well markings (the right side)? Is that a 2-D barcode I'm seeing? It's an IUID tag - Individual Unit Identification: http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/IUIDStickerSample.jpg This is a mock up of the most common (Army) IUID format - it's not a QR code, it's a Data Matrix, similar but not identical. There are actually several different forms of IUIDs used on the M4 and M4A1 Carbines. The first line: (17V) 13629 is the CAGE code for Colt Defense. (1P) 12972700 is the part number for the M4A1 Carbine (RO921HB). The part number for the M4 Carbine (RO920) is 9390000. The "(S)" block is for the serial number. ~Augee You learn something new every day

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