Posted: 6/9/2014 10:52:44 AM EDT
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It seems people can't seem to be around guns without someone doing something stupid yet you rarely hear about our Military personal accidentically shooting each other. Granted, the US military made "Friendly fire" a very bad word and did what it could to reduce it in the wake of a few deadly friendly fire Apache and tank attacks that were widely reported during Desert Storm. It is amazing our Military can shoot from moving Humvees and other vehicles, manuever around a fighing hole during a battle or simply come under attack while walking a road while being tired, cranky & generally underfed while maintaining perfect trigger control and not muzzle sweeping the entire unit. Plus, I assume they are multi tasking while manipulating their weapon (Mag swaps, communication, troop movement, etc.)
Is our military that well trained with small arms or is the US Military just being very quiet about this? I've been wondering about the actual numbers on this. |
| I can say that when I was in leadership I spent a lot of time developing and reinforcing IFF TTPs that would help preclude blue on blue fracticide. The better your TTPs the faster you can move on an objective. The faster you can effectively move the better you can kill. |
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Correct me if I am wrong, but friendly fire is not someone who doesn't exhibit trigger discipline, it is when there is faulty Intel. Could happen because of a lot of things: Poor trigger discipline, poor target identification, incorrectly positioning yourself on the battlefield, poor communication... |
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May 2003 - Baghdad Iraq- 0230hrs
- At a TCP on a dirt road on outskirts of western Baghdad - take incoming small arms fire - notice red tracers - we dont return fire but shoot a flare - incoming small arms fire stops - whole thing lasts maybe 20 seconds - Frindly US Army unit - No injuries ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 Baghdad Iraq- - A team leader goes to clear his M9 at BIAP at the main entrance - Pulls slide to rear and ejects round - Does not remove magazine - Closes slide - Puts barrel of M9 in clearing barrel - Fires into clearing barrel - Looks at squad - Holsters M9 - Gets back in vehicle - No injuries ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 Baghdad Iraq- - Approaching US Military Checkpoint - A gunner in a 1114 - Has a MK-19, M249, AT4, and M16a2 in turret - Starts to clear weapons prior to reaching clearing berm - Goes to clear MK19 - Two rounds are discharged towards Friendly checkpoint - Friendlies take cover and call incoming - TL grabs gunner by vest and yanks him into cab of 1114 - Gunner replaced - No injuries All I can remember, but I think there are more. Scary Shit |
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Quoted: We had a guy bloop an egg into the hesco with his MK19 at the clearing bbls on Irish in 05. Fortunately it was too close to arm, but talk about a shit storm. |
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There's nothing "friendly" about friendly fire.....  Yeah. In a gun sense I have to agree here. Horrible/tragic accident at the least. I have however, saw someone take friendly fire at "the trough" one time though. I couldn't believe what just happened and just stood there frozen. |
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It's what Marines use while the Army is hiding in Fox holes. Oooof!  
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I still want to know what a fighting hole is. Does that happen just once a month? It's what Marines use while the Army is hiding in Fox holes. Oooof!
You missed a great opportunity to take a jab at Reservists. |