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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:31:36 AM EDT
[#1]
The Rangers had RBA(Ranger Body Armor)
No comment on the Delta body armor. Atleast some of the TFR guys i have spoken with, shot on semi auto mostly, to conserve ammunition. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 6:21:42 AM EDT
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My question: What type of weapon did the pilot of the second Blackhawk to go down use? It looked like some type of HK.
Sweet looking M14 in that scene also! Also if you were that pilot would you use the last bullet for yourself? You never know until you are in the position but you know it had to cross his mind. The scene of him grasping for the photo makes this point mute though. Well made movie. It follows the book well! |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 6:40:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: The Rangers had RBA(Ranger Body Armor) No comment on the Delta body armor. Could you elaborate on the RBA?? Why no comment on the Delta stuff ? Wheren't they using Class IV ceramic stuff ??? |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 6:48:52 AM EDT
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Ranger Body Armor:
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Posted: 1/19/2002 7:31:45 AM EDT
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cnatra, i don´t know what the BA worn by the D guys in 93 was.
PVFD304, since the movie hasnt opened here yet, i have only seen a crappy copy, but looked very much like an ordinary MP5A3. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 10:25:41 AM EDT
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Another question. Is it me or did it seem like they altered the time line a little and the layout of the first crash site and the buildings they were hidden in? Or do I just have an image from the book that doesn't fit?
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Posted: 1/19/2002 10:49:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: My question: What type of weapon did the pilot of the second Blackhawk to go down use? It looked like some type of HK. I have not saw the movie, but according to the book I beleive it was Durant, and I think it was a MP5 type pistol. I could be wrong but that was the impression I got from the book, I think it kept jamming |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 10:53:34 AM EDT
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Quoted: Another question. Is it me or did it seem like they altered the time line a little and the layout of the first crash site and the buildings they were hidden in? Or do I just have an image from the book that doesn't fit? The crash sight didn't seem right to me. But, then again I wasn't there so I don't know. In the book it looked like it was against a building. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 11:22:05 AM EDT
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I don't know about the other services, but in the Marines, we rarely used the 3-shot burst. I do remember one exercise where we played with it, but 99% of the time, we used SEMI. It's an accuracy thing!
[marines] |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 11:23:47 AM EDT
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The crashsites were not correct, especially the Super 61 was very different in real life.
This is the crashsite of Super 64. [url]http://www.megapass.co.kr/%7Ehoranjoh/super62crash.jpg[/url] Sixgun357, in the book the weapon was an MP5K, but i have seen photos with MP5A3s, so both would be correct. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 11:58:37 AM EDT
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Quoted: My question: What type of weapon did the pilot of the second Blackhawk to go down use? It looked like some type of HK. Looked like a MP5A3 to me. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 12:06:04 PM EDT
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I am in an air assault infantry unit, and all training I have received has been to use semi auto almost exclusively. Like jboze said, its an accuracy thing.
Besides, why would you want to go FA or burst when you only have a 30 rd mag? Especially when the guy next to you has a saw or M240B/M60 with belt fed ammo? |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 1:01:11 PM EDT
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Did you guys notice the cheesy Tasco reddots? Not quite right.......Aimpoints they weren't
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Posted: 1/19/2002 2:33:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: Did you guys notice the cheesy Tasco reddots? Not quite right.......Aimpoints they weren't Do these look like Tascos.... [;)] [img]http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v3/5/13/30/29551330bMMGTMTKXR_ph.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:18:28 PM EDT
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OK New Question: Where was the movie filmed at?
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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:26:13 PM EDT
[#16]
Marocco
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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:36:27 PM EDT
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The website calls them MP-5s!!!!
[url]http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/blackhawkdown/[/url] Click on the Alpha 1 Site, hi band width, Delta, Equipment, GUN |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:41:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: My question: What type of weapon did the pilot of the second Blackhawk to go down use? It looked like some type of HK. Looked like a MP5A3 to me. This it? [img]www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/pages/military/images/mp5a3_2_r3_c2.gif[/img] |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 3:42:06 PM EDT
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I think in reality 160 SOAR pilots have the mp5 PDW with the side folding stock.
john |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 4:35:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: I think in reality 160 SOAR pilots have the mp5 PDW with the side folding stock. john As i said, i have seen pictures with some Nightstalkers holding MP5A3s, so i believe both qualify as correct. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 4:38:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: This it? [img]www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/pages/military/images/mp5a3_2_r3_c2.gif[/img] |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 4:49:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: I think in reality 160 SOAR pilots have the mp5 PDW with the side folding stock. john They do. Not sure they could get the PDWs for the film, and the MP5s are readily available for rentals. Few would notice the difference. Most of the operators I have worked with stay with semi and controlled pairs (double taps) unless executing a break contact or other immediate action drill. I just watched the drills at our CQB school this week and observed no full auto fire. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 5:14:14 PM EDT
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What was the tape on the buttstocks of the rifles for?
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Posted: 1/19/2002 5:18:46 PM EDT
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The SOAR guys have MP5k-PDWs. Like a HK SP89 with a folding stock and full-auto capability. Durants MP5k supposedly got its receiver damaged causing the bolt to bind and jam. Notice a lot of the skinnies have G3s besides AKs. I also saw at least 1 krinkov.
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Posted: 1/19/2002 5:20:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: What was the tape on the buttstocks of the rifles for? If you are asking about the M16s it was to hold on the improvised top mounted sling. |
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Posted: 1/19/2002 5:31:56 PM EDT
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Again - 18 vs 19 dead?
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Posted: 1/19/2002 5:34:50 PM EDT
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Quoted: Again - 18 vs 19 dead? I believe that 19 includes the one who died in a mortar attack a couple of days later. |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 2:26:36 AM EDT
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the rangers (as well as other infantry units) typically use auto fire to either initiate an ambush, assault through an ambush, or to break contact. auto fire is not very accurate. the only guys firing full auto will be those manning MGs M60, M249, or the dastardly M2.
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Posted: 1/20/2002 5:44:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Again - 18 vs 19 dead? I believe that 19 includes the one who died in a mortar attack a couple of days later. SF is correct. The 19th KIA was Matt Rierson. SARguy |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 7:13:34 AM EDT
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SF-
Do you(or anyone else)know what kind of mount/red-dot scope set-up were MSG Gordon/SFC Shugart using on that M-14 at the second crash site? I've got an M1A and would like to duplicate that set-up. |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 7:25:08 AM EDT
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Why did the US flag on the shoulders of their uniforms appear backwards? I always thought the stars were in the top left corner. In the film they were in the top right corner.
Bob B |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 7:36:31 AM EDT
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I believe it was an MP5k, from what I remember in the book. In the movie, I think for sure it was a k.
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Posted: 1/20/2002 8:33:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: I believe it was an MP5k, from what I remember in the book. In the movie, I think for sure it was a k. It was absolutely NOT a MP5k in the movie. The barrel was far too long. He simply had the stock retracted. |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 9:35:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: SF- Do you(or anyone else)know what kind of mount/red-dot scope set-up were MSG Gordon/SFC Shugart using on that M-14 at the second crash site? I've got an M1A and would like to duplicate that set-up. I do not know where that setup came from. I have not served in that unit, but no one I know has ever mentioned a sniper using an Aimpoint on an M1A/M14. On the other hand, as I was watching the skinnies come in close to the helicopter, I cannot imagine trying to take them on with any magnification scope, like the Leatherwood ART on the M21, or the Ultra, or the 3.5-10 LR M1/M3. A red dot scope would work well for that. Personally, I consider sub-50 meter daylight engagements to be a fine environment for iron sights. Since the guys at that unit have access to a wide variety of non-standard items, it is possible they could have put that configuration together. On the other hand, it could have been a case of a Hollywood prop manager using what he had. Bottom line: I don't know, but it sure makes for some interesting speculation. When I got the official briefing, the actual crash sites were much more congested (not neatly in the middle of intersections) and Shugart and Gordon were not dropped directly on top of the site. They correctly portrayed the radio traffic between MG Garrison and the operators, but they were inserted a short distance away and quickly cornered by the skinnies in a building they had to blast a new back door out of before getting to Mike Durant. Durant has stated that one of the operators was hit and went down shortly after arrival, but was unable to state for sure which of the operators it was. The other operator, according to Durant, returned to check on him a few times, and returned to the helicopter a couple of times to salvage weapons and ammo from the crew. The final scene, where the remaining operator gives Durant an M16 and wishes him good luck before going out for the last time is not Hollywood but actually happened, according to Durant. A fine testimony to two outstanding soldiers who knew what they were going into and a good example of American spec ops soldiers in combat. Sorry I couldn't answer your question. (Edited for a spelling error) |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 10:39:21 AM EDT
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Quoted: Also if you were that pilot would you use the last bullet for yourself? You never know until you are in the position but you know it had to cross his mind. The scene of him grasping for the photo makes this point mute though. If you follow this link there are audio files of the actual guys involved. Michael Durant addresses this question. [url]http://www.philly.com/packages/somalia/audio.asp[/url] |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 11:02:10 AM EDT
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Quoted: Do US Armed forces typically train to shoot single shots in battle? I can only speak for the Navy and Marine, the answer would be yes. At best 3 rd burst or double tapping. Marine rifle quals if I recall is done in single shot. In an urban combat situation, they train using 3rds burst and single shots. When you have a squad shooting single shots or burst, its like full auto fire to guys on the receiving end, specially if it is disciplined well placed shots. It conserves ammo. |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 2:07:06 PM EDT
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in the book it was a mp5k in the movie it was a mp5 a3
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Posted: 1/20/2002 2:20:00 PM EDT
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Quoted: Why did the US flag on the shoulders of their uniforms appear backwards? I always thought the stars were in the top left corner. In the film they were in the top right corner. Bob B In a combat mission the patch is worn on the right shoulder. The field of blue is pointing forward to show that the "flag is NOT in retreat" medcop |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 8:31:36 PM EDT
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when the soldiers are preparing to go out on the initial mission one solder tells the other not to bother with the body armor, night goggles, and other equipment.
I don't knom about you all but if I was going into a hostile area I would wear body armor and take any and all equipment I thought might come in handy. Especially since they were not walking with the gear. It'd be a totally different story if I had to walk 10 miles with all this gear. Is this an accurate portrayal of our soldiers (how in the movie they thought the mission was no big deal and didn't want to carry extra equipment) or is it hollywood ? |
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Posted: 1/20/2002 9:03:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: when the soldiers are preparing to go out on the initial mission one solder tells the other not to bother with the body armor, night goggles, and other equipment. I don't knom about you all but if I was going into a hostile area I would wear body armor and take any and all equipment I thought might come in handy. Especially since they were not walking with the gear. It'd be a totally different story if I had to walk 10 miles with all this gear. Is this an accurate portrayal of our soldiers (how in the movie they thought the mission was no big deal and didn't want to carry extra equipment) or is it hollywood ? Philadelphia_GunMan: First, hindsight is 20/20. No offense, but anyone can Monday morning quarterback. Second, the load of a combat Ranger or SF soldier is heavy enough without taking stuff you have not needed on several previous missions. Most probably carried max weight by adding ammo as they deleted items they deemed superfluous. Packing out is evolutionary. Want to bet what they took on subsequent trips? Once, I griped to my team sergeant about schlepping what seemed to me an excessive number of IV bags on a mission. Our AVERAGE ruck weight was 137 lbs. Plus weapon, LBE, etc. Strap that on sometime and try to be as tactical as you can. We had a soldier stabbed in a remote area of Central America and my medic put 13 bags in him before he finally bled out and flatlined. Next time we went out, I took the bags AND asked for a field transfusion kit to carry. There but for the grace of God, go I. Finally, if you have ever been fastroping, you know that extra weight equals extra stress and burns on the hands. Having personally worn the RBA on a fastrope, given the mission profile and previous snatches, I would have probably have left the plates out myself, and maybe the NVGs as well. Not a criticism of you yourself, as I see this all of the time. Someone (usually who has never humped a ruck) always has a small, new high-speed item or ten for you to carry. Guess what? 100 lbs of lightweight gear still weighs 100 lbs. It is very hard to make a call on whether the guys were wrong or not without having been through some of this for yourself. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 5:56:18 AM EDT
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SF-
I can relate about heavy rucks. I was in the 7th ID(Light) and the 10th Mountain Div. In fact, I was in the 10th Mountain when the mess in Somalia happened, but wasn't in Somalia. We used to have to do 6 and 12 mile road-marches all the time. Even did a 25-miler @ Ft. Ord. If it wasn't on the packing list, most guys didn't carry it. However, most knew that there'd be alot of "extras" we'd have to carry if we ever deployed. So, there was less complaining than you'd expect, but there was always a "crybaby" or two in the bunch. The heaviest ruck I ever had to personally carry weighed about 100lbs. I was carrying everything I needed(including ammo, pyro, MRE's, water, and sleeping bag) to live in the field for 4 days during the field problem portion of PLDC at Ft. Bragg. We had to pack EVERYTHING on the list. We got air-inserted at one location, then had to march a few miles to our patrol base location. Cold, wet weather to boot. Not much fun at all... Yes, there were things I didn't use and could have been left behind. There were also things that I wished I had taken, but didn't make the trip. I'm sure my limited experiences with heavy rucks pale in comparison with some of the things the Special Forces folks have to do on a regular basis. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 6:33:17 AM EDT
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New question: Did anyone else see a suppressed AR in one of the helo scenes?
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Posted: 1/21/2002 7:45:07 AM EDT
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Quoted: New question: Did anyone else see a suppressed AR in one of the helo scenes? The observer has it in the Shugart/Gordon sequence. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 7:58:04 AM EDT
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Quoted: SF- I can relate about heavy rucks. I was in the 7th ID(Light) and the 10th Mountain Div. In fact, I was in the 10th Mountain when the mess in Somalia happened, but wasn't in Somalia. We used to have to do 6 and 12 mile road-marches all the time. Even did a 25-miler @ Ft. Ord. If it wasn't on the packing list, most guys didn't carry it. However, most knew that there'd be alot of "extras" we'd have to carry if we ever deployed. So, there was less complaining than you'd expect, but there was always a "crybaby" or two in the bunch. The heaviest ruck I ever had to personally carry weighed about 100lbs. I was carrying everything I needed(including ammo, pyro, MRE's, water, and sleeping bag) to live in the field for 4 days during the field problem portion of PLDC at Ft. Bragg. We had to pack EVERYTHING on the list. We got air-inserted at one location, then had to march a few miles to our patrol base location. Cold, wet weather to boot. Not much fun at all... Yes, there were things I didn't use and could have been left behind. There were also things that I wished I had taken, but didn't make the trip. I'm sure my limited experiences with heavy rucks pale in comparison with some of the things the Special Forces folks have to do on a regular basis. Roger that. Good experience in the 7th and 10th. The light forces carry a lot of the deployment burden these days. When I was at USSOCOM, some geek who had never put on a ruck was always trying to get us to buy his new widget for the operators. It got to the point, I just brought a heavy ruck to the briefing and asked them what it would replace that we were already carrying. I became a zero sum game-to add five lbs., you have to take out five. For those who have not done this, we are not talking about adding another set of batteries for the Gameboy or a fresh set of BDUs. It became whether you ate more than one MRE per day, or got to change socks more than every other day. The medic and commo guys are constantly giving you part of their gear to hump. And since you might need it, (IVs, antenna kits, etc.) you take it. I tell the guys to load up for a 30 minute snatch/security mission with a fast rope infil and vehicle exfil, they will certainly pack differently from an 18 hour urban urban combat mission with a walking extraction. Not that we won't bring water, frags, smoke, WPs, Claymores, etc., we would just configure differently. BTW, IRT the earlier comment about what the medics took, medics always bring a basic load of trauma gear. Only thing to add on a longer mission is more long term care stuff. I always believed in the old "travel light, freeze at night" comment, and was widely known as CPT Gadget for the stuff I brought, but you only take a BIG load down a long fastrope once and you learn (while the blisters heal and you buy 2 pair of new gloves). |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 8:22:40 AM EDT
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I Don't remember if the book specified or not, but did Shugart (or was it Gordon) really carry the M-14 that day?
Just curious... |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 8:39:46 AM EDT
[#46]
Quoted: I Don't remember if the book specified or not, but did Shugart (or was it Gordon) really carry the M-14 that day? Just curious... Yes. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 8:53:29 AM EDT
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I have seen pictures of Navy SEAL M14's mounting an Aimpoint Comp M-XD (what the Army calls the M68 CCO) on the Brookfield mount.
The Aimpoints shown in BHD the movie were Comp M/MLs. These weren't around at the time (93) so this is a technical gaffe. The Aimpoint du jour at the time used by both Rangers and Delta was typically the 3000 (still available), which was mounted on top of the carrying handle as shown in BHD. JAW |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 9:47:57 AM EDT
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IIRC from the book, the M16 handed to Durant by the operator kept jamming and he switched to using the MP5. The M16 may have been damaged in the crash or by incoming fire but that's pure speculation on my part.
It was Randy Shughart who had the M14 and I read somewhere (It's been awhile, I don't remember now) that he did have an Aimpoint mounted. There were current and former Deltas and Rangers who were technical advisors for the film, so I would hazard a guess that the movie got most of the weapons right, or at least very close to what the real guys had. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 10:07:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: What kind of body armor are they wearing? D-Boys were wearing TP1-E Body armor. Manufactured by Armour of America (AoA). If you like I can take a digital pic of one and send it to you. This would give you an unobstructed view. Let me know. |
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Posted: 1/21/2002 10:57:03 AM EDT
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Good Discussion, guys. A lot of good info being shared without any "attitude". Like the ar 15.com of old. Pretty refreshing change from some of the discussion boards these days, where in some cases it breaks down into the "I didn't think of it so it sucks!" syndrome.
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