Question about Marine's equipements

[Rabid]

Do they get different weapons issued when they are deployed? A friend of mine had a M16A4 that looked like it had seen a few wars already, the upper and lower receivers had no anodizing left, while stationed at home.

[mobbs]

A lot of infantry get m16a4's still. Some get m4's. We had m4a1's, m107's, m40a5's, and m110's. Most of us preferred not to have sidearms as we had too much serialized gear to keep track of as it is. Each battalion has their own way of doing things, in 3/1 our fire team leaders got 203's and the second most senior guys in the team got the m249. In 2/9 we had "grenadier" billets if the team leaders didn't want to carry the 203.

[ImNtUrBuddyGuy]

I was in the Marine Corps, most of the infantry guys have M16A4's with a smattering of M4 thrown in. Most POGs (like I was) are also issued m16A4 too (now at least). Then you have some other guys who just have M9s mostly, they are usually officers and office worker types.

On my first deployment to Iraq (2006-2007) I was issued a brand new out of the crate M16A2 (I didn't know brand new A2's were still issued). But whenever I went out the wire I had a M249 SAW.

But all of this really depends on unit discretion, it is not universal across the board.

[mobbs]

Do they get different weapons issued when they are deployed? A friend of mine had a M16A4 that looked like it had seen a few wars already, the upper and lower receivers had no anodizing left, while stationed at home.

Typically you'll deploy with the same weapon you were issued in the states unless armorers deem that weapon unserviceable.