Is this how it's done?

[thvigil11]

The pushup answers were 26.7lbs for the B and 22.4lbs for the L. I don't think those are 100% accurate, but that's what we were ingrained with.
I wonder how this new model fares against the 48. We got a couple of those on my first deployment, they were pretty damn cool.

I seem to remember the E4 being 22.5 or so. I always felt it got a bad rap. I thought a well tuned 60 ran like a champ. Only problem was, it needed to be well tuned. I thought the bravos were far more unwieldy that the E3. 240's are good guns, but heavy and long. Never got to play with the MK48, seen the specs and heard from others that it was really the way to go.

[mcantar18c]

I seem to remember the E4 being 22.5 or so. I always felt it got a bad rap. I thought a well tuned 60 ran like a champ. Only problem was, it needed to be well tuned. I thought the bravos were far more unwieldy that the E3. 240's are good guns, but heavy and long. Never got to play with the MK48, seen the specs and heard from others that it was really the way to go.

For mobile use I'd probably go with a 48... lighter and if a bad guy is observing and mistakenly thinks our largest weapon is a SAW then all the better. For a mounted position, 240 all the way... much better system in my opinion. That said I carried the Lima and with the shorter barrel and collapsible stock, I didn't find it all that unwieldy.
Never had the pleasure of playing with a 60... they look fun.

[thvigil11]

For mobile use I'd probably go with a 48... lighter and if a bad guy is observing and mistakenly thinks our largest weapon is a SAW then all the better. For a mounted position, 240 all the way... much better system in my opinion. That said I carried the Lima and with the shorter barrel and collapsible stock, I didn't find it all that unwieldy.
Never had the pleasure of playing with a 60... they look fun.

Agree with you here. I always think mobile by default. But yeah, mounted, 240's, M2s, Mk19s all the way. Got out before the L's. They look pretty good though.

[brutal]

I have a strong memory of a DI's boot in the back of my k-pot for getting too heavy on the trigger with the pig.

I have a strong memory of a DI's boot in the back of a steel pot on a GI in a foxhole that muzzle swept another DI. Broke his damn nose.

[thvigil11]

I have a strong memory of a DI's boot in the back of a steel pot on a GI in a foxhole that muzzle swept another DI. Broke his damn nose.

Didn't break mine, but made me choke down a good mouthful of dirt.

Steel pot! You're dating yourself there old guard.

[brutal]

Didn't break mine, but made me choke down a good mouthful of dirt.

Steel pot! You're dating yourself there old guard.

I did say 1980. Boot was at Ft. Jackson Jan-Mar and our barracks were right across from the DI school. I firmly believe that got us special attention from our DI's.

[davsel]

Had a TI yell at me once. He decided the hem in my fatigues was too long, and made me rip it out and hand over a 341. Spent 30 minutes that evening sewing it back in.
True story. Air Force basic is hell I tell ya.

[thvigil11]

Had a TI yell at me once. He decided the hem in my fatigues was too long, and made me rip it out and hand over a 341. Spent 30 minutes that evening sewing it back in.
True story. Air Force basic is hell I tell ya.

Bet they also canceled happy hour that night too, huh! Draconian man, draconian!

[tim-adams]

man I so wish I had trigger time on a m249..
USAF did not like us to have guns, work on nuclear weapons, or heavy bombers sure, "get to work", but no guns, the logic was you may off yourself cause Minot Sucked so very bad.

[tim-adams]

I have a strong memory of a DI's boot in the back of a steel pot on a GI in a foxhole that muzzle swept another DI. Broke his damn nose.

good lesson there... that trooper will never make that mistake again...