Quote Originally Posted by MAP View Post
A few years ago I had a conversation with a former Delta operator. He said during the Black Hawk Down incident everyone was dropping their mags. It created a problem when the did an ammo drop during the night. His advise was to retain your mags if you can.

YMMV

Mike
The ammo that was dropped to them was cases of 5.56 dropped in by the 160th guys. Not having their old mags meant they didn't have anything to load the ammo into. If SHTF I wouldn't expect resupply speedballs via helo.... But if you have that kind of capability... can we be friends?