The Weapons, Equipment, Insurgents And Their Tactics in Post War Iraq By A US Marine

"The Weapons, Equipment, Insurgents and Their Tactics in Post War Iraq By A US Marine

Thanks to Rantburg we are provided with an intriguing insight into the Weapons, Equipment, Insurgents and their Tactics of the Conflict in Post War Iraq via the email thoughts of a US Marine who was stationed for seven months at Ramadi, Iraq, aka Fort Apache.

"Bad Guns, Bad Guns, What You Going To Do, What You Going To Do, When They Jam On You": The M-16 Is A Piece Of Crap

The M-16 rifle : Thumbs down. Chronic jamming problems with the talcum powder like sand over there. The sand is everywhere. Jordan says you feel filthy 2 minutes after coming out of the shower. The M-4 carbine version is more popular because it's lighter and shorter, but it has jamming problems also. They like the ability to mount the various optical gunsights and weapons lights on the picattiny rails, but the weapon itself is not great in a desert environment. They all hate the 5.56mm (.223) round. Poor penetration on the cinderblock structure common over there and even torso hits cant be reliably counted on to put the enemy down.

Fun fact: Random autopsies on dead insurgents shows a high level of opiate use."
Iraqi Bloggers Central -Mister Ghost

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