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not caring here posted:totalling up like nearly a grand What the crap did they want you to buy? A horse?
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Naked Bear posted:Spur ride checklist: how the gently caress can you not figure out the 249? it's easy as gently caress source: my dumb rear end carried one for 6 out of 8 years i was in
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Apr 23, 2017 05:10
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Other than a stetson I can't think of anything else they might want you to buy and spurs are supposed to be bought by the sponsor. Knockoff tanker boots? No idea about any funny boots other than the ones tankers wear.FIDEL CASHFLOW posted:how the gently caress can you not figure out the 249? it's easy as gently caress It is weird that it was in a spur ride because scouts don't use them, just 240's.
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Apr 23, 2017 05:18
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i can see having to buy tanker boots in 1CD, like say in a tank BN 1CD is its own brand of cav retardation
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Apr 23, 2017 05:21
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like even being on the same post as 1CD was terrible when Iwas in 4ID
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Apr 23, 2017 05:22
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I must be a horrible armor officer because I don't know anything about the heavy side of the branch or any of the traditions and most of our training has been dismount focussed
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Apr 23, 2017 05:25
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eh your poo poo is more like mech infantry than anything, a different mindset. Armor officers generally I have no opinion of, they're inoffensive generally. there is just something about the horsehead I think that drives ppl crazy like its 82nd of the Armored world but no one gives a gently caress
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Apr 23, 2017 05:28
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but to be fair tanks are way cooler than airborne imo
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Apr 23, 2017 05:29
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There's these odd looking boots with straps that are similar to a tanker boot but there's 2 or 3 straps and are a calf length boot. I dunno, I didnt buy that garbage. They were at least 150 by themselves. Then they wanted me to buy a a loving 400 dollar hat. Theres a few different types around but there were people who bought that expensive poo poo. And then unit PTs. And the ASU flair. And because of the push for 100% spur ride garbage good luck having a sponsor pay for it. Screw buying that poo poo, I was dumb enough to do a Manchu mile so screw that spur ride poo poo too.
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Apr 23, 2017 05:30
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Being a tanker with a tanker BC owns bones because the old Friday road march is done driving down the road in your rig. Outta the way crunchies! Hahahahaha that was only for like 3 months and then off to infantry stupidity and then off to scouts gently caress my life.
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Apr 23, 2017 05:35
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Mustang posted:Other than a stetson I can't think of anything else they might want you to buy and spurs are supposed to be bought by the sponsor. Knockoff tanker boots? No idea about any funny boots other than the ones tankers wear. i just don't get it i was infantry for 4 years and a fueler for 4 more and a 249 was always part of my life
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Apr 23, 2017 05:38
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when i started out as cav we just shot 240s in OSUT. I didn't even fire as SAW until like I was in 5 years or so IDK
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Apr 23, 2017 05:43
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:when i started out as cav we just shot 240s in OSUT. I didn't even fire as SAW until like I was in 5 years or so IDK idk i first shot a saw in infantry osut in 2009 so maybe im just a babby since yall old af
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Apr 23, 2017 06:02
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There's a reason scouts only use 240's but I don't remember what that reason is..... I think it's because since scouts are usually outnumbered and outgunned having more 240's might make the enemy think they're engaging a larger unit than they really are. Something like that anyway. If we really wanted to we could have 6 240's throughout a 36 man platoon. Though we're always short personnel so it's more like low to mid 20's.
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Apr 23, 2017 06:05
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You'll just need to increase the number of 240s if you're low on men to greater simulate being a larger force 
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Apr 23, 2017 15:38
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Mustang posted:I think it's because since scouts are usually outnumbered and outgunned having more 240's might make the enemy think they're engaging a larger unit than they really are. That is the stupidest army bullshit I've ever heard.
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Apr 23, 2017 15:42
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I just figured it was a holdover when 19ds mainly rolled around in M1025s but IDK
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Apr 23, 2017 15:46
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I have no idea what the reason is, it's just something I heard someone say at some point. Regardless, scouts exclusively use 240s.
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Apr 23, 2017 16:14
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why do scouts exist again?
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Apr 23, 2017 17:53
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Mustang posted:I have no idea what the reason is, it's just something I heard someone say at some point. Regardless, scouts exclusively use 240s. With so many goddamn gun teams, how the gently caress do you guys even maneuver?!
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Apr 23, 2017 17:56
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Mike-o posted:That is the stupidest army bullshit I've ever heard. Vlad, do you hear the disproportionate quantity of American M249s shooting at us? It means they are the rapist type of soldier known for stealing the money of their conscripts and spending it on hats! Also, it means there are actually very few of them behind the M249s, so fix your bayonet comrade!
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Apr 23, 2017 17:56
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The 249 was part of my training when I went through scout OSUT in '06, so who the gently caress knows what they're doing anymore.
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Apr 23, 2017 18:33
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If you're just mowing down hordes of un-armored skinny dudes with flip flops in toyotas why wouldn't you want 249's? It's awesome for that.
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Apr 23, 2017 19:02
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Because canister rounds are cooler
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Apr 23, 2017 19:16
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They make a version for the Mk 19 which is probably the coolest way I can think of to commit a bunch of war crimes quickly
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Apr 23, 2017 20:40
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Full auto crew-served 40mm shotgun what loving doomsday scenario would that even be relevant and how did it get enough traction that some munitions plant somewhere actually made it possible
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Apr 23, 2017 20:42
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240s suck. the mk48 is way better.
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Apr 23, 2017 20:47
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Stanley Goodspeed posted:Full auto crew-served 40mm shotgun what loving doomsday scenario would that even be relevant and how did it get enough traction that some munitions plant somewhere actually made it possible Patrol surrounded by thousands strong angry mob comes to mind. But I guess an 1114 in low gear would get you outta there too.
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Apr 23, 2017 20:52
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Check the USArmyWTF page, looks like someone smeared poo poo all over a barracks at Fort Campbell. https://tinyurl.com/ll92vml
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Apr 23, 2017 20:55
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Icon Of Sin posted:Check the USArmyWTF page, looks like someone smeared poo poo all over a barracks at Fort Campbell. lol those are the old 4BCT barracks
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Apr 23, 2017 20:56
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I hope it was a dude who just got out
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Apr 23, 2017 21:01
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TBeats posted:I hope it was a dude who just got out He squeezed out, of the army that is.
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Apr 23, 2017 21:01
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Stanley Goodspeed posted:Full auto crew-served 40mm shotgun what loving doomsday scenario would that even be relevant and how did it get enough traction that some munitions plant somewhere actually made it possible yep, i mean its not like american forces are ever overrun anymore. the dudes at wanat or kamdesh wouldnt have any use for something like that i bet
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Apr 23, 2017 21:03
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Icon Of Sin posted:Check the USArmyWTF page, looks like someone smeared poo poo all over a barracks at Fort Campbell. lol from that post's comment thread: 
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i was actually at wanat and the main issue with our mk 19s was the feed tray got shot on one and the gun shield on the other got blown up and the gun couldn't traverse anymore the normal hedp poo poo was good up until then because it went further than 100m or whatever the flechette stops working at 
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Apr 23, 2017 21:17
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Stanley Goodspeed posted:i was actually at wanat Like, during the thing?
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yeah 
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Apr 23, 2017 21:39
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Just needs SMDFTB somewhere on it, and then its perfection.
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Icon Of Sin posted:Just needs SMDFTB somewhere on it, and then its perfection. 
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