Originally Posted by
variablebinary
There is a lot of bullshit, chest thumping, Monday morning quarterbacking over Wanat.
A dead PL, breached defenses, running outside the wire to help dead and wounded at an outpost. Wanat was a shit storm, and a lot of Good American boys were killed by a well coordinated enemy with superior numbers within combatives range, not because they were trigger happy **** ups waiting to get smoked.
Wanat exposed a deficiency with the M4 under EXTREME conditions, and we'll get an improved weapon as a result.
Some people need to get their head unwrapped from ass and realize the M4 is not perfect, and it can be improved to ensure that Soldiers have a better chance when hell goes to 11.