Originally Posted by
Brian1/75
I lumped finances with logistics, but having a proprietary weapon system that nobody else in theater uses is obviously problematic. The SCAR-H doesn't have a big Army comparative.
A Ranger Battalion generally might have 1 or 2 armorers in theater actually capable of fixing all the weapon systems and carrying parts. That said Ranger Battalion is scattered all the **** over two countries. If he runs out of parts, he can order more through a clerk or even visit a TACOM shop or borrow from some nearby unit. Now if he's got some exclusive weapon system, say like a Mk48, he might just be shit out of luck. That's not really that big of a deal because someone could suddenly lug around a 240 and there's really own 3 gunners per platoon anyways and we might not even be using all of them. Now if everybody is carrying SCARs, that's 20 something dudes per platoon. He can't visit TACOM, he can't order class 9 parts, he's ****ed, and the platoons ****ed. Take that a step further, if a M4 lower receiver becomes deadlined, he can take it to TACOM and get a one for one trade. Since TACOM won't support the SCAR, it's not so. What I said is even more true for some ODA in a remote location.
That might not be in some SOCOM report, but it's a clear disadvantage of the SCAR.