I always hear on forums, etc, that having only one type of weapon for each platform is a bonus, ala "fear the man with only one gun." Too many weapon types will result in catastrophic failure of the individuals performance under stress and will get you killed. You can't hit a damn slide stop to release a slide under stress. You can't learn to consistently use a slide stop then fluidly transition to racking the slide when using a different pistol. Also the normal response of minimize, economize or standardize movements or manipulations that easily translate from one weapon to another. Learn and use one draw across the board, one type of trigger manipulation, learn one weapon, etc, etc, etc....
I have always preached pretty much the opposite of the above, in that if you have the time, resources and skill to do more then have at it as it is a plus.....
I have to agree with this.
During my time in the Army I received training on at least 9 weapons (small arms), from pistol to SMG/PDW, to rifle/carbine and machine guns. Some things were the same/similar, others completely different.
I have never had any issues mixing up controls or forgetting what to do, be it weapon manipulation (safety, loading/unloading, malfunction clearance, barrel changes), shooting, zeroing, disassembly/assembly and so forth.
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