Trunkmonk
Not sure how you stepped knee deep into adversarial mode. It appears to me some semantics abound, and also that many would differ in opinion in some matters.
Fire superiority generally is accepted to mean a greater volume of effective fire. I suppose at which point you could chew on the definition of effective fire. Keeping heads down to enable maneuver(suppressive), or ripping apart flesh.
Suppressive fire, by definition, (visual or audio signature inhibiting action of the enemy) is about low percentage hits. It is a tactic, and it is a tactic the enemy sometimes could care less about... a hundred angry metal bees "keeping heads down" do not distract dedicated individuals who want to die.. at which point only rds impacting the tgt matter.
Seeing dedicated fighters less than impressed with belt fed flying about them, chewing up their buddies infront of them, and still go forward toward the noise may change ones personal definition of effective. At which point.. given the terrain.. what weapon system will most quickly allow for rapid degradation of individual targets. What tools to accomplish this? A lighter, more swingable, IAR may do the trick in the urban fight. An accurized vari-optic 5.56/7.62 carbine with high % hits may be of much more utility in say open area afghanistan. And .. wow... with a change of magazine size & optic suite the HK offering may offer this. At least the USMC is experimenting
Regarding the m4.. ah.. the USMC has been at war for yrs now and still has grunts in the urban fight using the non ergonomic overly long 2x4-esq m16a4. Not the best tool for use in confined spaces and covering a 360 sphere of responsibility.
While I applaud the USMC for embracing the fundamentals of marksmanship by still shooting iron to 500.. it is a 100 year old methodology. I have yet to get be attacked by static black circles while slung in, utilizing classic standing, sitting, and prone positions. The time could be much better spent with higher volume training utilizing issued optics, UKD, movers, etc.
Your avatar and the time posted might suggest the end of a long day of chest-beatery overseas, wearing skintight underarmor and naysaying all the "non-operators" around you. Beer & keyboards don't mix. Have the best day ever!


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