
Originally Posted by
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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.
No body is Monday morning quarterbacking, and thanks for reminding of the obvious as to the outcome of that engagement at Wanat. Nobody is pissing on that unit or the men who died. The flaws that have been in the system from Nam are still with the military today. Lube needs to be applied. Mags need to be inspected and changed. Extractors need to be replaced, especially before deployment. Leadership needs to be more tactically aware when placing outpost well out of range of range of Arty and CAS in damn near indefensible positions which are vulnerable to a determined, all out 360 attack. The average Soldier doesn't know the condition of their weapon and thinks it's OK, until a fire fight ensues. Do we need a new weapon system in the hands of the Infantry? You bet. But a lot of the issues the military is having with the M-4, and the members of that unit, could have been mitigated.
For God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before! The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." - Rudyard Kipling
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