Originally Posted by
rob_s
Anyone else see this article by Barrett Tillman? Begins on P. 54 of the current issue.
Interesting stuff in here:
- A Regular Army light infantryman should fire about 1,200 rounds a year
- His Guard and Reserve colleagues should expend 660 rouns
- for "plain vanilla" soldiers... ...the specified annual expenditure is 490 rounds for active and 294 for Guard and Reserve
- train a rifleman going to war with 58 rounds of ammunition - 18 to zero and 40 to qualify on the pop-up target range
Lots more that doesn't distill down to bullet points.
While nice, more trigger never ever happen.
I literally have to beg left and right to get in on tactical training sessions with other units. Thankfully, most people in my unit could give two shits about tactics and guns, so the budget allows me interesting opportunities just because no one else wants to bother.
I can comfortably say that 90% of my unit shoots about 70 rounds a year tops, and not a drop more in their off time.
Hell, even 200 rounds a year on a KD range, and 200 rounds during MOUT a year would be a HUGE step forward.
Last edited by variablebinary; 04-28-11 at 02:46.
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