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The discussion is still sort of relevant because the role of "support gunner" is evolving and a dedicated gunner and weapon platform is starting to become obsolete. Where was it that I was reading that the marines might all get issued m27 IARs instead of having 2 LMGs that attract mortar fire once they set up, now everyone is capable of setting up support fire from anywhere on their line. And they were testing 50 round box mags in them when they first introduced them. Which are more than likely in service now if they're considering issuing all marines the IAR. If everyone is an ammo carrier they can all use the same ammo without needing belts and separate boxes of ammo. They can all carry boxes of ammo and load the box mags or their STANAG mags from the same source.
If you're the one holding the LMG and the enemy is capable of directing accurate mortar fire on a given position, you're fucked and your squad is fucked if you lose the firepower. If everyone has something that can take reasonable full auto abuse and have capacity to shoot sustained auto fire with more mobility, then you spread out the firepower and lower the risk of losing the one guy that's holding everything.
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I futz with V2s, V3s and V6s. I could be wrong... but probably, most likely not, as far as I know.
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April 3rd, 2017, 23:19
