gunny
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I noticed the ANA in the recent news releases battling in Kandahar armed with what looks like M16 A2. The short excerpts actually made the Afghans look clumsy in weapons handling, although this was only one instance. So I'm wondering how this cultural change in weapons will turn out;
On the plus side captured stocks of amunition won't help the predominantly AK armed Taliban. But these aren't the same A3 with 4x scopes we use, or the M4-SopMods the grunts are using. These iron-sight A2's have to be kept clean and zeroed to be of any use. In which case quite effective.
In the Army Times I read an article which states:
M16 still unproven to Afghans
Soldiers in the 205th Corps were among the first to get the M16.
“The 205th was in the fight, so essentially that’s why we had them up as our first priority,” Dyess said.
Pvt. Mohamad Adil, of 5th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, in Qalat, northeast of Kandahar, received his M16 about four months ago.
He said through an interpreter that he has fired the weapon on the range but not in combat.
“When I start fighting, I’ll know [whether I am confident in it],” said Adil, who had pink tissue stuffed in the muzzle of his rifle.
When asked about the tissue, Adil said it was there to keep out the dust.....
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