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USSOCOM allegedly cancels Mk 16 SCAR/SCAR-L orders
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06-26-2010, 05:02 AM
Freekarrtt
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I'm going to shed some light on the subject. If it seems "too political", I'm not trying to be. But please, hear me out... Right now, troops in Afghanistan in Iraq are getting screwed. Not Obama, not anything else. Just listen-it's more "business" than politics, but people should be aware of this.
The average soldier in combat is wearing 60-70 pounds of gear, not counting his weapon. As you can imagine, trying to charge up and down mountains and across a blazing rocky desert with all of that on SUCKS. Every extra pound is "one more too much". The SCAR weighs more than the M-4. This is the simple answer.
Afghanistan is a different fight. We need more range. In a lot of units, the troops are getting M-14's (I hear that you couldn't have made Marines happier if you'd put a strip club on the FOB). The enemy isn't going to hole up in buildings- they are going to charge and strike from high places in the mountains. Don't get confused- the Taliban are some of the hardest men on the planet- anyone who can sprint up a mountain in sandals with maybe a few slices of bread in his stomach has by respect... you know, until I have to shoot him.
Anyway... here where it gets "close to political", but isn't. If the mods/admins see fit to delete this, let this point be the tearline. (PM Me if you do).
The solution to the problem would be "get rid of ridiculously heavy body armor and use plate carriers/ Dragon Skin (the latter is more effective than the current armor and is much lighter, also close to the same price). It would make sense... but...
You are subject to punishment under the UCMJ if you use anything other than the current (less effective) issued gear. If you are killed wearing another body armor, you lose your life insurance. If you are wearing another type of body armor and you choke on a grape, you lose your life insurance. It is that serious. It wasn't a few years ago. What happened?
Supposedly
some big wig colonel was overseeing the testing of not only this, but also the US Army's "camoflage"(the one that doesn't blend into anything but TV static, the very same one that said it would save soldiers money by getting rid of buttons and replacing them with velcro and zippers- which cost 8-10 times as much to replace as a single button). Both of these items were pitted against others, and Dragon Skin outperformed the current body armor and Multicam outperformed the ACU army pattern. He chose the stuff we have now, and pushed for the rules to punish soldiers who used anything else. Then he retired from the military and now works for those companies.
This happens quite a bit.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've been hearing that there where some fairly serious durability issues with Dragon Skin. Like after a year or so it's no longer effective.
But seriously Correct me if I'm wrong I'm not sure.
Also isn't the Army currently switching over to MC?
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