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Gun Control & RKBA

DashOneBravo

(2,679 posts)

7. Shoot and scoot

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:24 PM

Apr 2016

The US Army Infantry training is based on Fire and Maneuver tactics. Which is basically pinning an enemy down with suppressive (full auto) fire while another element maneuvers closer to them. That unit will then suppress the target while the other unit maneuvers in.

There are assigned machine gun slots. So not everyone is running around shooting full auto because someone has to hump the ammo. So you don't want to waste it.

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Can Our Society Implement a De-Escalation of Force? Part One [View all] CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 OP

Overall not too bad...a bit off on the rise of the 9mm, and its giving way to the very popular .40 jmg257 Apr 2016 #1

rise of the semi-auto handgun jimmy the one Apr 2016 #2

semi-auto pistol addendum jimmy the one Apr 2016 #3

Move to top... CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #4

Somewhere I saw a report DashOneBravo Apr 2016 #5

An excellent background text for this discussion: Rose's "American Rifle: A Biography." Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #6

Shoot and scoot DashOneBravo Apr 2016 #7