I have to second Tim on this. I have limited experience, but from what I have personally seen and from what I have heard from others that used it in Iraq and Afghanistan, it leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully the military will come up with something that will be a lot better and more reliable.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You've summed up my personal opinion of it. > > It fires from an open bolt. Not good in the terrain we deal in. The way > the open bolt feed system works, you actually have to break a round off of > the belt to go to a ready to fire condition. There are teeth on the front > of > the bolt that grab the round, and then you lock the safety. When you come > back in the fob you have to take a long knife or screwdriver and bang on > the > (often high explosive anti-personnel) round to clear the weapon. > > Driving around like this is dangerous as there have been reports of the > bolt > riding forward from slam fire (banging around) conditions. However, the > gun > itself is so touchy to small particles of dirt and dust that you don't want > to ride around with the bolt forward for fear that should you take contact > you won't be able to get the bolt to the rear of the gun. This is > additionally problematic with the open bolt design allowing too much access > to the internals of the gun while we're moving if you do have it back. > > A fun gun on the range. A decent weapon in the emplaced defense. Not > something that I feel can be relied upon as an offensive weapon on a mobile > platform. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281789 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
