abnhunter

Hooah, Swampdog. Spring Lake hasn't changed too much. Oh - something else we have in common: I'm originally from Martinsville, just up the road from ye.

As for pistols - my line dogs are going to carry a 9mm, regardless of what they think about the cartridge. Those that can carry something else (Operators and the like) will carry something else. H&K USP's in .45 were pretty common with those jokers.

I'd like to see 6.8mm, but as I said in an earlier post, Dept of the Army hasn't made a decision on it yet. Special Operations Command is really driving the train on this one. One of the problems we ran into in Afghanistan was stopping power at range. The M855/856 5.56 sometimes wasn't enough. Which is why the M14 was brought back. Now Infantry branch wants each platoon to have what they're calling a "Designated Marksman." Hafta wait and see on that one. Y'all know that long range shooting is a lot different than room clearing. I haven't seen a program of instruction for it yet; If one doesn't show up soon, I'll dig out all my stuff from sniper school and bump heads with the 1SG and see what we can figure out.