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Old September 24th, 2011, 07:43 AM
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Default Re: Quick question for small arms buffs

Amen, Daferg. My driver sunk our MRAP in an irrigation ditch in Baghdad in '08, got it stuck leaning at a 45 degree angle. Commander's truck got stuck trying to pull us out. I told my gunner to get out the 240B and a couple cans of ammo, and we set up a little fighting position. It took the CP till past dark to put together a convoy with a KBR wrecker to get us unstuck. We were smack in the middle of a farm, luckily not a single mortar or sniper. Some Marine Cobras saw us and realized what was going on, I guess, and buzzed around us every now and then for a while and flew off. I realized right then, since for whatever reason I hadn't snapped to it, why we 11Bs carry 240Bs instead of .50s and Mark 19s.
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