42RM
Banned
What do you think? he´s a leatherneck! ;-)
Best Weapons for Jungle Combat ?
What do you think? he´s a leatherneck! ;-)
03USMC
Active member
A far sight from all the rules. And it's all in good clean....well by Marine standards fun.
He's a bootneck, and he's okay,
He drinks all night and he fights all day.
LeEnfield
Active member
The Royal Marines had another little habit of stripping right off and racing over course with a rolled up newspaper which had been set on fire stuck in some orifice or other. I think I may still have some photo's of them doing this, but even if I found them I wonder if they could be posted here.
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BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
The dance of the flaming bum (I'm being polite here). I've seen matelots doing it in Bugis street during the late 1960's.
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
I am getting more and more surprised and shocked by British traditions, you are tempting fate.
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Erm, that's only the tip of the iceberg. Remember the story about Mary Anne Faithful and the Rolling Stones?
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
No, I don't remember the story, will I be shocked again?
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
The story includes Mars bars. Shocked? You might fall over in a dead faint.
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
I can imagine it is something naughty so.....tell me
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
I will test the flavor combination, thanks for the PM, now I know
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
I will, however, not use the Royal Marine approach. Walk in and say "Take em off, I have a chocolate bar"
The M16 would be useless in thick jungle due to it's small caliber. My country has something called the R4 which is based on the Galil Arm and so its rounds basically shred everything to pieces. These rounds are inaccurate but in Jungle warfare nobody is going to be able to see as far as they can shoot so I doubt the would matter much. The weapon was built for our dry climate, and so it may be very unreliable in damp jungles so I'm not sure if it would be the best. It is also quite long, but there is a bullpup version in production which would fix this problem. Another option would be the L85A2 which, since it is built for amphibious assaults, would work better in the jungle's damp climate. It is heavy, meaning a soldier would become extremely tired trying to carry it through a thick, hot and humid environment. I hope this helps 
PS: South African soldiers do not run around in leopard skins trying to poke each other.
PS: South African soldiers do not run around in leopard skins trying to poke each other.
Yossarian
Forum Resistance Leader
The M16 would be useless in thick jungle due to it's small caliber. My country has something called the R4 which is based on the Galil Arm and so its rounds basically shred everything to pieces. These rounds are inaccurate but in Jungle warfare nobody is going to be able to see as far as they can shoot so I doubt the would matter much. The weapon was built for our dry climate, and so it may be very unreliable in damp jungles so I'm not sure if it would be the best. It is also quite long, but there is a bullpup version in production which would fix this problem. Another option would be the L85A2 which, since it is built for amphibious assaults, would work better in the jungle's damp climate. It is heavy, meaning a soldier would become extremely tired trying to carry it through a thick, hot and humid environment. I hope this helps
PS: South African soldiers do not run around in leopard skins trying to poke each
other.
The L 85 A 2 and M 16 fire the same caliber round.
Now I feel incredibly stupid...
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
A friend of the family was one of the design team of the SA80 at Enfield Lock, he managed to get the gas system working, but the rest of the rifle he reckoned was a piece of crap. He walked into his bosses office one morning, dumped a SA80 on his desk and basically said "This piece of sh!t will never work properly." His boss shook his head and told him that it has to be made to work as its now gone political.
A gun magazine in UK was closed down by spooks when it reported on the failure and poor reliability of the SA80. If I remember correctly during the first Gulf war SA80's were withdrawn and troops were reissued with the British built FN FAL L1A1, which did work.
Even if it is now working, I personally I don't like the bullpup design, try firing it off the left shoulder and you'll have your teeth removed by the cocking handle.
A gun magazine in UK was closed down by spooks when it reported on the failure and poor reliability of the SA80. If I remember correctly during the first Gulf war SA80's were withdrawn and troops were reissued with the British built FN FAL L1A1, which did work.
Even if it is now working, I personally I don't like the bullpup design, try firing it off the left shoulder and you'll have your teeth removed by the cocking handle.
Yossarian
Forum Resistance Leader
It's not ambidextrous like the AUG?
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
No its not Yoss, personally I think its a bad design, but it appears that serving soldiers like the rifle. The old issue British built FN FAL the L1A1 could be used off either shoulder, which in my opinion was a far better rifle, it was accurate, hit hard and very reliable. Its main problem was that it was too long.
A question that should be asked, "Why doesn't the SAS use the SA80"? They use the M16 or M4 if I remember correctly.