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Originally Posted by Five-O
MRF54,
Just curious. Why, in your experience, should LeMas ammo be limited to SOF types and not be issued to joe?
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That's a good question 5-0, thanks for asking. All I can give is my opinion, OK.
LeMas is still what I would call a speciality ammo. Not really mission specific but more like a controlled item. Basic weapons handling skills are... well, basic.
Something you might not be aware of are the number of AD/ND's that occur in normal units. Or what about gear adrift. What if a link here, a mag there were to be stolen, lost, or sold. This ammo is so powerful it needs to have greater accountability and advanced weapons skills. You don't issue something this devastating to large numbers of people who's only training with a weapon has been BRM and an annual weapons qual.
I am not making a derogatory statement about the training of our nation's military. Simply thinking how frightful it would be to face a private with a 249 who after acknowledging me decides to light my vehicle up any way. I guess it's part maturity and part training. You can't fake endurance or experience.
The next question, if I might be so bold, would be then who is this ammo for? What do you think? My opinion, can only be mine - but man do I like to share.
I am seriously interested in knowing why you might think it should (or could) be for large conventional units and if not then who? This is not a debate or even worse, an argument, this is only a thread on LeMas on a forum. What's your take on this stuff?