Been there and done that, , , , , , ,

Already got to ride in plenty of choppers, , , , , , ,

Fired and cleaned a M60 at Ft Hood and, the down-side was that I also had to hump it once on a 10 mile "hike". Mother! Fired a M2 on top of a M113. The best was when we first dropped being Airmobile and went to Armored Cav in 1974, , , , , , one of the "standard issue" pieces of equipment that came with the M113 APC and the M60 tank was the old M3 "Grease Gun". I got to fire it full-auto at the range once, pretty cool. I carried it when I would be the Captain's or the XO's RTO. The couple M3s we had were too "precious" and "desired" so they were "pulled" and replaced by the "shorty" model M16s which were pretty sexy. I did not mind slinging the shorty because it was a lot shorter/smaller and lighter; just carrying the PRC77 radio and spare batteries was about enough to carry in the first place (along with my ruck and the Captain's pistol belt, 45 and ammo..

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Edited: 09/26/2022 at 04:49 AM by dingpatch