See the guy at the end of the stack?
MAGPUL P-Mags and what appears to be a MAGPUL CTR stock....no big deal really. The issue stock is trash....but I'm seeing this more and more across all the services. As a matter of fact the first MAGPUL stock that I saw was being sported by an Airborne soldier during Talisman Saber.
I guess my biggest issue with this type thing is that I've seen alot of additions to the M-16/M4...so many additions in fact that it isn't the light weight, highly portable, easily pointable weapon that it was designed to be.
Quite honestly, once you change it over to a piston system it becomes a totally different beast and will have completely given up every reason for it to be chambered in 5.56.
One change that is long overdue is a switch to a stock that can be used in close combat. The MAGPUL CTR is too fragile to fill the bill but its something that Quantico should look at.
Meanwhile back to the boutique weapons options that we're beginning to see. It was always drilled into my battalion that everyone wore gear the same way, in the same locations and that only issued stuff was to be worn so that in the event that someone needed to "stay in the fight" once you go down it wouldn't be a guessing game on how stuff worked. I guess those days are over. I wonder how the new way will work out.
"The MAGPUL CTR is too fragile to fill the bill but its something that Quantico should look at. "
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We where trained to set up your gear how you best can reach your mags. We didn't have snazzy Magpuls back in the day but we had 550 cord "Ranger Pulls" that worked like Magpuls and also allowed you to clip spent mags on a snap link so that you retained your mags. While they issued me a LBV with my 782 gear. I used older Vietnam Belt and H harness set up with 3 mag pouches on my left side so I could reload from the prone without taking my hand off the trigger.
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