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That can sound like a lot of ammunition. In many respects it is. But 60k rounds of small arms munitions can be expended in a few afternoons of practice by a sin
by inetknght 6y ago
That can sound like a lot of ammunition. In many respects it is. But 60k rounds of small arms munitions can be expended in a few afternoons of practice by a single unit.
- gao8a 6y agoOne of my fondest memories during my time in the Canadian army was on the C6 gpmg range where I did my first live fire on that gun. We were expected to be at the mess line for dinner very soon, so the word of command by the time I got on it was “...in 200 round bursts”. It was quite the display of talking guns (more like constant scream lol) with tracers at sunset
- trhway 6y agoUSSR/Russia back then, probably today too - at the end of the quarter, all unexpended ammo which had been budgeted for the quarter had to be expended, otherwise the ammo budget for the next quarter may be cut. So, load up the guns and the ammo and off to the range...
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