No substitute for well aimed rounds
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Originally Posted by
Schmedlap
I can only speak for myself, but I cannot recall a single situation when it would have made any difference for any of my Soldiers carrying an M4 to fire on full auto. Each fire team had a SAW, which was always sufficient.
On the other hand, I can't recall a single occasion when one my Soldiers fired on burst. It might have occurred a few times, but I don't recall it. And if it did happen, I can't imagine it was all that necessary.
I generally agree with Schmedlap...In Vietnam, my Marines were "encouraged" to use single well-aimed shots and only used auto for fire suppression to exit ambush kill zones etc. Once they realized that they were actually killing people quite effectively with single shots, it became a matter of scorn and derision (as Marines are wont to do) if some Marine "inadvertently" went to auto, followed by a good ass-chewing by my gunny.:)