Quote Originally Posted by jcustis View Post
I don't think the Corps will get its head around just how the AR/LMG fits into our tactics because we are for the most part very immature about the concept of employment in the first place. It just seems as though very few officers and senior enlisted have though about the issue in the least.
If this is true, and I am not doubting you, it would strongly suggest that the USMC has no clear idea as the relative effects and benefits of the weapons in the platoon. The UK certainly has the same problem, because it has focussed on loading up 3 sections, with identical fire teams, and wants to treat the "section as a platform."

This problem will persist as long as we train folks "how do things" and not "why to do things."