Suppressive Fire

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A typical level was 100 rounds: 60 in magazines, 40 in clips.

That correlates with another reference. [/ QUOTE]The normal 60 rounds per rifleman, carried in three magazines, had been calculated taking into account the 3RAR usage rate.[/ QUOTE](McNeill, Ian; To Long Tan, Allen & Unwin 1993, p321)

Wow. 100 rounds seems pretty low to me (although those are just my uneducated "feelings"). I wonder how the troops felt about the amount of ammunition they carried.

Perhaps my perceptions are skewed due to the videos I see on youtube and such featuring engagements in Iraq/Afghan. A number of them contain troops firing streams of 5 - 10 rounds at a time, in which case I do not believe 100 rounds would be adequate at all.