The Roles and Weapons with the Squad

[SethB]

How much damage will the bullet actually do when it gets there?

According to most people that I've talked to, it will do enough. A friend of mine has killed people at 900M with an SPR.

Aside from the basic fact of combat life that ALL soldiers, by definition (and location) may well have to shoot the enemy with an IW and they had better be adequately trained (and practiced...) to be able to that with a weapon that is reliable and effective in worst case scenarios, I suggest that if the percentile cited were to be in fact correct, then the Army to which it applied would have some really significant organizational and purpose problems...

Once you add up all the CS and CSS guys, then add the guys that use crew served weapons, indirect fire systems and the like, and then the leadership, you have a minimal number of people actually shooting a rifle at the enemy.

My MTOE weapons is an M16A2, but I feel that I would be best served by an M9 and a CSW.