The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, Schools of Infantry and Marine Gunners Symposiums have given us things we didn't ask for and could make do without...
*Infantry Automatic Rifle.
*Multi-round grenade launcher
*Serpa Holsters.
But they identified a need and are standing pat.
What's that need? Silencers. Cans. Sound Suppressors.
Whatever you call them we need them. The racket on the battlefield while you're communicating...muzzle flash despite the flash suppressors on our weapons and the need to fully integrate night vision devices with our firearms all show the need for the average Grunt on the line to have a can on his weapon.
I personally like the Mini4 from AAC (got to shoot one and its fantastic...you can literally hold a decent conversation with someone rocking out on it next to ya).
But whatever the choice we need to get this done. We definitely need it more than we need the M27 IAR or a new holster!
Update:
Sferrin made a good point. We should fund this through Obama's Health Care Scheme. We can list it under preventative medicine. Hearing loss is an issue in the military after all. Hey, if energy can get the military to fund green energy why can't we get health to fund silencers for the Marine Corps!
*Infantry Automatic Rifle.
*Multi-round grenade launcher
*Serpa Holsters.
But they identified a need and are standing pat.
What's that need? Silencers. Cans. Sound Suppressors.
Whatever you call them we need them. The racket on the battlefield while you're communicating...muzzle flash despite the flash suppressors on our weapons and the need to fully integrate night vision devices with our firearms all show the need for the average Grunt on the line to have a can on his weapon.
I personally like the Mini4 from AAC (got to shoot one and its fantastic...you can literally hold a decent conversation with someone rocking out on it next to ya).
But whatever the choice we need to get this done. We definitely need it more than we need the M27 IAR or a new holster!
Update:
Sferrin made a good point. We should fund this through Obama's Health Care Scheme. We can list it under preventative medicine. Hearing loss is an issue in the military after all. Hey, if energy can get the military to fund green energy why can't we get health to fund silencers for the Marine Corps!