Interesting sight in A-stan

[AdAstra2009]

They aren't even allowed to use personal magazines anymore.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...ifle-mags.html

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

They aren't even allowed to use personal magazines anymore.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...ifle-mags.html

That's old news. I heard the Army has now reversed that order.

[commando552]

They haven't actually reversed it, as it was never a rule in the first place. The original "ban" was from a Maintenance Information Message issued by TACOM. These are permissive, not an order or directive, so in other words they are optional. I think the only purpose of the message was to try and get people to use the new metal enhanced M4 mag with a new follower which they have just spent over $10 million on.

[Excalibur]

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...tml?ESRC=eb.nl

[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by commando552

They haven't actually reversed it, as it was never a rule in the first place. The original "ban" was from a Maintenance Information Message issued by TACOM. These are permissive, not an order or directive, so in other words they are optional. I think the only purpose of the message was to try and get people to use the new metal enhanced M4 mag with a new follower which they have just spent over $10 million on.

The new metal enhanced magazines are actually really good. They actually run through the M249 flawlessly unlike the old magazines with the green followers where they would jam up after a couple rounds and you would have to apply pressure to the magazine. The new metal magazines we could run them endlessly without any stoppages at all.