M16 magazines in the US military

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Originally Posted by Spartan198

Are soldiers allowed to purchase their own magazines and use them in combat?

I'm asking because it says on the Jericho page that the US military has never used thermold magazines, but this picture seems to prove otherwise.

The U.S. military has never officially adopted or authorized the Thermold magazines. As Nyles has pointed out, CF ditched those long ago, and if it wasn't good for them, you can damn well bet the DoD would have the same view.

I'm guessing this particular soldier might have had a buddy (maybe a private contractor or someone) who did him a favor and got him some. Though it still begs the question why he'd want such bad mags. Everyone I know who's ever bought Thermold mags for their AR hates them and regrets wasting the money.