82mm recoilless canons

[Fluffywuffy]

Guy fires Russian 50cal machine gun while walking with it

NSV?

[Eddie Baker]

This still confuses me. How exactly do you use a MG at a "platoon" level, or "company" level?

The simplest explanation of "company," "platoon/troop," or "squad/section level" refers to the smallest unit that such a weapon will be issued as an organic asset; i.e., not attached from a higher echelon, like a battalion or company. But it can sometimes mean different methods of employment for the same weapon.

In the British Army and Royal Marines, the "platoon level GPMG" means that the GPMG team or teams are organic to the platoon headquarters element or in what is called a maneuver support section (similar to the weapons squad or machine-gun squad in US infantry platoons), which used to include the 51mm light mortar team, as well. GPMG is used at this level in what is referred to as the "light role," where it is carried by single soldier and fired from the hip or bipod (sometimes the shoulder if the gunner is big enough). Depending on unit organization and SOP he may or may not have a dedicated assistant gunner, but any and every rifleman might carry an additional barrel, ammunition box or belt for it.

At company level, the MG teams are part of a company fire-support platoon/troop, and they are "chopped" down to the rifle platoons or otherwise employed as needed. At this level, it is used in what is called the "sustained fire" role, where it is tripod mounted and operated/maneuvered by a crew of at least two. Though, Bob (or anyone active in the UK forces), aren't the sustained fire GPMGs are in the MG platoon of the fire support company of the infantry battalion along with the heavy MGs (.50 and GMG)?

Hope this helps.

[DeltaFart]

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SPETSNAZ FOR THE WIN!

[Dempsey]

i totally disagree with your statement "The taliban are modern world terrorist force, with new beliefs...", this is a mess-up of cheap headlines of newspapers with 30pages of soccer and 1 and a half of politics.
taliban are not modern when using selfmade guns, not a world-force, cause talibans outside afghanistan can only be found in guantanamo - they are even no force anymore, the last seperate groups belong to some warlords. and, you won't believe it, they are no terrorists! your "stupid laws" is the islamic sharia, which ruled as hard as it nearly does up to now in saudi-arabia. the beliefs are the same like decades ago, but came to power again in the 90's.
and so on...

Do some history work from the 90's find out some stuff. Yes, the powers did re-circulate but with new methods of implication, umm, terrorism does come to mind!

I also dont read papers.

[Dempsey]

SPETSNAZ FOR THE WIN!

Seconded! They do make me laugh sometimes LOL