NG troop guarding Washington DC.

[Younggun]

Maybe it's my lack of knowledge about procedures, but any of the news images I see the guns don't have magazines.

I don’t know of national guard actually being issued ammunition in any deployments I can remember.

IIRC, they had empty rifles when TXNG went down to the border to help border patrol. My guess is nobody wants a platoon of soldiers to open up on a group of protesters...again.


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[Younggun]

The Army ceased bayonet training some years back.
Handing Pvt.Snafu a stabby stabby thing will be awesome to watch.

Really? We did it in ‘03. Army is going to shit.


Edit: Not like it’s very likely to be used and I think it was rare to even have bayonets issued even then. But I stand by my opinion of current army training standards.


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[Vaquero]

Them mittens.
Meow.

 

[no2gates]

Them mittens.
Meow.

This is like the "Find the Pope in the Pizza" contest. All the things wrong with this picture...

 

[Coop45]

I was just rereading some about the Bonus Army yesterday, mostly about Smedley Butler.

Yeah the industrialist wanted Gen Butler to lead a coup. Evidently Generals had more character back them.

 

[Coop45]

Really? We did it in ‘03. Army is going to shit.


Edit: Not like it’s very likely to be used and I think it was rare to even have bayonets issued even then. But I stand by my opinion of current army training standards.


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Probably that four letter word we yelled during practice.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Probably that four letter word we yelled during practice.

I could imagine there being several of those!

 

[jordanmills]

I don’t know of national guard actually being issued ammunition in any deployments I can remember.

IIRC, they had empty rifles when TXNG went down to the border to help border patrol. My guess is nobody wants a platoon of soldiers to open up on a group of protesters...again.


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Well they didn't until now.

 

[Sam Colt]

Isn’t this the same “gestapo” that was sent to protect a courthouse in Portland? Why aren’t they being suitably harassed and told to leave?

 

[smittyb]

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You’ll know it when you see it.

Maybe it's my lack of knowledge about procedures, but any of the news images I see the guns don't have magazines.

I don’t know of national guard actually being issued ammunition in any deployments I can remember.

IIRC, they had empty rifles when TXNG went down to the border to help border patrol. My guess is nobody wants a platoon of soldiers to open up on a group of protesters...again.


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Ive been told the optics are mounted on the bottom rail when in transit racks, as the weapon won’t fit with the optic mounted on the top rail.
NG carries mags in pouches until ordered to load, which is probably a very good thing.