Ermm.. The gujy wasd there. !!!! Folks in Vietnam were getting killed because the gun jammed. Then the blamed it on mud dirt and water. Today they give the gun a different name M4 and blame it on the dust. If we as a nation really wanted to win either war we would give our soldiers guns that work. The truth is they didn't want to win Vietnam and they don't want to win this one. Dead soldiers make political points!!!bdickens wrote:Silverhawk wrote:The M-16 series has had problems with jamming since coming in service. I hated carrying it in Vietnam. Gave it up for a M-79 Thumper and a 45. I'm amazed a General is unaware for the problem. When that young female was captured and rescued she said her weapon and her Sargent's weapon jammed and could not be cleared. Overheating can be a problem with any automatic weapon. The 2nd version of the M-16 had a selector switch for single or three shot burst. They removed the option of full automatic because too many troops would not use trigetr control and either overheated the barrel or ran out of ammo in the middle of a firefight. Everyone should know that it is impossible to maintain a weapon in the middle of a firefight, no matter how clean it was when you started. I don't remember any malfuncations with the M-60 machine gun, but wasn't round one much. We NEED a service rifle that will not fail when it is most needed.
I just don't get how after 40 years this myth is still going around that the M-16 platform is unreliable.
I used a m60 a bit. They don't jam until the pile of brass starts avalanching into the gun.