Re: SG-1 in SG2

On Friday 16 July 2004 12:40 pm, John Atkinson wrote:
> > Is the M249 fired from the shoulder in non-prone
> > positions, such as
> > standing or kneeling, either supported (eg on a
> > wall) or free?
>
> I've done it kneeling unsupported when playing around,
> target shooting.  As a 22lb weapon, it is pretty
> awkward to do so.

Yeah, definitely.  A Private in my PLT swore he could handle it from the

shoulder/kneeling because he did it in training regularly.  He felt
pretty 
meek when it was pointed out that in training the ammo belts are missing
all 
those heavy bullet thingies that actually do the killing...

It can be done, but purely as a bullets downrange/spray and pray instead
of 
controlled, accurate bursts.

> > What modes of use would you suggest are relevent to
> > SG2?  Bipod and
> > tripod only, or also non-bipod, mobile (what I
> > refered to as AR, ie
> > non-prone shoulder-fired or prone non-bipod)?
>
> OK, that's the distinction.  I don't disassociate
> bipod with mobile.  You keep your bipod down, and it
> doesn't take long to take a correct firing stance.
> I've done my share of running and gunning and you
> always drop the bipod.

What might not be widely known to civvies and thus creating the
impression 
that deploying the bipod is a chore is that the M249 has a spring-loaded

bipod assembly that stows into the foregrip.  Deploying the bipod is as 
simple as squeezing the stowed legs together and "throwing" them
downward.  
On a properly maintained weapon they'll swing downward, spread out to a 
deployed "stance" and lock into place.	The bipod is very quick and easy
to 
deploy.

This is in contrast to an M60, where each bipod leg must be
independantly 
released by pulling it towards the rear of the weapon and then rotated 
downwards until it locks in place.  

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--Tim
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