Quick question for small arms buffs

[mkr8683]

Amen, Daferg. My driver sunk our MRAP in an irrigation ditch in Baghdad in '08, got it stuck leaning at a 45 degree angle. Commander's truck got stuck trying to pull us out. I told my gunner to get out the 240B and a couple cans of ammo, and we set up a little fighting position. It took the CP till past dark to put together a convoy with a KBR wrecker to get us unstuck. We were smack in the middle of a farm, luckily not a single mortar or sniper. Some Marine Cobras saw us and realized what was going on, I guess, and buzzed around us every now and then for a while and flew off. I realized right then, since for whatever reason I hadn't snapped to it, why we 11Bs carry 240Bs instead of .50s and Mark 19s.

[daferg]

Originally Posted by mkr8683

Amen, Daferg. My driver sunk our MRAP in an irrigation ditch in Baghdad in '08, got it stuck leaning at a 45 degree angle. Commander's truck got stuck trying to pull us out. I told my gunner to get out the 240B and a couple cans of ammo, and we set up a little fighting position. It took the CP till past dark to put together a convoy with a KBR wrecker to get us unstuck. We were smack in the middle of a farm, luckily not a single mortar or sniper. Some Marine Cobras saw us and realized what was going on, I guess, and buzzed around us every now and then for a while and flew off. I realized right then, since for whatever reason I hadn't snapped to it, why we 11Bs carry 240Bs instead of .50s and Mark 19s.

I never knew how much an MRAP weighed until I tried to pull one with my Stryker. I think they weigh nearly 70 tons. Needless to say the tow cables would have broke before I moved it an inch. I was in Taji 08-09 with the 28th ID. A 240B with API ammo is the gift that keeps on giving.