Unlike earlier guns, which had to be manually loaded and fired, with this machine, one soldier could shoot hundreds of bullets every minute, mowing down an entire platoon with sustained fire. The gun would continue this rapid fire until the operator stopped pressing the trigger or the gun fina...
based in Gush Etzion, which is responsible for this sector. Today, the brigade includes forces from several IDF units. We had soldiers from the Tavor Battalion of the Search and Rescue Brigade and reservists from the 8208 Infantry Reserve Battalion. ...
Werner Von Bachelle of Company F, 6th Wisconsin Infantry, fought bravely alongside his canine companion, a Newfoundland. When a Confederate bullet killed the captain, his dog stayed by his side until it too succumbed [source: Dawes]. These stories of heroism were touching, but rare. As the ...
In one instance, a mission is introduced by an interview with Marine Lt. Jesse Grapes, a real-life infantry officer who served with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in the battle and who warns players that “it was real for us very quickly. We had a...
October 29: The Nisei battalion command received a radio message that the Texans’ situation had become desperate. A platoon of tanks arrived, providing support fire from its 75-mm cannons, but it fell to the Nisei infantrymen to continue alone up the steep bluff teeming with Nazis, later du...
In one instance, a mission is introduced by an interview with Marine Lt. Jesse Grapes, a real-life infantry officer who served with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in the battle and who warns players that “it was real for us very quickly. We had a Ma...
before Esper. He resigned in 2019 after Trump announced he would pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Like Austin, he served in the military for more than 40 years. Mattis commanded Marines at all levels, from an infantry rifle platoon to a Marine Expeditionary Force, according to the Pentagon...
And never lose sight of the valuable people here. Many of them have significant libraries of info at their hands. If you post a photo, and it's track 121 of a given Abteilung of some Reginment, and ask, "What would the Platoon Leader's track look like based on this?" Probably be ...
Powell’s military career for “the first bunch of years was routine,” he says. He led an infantry platoon, commanded a rifle company, and along the way completed airborne training and Ranger school. Two tours in Vietnam brought him combat experience, a Soldier’s Medal for valor (he res...
How frequently do you clean your firearms? This is a gun topic people seem to like to debate. Do you clean them every time you shoot them? Or do you clean them on a schedule? Are you one that cleans your guns based on use, or just whenever you get around to it?