Comments on: Iraqi Special Forces M4

By: darcy

darcy — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:25:15 +0000

ha my frend livs in iraqi and he ons a m4a1 he says go for the a2 because da a1 tends to garm a bit

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:37:04 +0000

Iron sights are now treated as back up sights. Optics are typical on AR and has shown to improve the performance of the platform. I’m not a big fan of mounted lights but it has its place. The laser are use with night vision.

Here is a video where US and Iraqi SF went into Sadr City at night.

http://rpginn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=687&Itemid=39

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:08:02 +0000

With all these gizmos on the rifle, are you then required to use them rather than iron sights or instinctively pointing with the barrel/handguard (because you can´t really see it very well under all the electronics).

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:56:21 +0000

You can shoot an AR dirty as long as you lube it. IIRC Pat Roger clean his AR between every 3k or more. Run your AR15 wet and you’ll be fine.

The Iraqi went with the AR because most of their AK are jam-o-matic. Their entire AK inventory are mismatch parts from different manufactures over time. By going directly with AR it solves the AK problem.

One thing is given, the Iraqi intent to use the AR instead of safe queens.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:42:19 +0000

I wonder if deals like these (M16 to the entire Iraqi army) are open for bids on the world firearms market or not. Presumably Iraqi politicians select the guns. I guess they found the M16 to be the best weapon in the world for the job.

By: noname

noname — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:00:08 +0000

They’d be more pleased if they get mags as well.

By: Mad World

Mad World — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:39:33 +0000

That thing is in serious need of a good clean!

By: Vote For David

Vote For David — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:28:20 +0000

This means only that 5.56 is going to get more expensive. The “mysteriously” slow approvals of import applications for ammunition are unlikely to resolve just because the (we hope they’re) Good Guys start using the same round we do. The brass that was going to go for their 7.62×39 is now going to go to 5.56.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:06:43 +0000

All the cool gadgets don’t for nothing if your rifle won’t shoot because its dirty. Check out that pick. The soldier is pristine. His weapon is filthy. Perhaps the real accessory needs to be a decent cleaning kit.
Seriously, they should go back to the AK if they can’t keep their weapons clean. The M16 does ot function well, if at all, when its grubby.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:28:26 +0000

And this means they’ll have casbah ninjas, at least until they start building malls.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:18:44 +0000

I wonder if this will relieve some of the scarcity of 7.62×39mm. Particularly brass.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:24:51 +0000

Obviously a photo op, given the lack of any other gear. Now, will he use his super nice M4 to actually take on bad guys? Does the IA screen their SOF applicants for true loyalty?

By: Jim W

Jim W — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:56:22 +0000

Does this mean that billions of rounds 7.62×39 will no longer be necessary to supply the iraqi army? Does that mean supply will return to normal?

By: Valhalla

Valhalla — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:31:42 +0000

How do you say ‘Ooh-Rah’ in Arabic?