tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post4126196256160819791..comments2024-03-28T08:31:51.336-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Basic Training - Fighting PositionsAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-10024137720628614622020-03-24T11:08:22.070-07:002020-03-24T11:08:22.070-07:001) The pics are from the Army FM. Call them, not m...1) The pics are from the Army FM. Call them, not me.<br />2) You get that when they say M203, the mean the M-16 <i>with</i> an M203, not an M203 all by itself, right?<br />Like <i>in the actual picture</i>?Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-31098206881635514022020-03-23T19:45:40.783-07:002020-03-23T19:45:40.783-07:00In reference to the second illustration which show...In reference to the second illustration which shows a 2 man position. An M203 Barrel length: 12 inches (305mm). An m16 Length: 39.5 in (1,003 mm). M16 with an attached M203 is Still: Length: 39.5 in (1,003 mm).B the Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100738615857285533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-58571216142725983322018-07-06T18:29:15.341-07:002018-07-06T18:29:15.341-07:00I thought I posted this earlier, but apparently no...I thought I posted this earlier, but apparently not. Here are the stats re: the Depuy fighting position: http://www.2ndbn5thmar.com/fight/whythedepuyfightinghole.pdf<br />Bottom line, improves defender's advantage and survivability substantially. <br /><br />That link lists the following disadvantages for the depuy/frontal parapet fighting position:<br />1. Take time and work to construct.<br />2. Take tools and materials to construct.<br />3. Are more challenging to select, lay out, and coordinate.<br />4. Are blind to the front.<br />5. Limit fields of fire, especially for machineguns.<br />6. Are dependent on adjacent positions for mutual support.<br /><br />There is no changing 1-2. <br />Numbers 3-6 are all reduced substantially if not eliminated as disadvantages with the curved hole discussed here: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4931363/FID2617/DATA/operationalmed/manuals/combat%20skills/fm%2021-75%20chptr%202%20fighting%20positions.htm<br /><br />And the 3 man machine gun position illustrated here is a brilliant and compact defensive position: http://www.m2gun.com/fm-23-65-appendix-d-fighting-positions/RSRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-26361223983363844482018-06-21T10:43:17.367-07:002018-06-21T10:43:17.367-07:00Sounds like you had a good childhood. Sounds like you had a good childhood. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14909333913630975511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-57257155511208835592018-06-21T09:22:51.798-07:002018-06-21T09:22:51.798-07:00I used to dig stuff like this in my parent's b...I used to dig stuff like this in my parent's backyard and woods all the time. Usually they were for airsoft and paintball with friends, but I made one I camped for a week in. My Mom never fully came around to 'why' I did, but it kept me out of the house; so she didn't mind too much. I think she was worried about the walls collapsing and burying me. My Dad actively encouraged me, he even built me a short, one-handed pick for those hard to reach corners where the shovel would be too unwieldy. <br />Maybe Dad was onto something? S18-1000noreply@blogger.com