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lugerholsterrepair · 10-29-2008, 03:47 PM

"Dry-Slide", which supposedly helped to make the M-16 rifle actually work, which it did not when introduced.
The M-16 rifle was not at fault but rather the ammunition.

In squads with the 173rd Airborne we carried the M79 grenade launcher. It had a number of rounds available and one that was a flechette round, a glorified shotgun. Really a top notch weapon. Could launch a grenade, shoot flares, all sorts of uses.
I can't say as I remember many shotguns. There must have been some..
When I was in LRRP we all carried 16's.

Jerry Burney

10-29-2008, 03:47 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	"Dry-Slide", which supposedly helped to make the M-16 rifle actually work, which it did not when introduced. The M-16 rifle was not at fault but rather the ammunition. In squads with the 173rd Airborne we carried the M79 grenade launcher. It had a number of rounds available and one that was a flechette round, a glorified shotgun. Really a top notch weapon. Could launch a grenade, shoot flares, all sorts of uses. I can't say as I remember many shotguns. There must have been some.. When I was in LRRP we all carried 16's. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."