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Unread 11-28-2011, 04:33 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by pitsword View Post
Appears to me to be a major breach of military procedure. Those mags were numbered to the pistol for a reason and knowing our Teutonic warriors, I doubt that they, UNLESS in a serious "fistacuffs", would show up for parade with a mismatched rig. ...
War time is much different than peacetime

This year I saw M4's and M9's (M16 carbines and the 9mm pistol) carried in 20 different ways and in many, many conditions (used, abused and pristine), I assume all were working fine, but GI's carried them everywhere in Iraq, chow, latrine, even the gym.

Back in the 'real-world' they would be carried on the hip and cleaned and if finish was missing, then they would be fixed (unless at a training fort)


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