The Marines Are Issuing Silencers to Troops Around the World

[Yosemite Sam]

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

The Marines Are Issuing Silencers to Troops Around the World

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

www.popularmechanics.com

Hopefully we w be getting them next

 

[bob6180]

Music to my ears

 

[Uzi2]

Should have been done decades ago by all branches.

 

[enbloc]

50 Years Ago - Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard, UBN, of Coronado, California, aims a flaming arrow at a bamboo hut concealing a fortified Viet Cong bunker on the banks of the Bassac River, Vietnam.

 

[milktree]

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

The Marines Are Issuing Silencers to Troops Around the World

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

www.popularmechanics.com

Hopefully we w be getting them next

Unfortunately, that reinforces the "weapon of war" nonsense.

 

[EC1]

Unfortunately, that reinforces the "weapon of war" nonsense.

do you think they'll all be registered with the batfe? how many will be "lost"?

 

[Varmint]

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

The Marines Are Issuing Silencers to Troops Around the World

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

www.popularmechanics.com

Hopefully we w be getting them next

This is awesome. Anything to shine light on the stupidity of the idea that suppressors are dangerous weapons that need regulation.

 

[Varmint]

Unfortunately, that reinforces the "weapon of war" nonsense.

I don't think so - the reason is that now you'll have many more Americans who get exposed to suppressors as they really are - accessories that change guns from crazy loud to just loud.

The movie and game industries have fooled the public into thinking suppressed weapons are silent and something only spies and assassins use.

 

[milktree]

I don't think so - the reason is that now you'll have many more Americans who get exposed to suppressors as they really are - accessories that change guns from crazy loud to just loud.

The movie and game industries have fooled the public into thinking suppressed weapons are silent and something only spies and assassins use.

Which "many more Americans"? People in the armed forces? Are those the people who need to be convinced?

 

[Varmint]

Which "many more Americans"? People in the armed forces? Are those the people who need to be convinced?

Can't hurt, they're not all on NES asking about 80% lowers.

Think of all the soldiers and marines going home and telling their family and friends - yeah, my hearing is better now that they issued suppressors.

 

[Spanz]

i am not sure about "the chaos of battle", but if i were trying to hunt down an opposing force, the loud sound of rifle fire would get me an accurate azimuth, and a pretty accurate range, to walk in to find them. Silencer...while not perfect, would cut down on that noise

 

[Brewer]

Silencer...while not perfect, would cut down on that noise

And dramatically reduce flash signature.

 

[enbloc]

Kinda surprised FRAM did not enter a sample for trials...

In coyote brown or olive drab of course.


Maybe, they'll have a Moral Patch....?

 

[Waher]

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

The Marines Are Issuing Silencers to Troops Around the World

Quieter weapons cut down on the chaos of battle.

www.popularmechanics.com

Hopefully we w be getting them next

Fewer service related hearing loss injuries/disabilities.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

I've already issued them to Little Jack and his sister in NH. Jack.

 

[SgtHal75]

Fewer service related hearing loss injuries/disabilities.

I guess the VA is sick of shelling out $142 a month for tinnitus claims.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Issuing silencers will hopefully dispel the movie bullshit.

 

[Waher]

I guess the VA is sick of shelling out $142 a month for tinnitus claims.

3M Peltor had a major legal penalty for knowingly selling deflective combat earplugs which didn't reliably filter noise.

Hundreds of vets are suing over these defective combat earplugs

Hundreds of veterans are filing lawsuits against a government contractor that manufactured and sold defective combat earplugs to the U.S. military that didn’t maintain a tight seal and allowed dangerous sound to slip through, unbeknownst to the wearer.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Issuing silencers will hopefully dispel the movie bullshit.

Not in our lifetime in Mass, Gerry. Jack.

 

[enbloc]

I guess the VA is sick of shelling out $142 a month for tinnitus claims.

"Shelling"...

 

[Junior314]

I guess the VA is sick of shelling out $142 a month for tinnitus claims.

My old man is deaf in one ear from his time in the service.

He used to carry around a card signed by his doc saying he has trouble understanding female voices. Used to get a kick showing it off.

 

[chris_1001]

Polite people use silencers.

 

[NH_Realtor]

Polite people use silencers.

I’m polite as F***

 

[chris_1001]

I’m polite as F***

In Europe silencers are common so as not to piss of your neighbors. Here it’s OMG he’s going to kill babies.

 

[whacko]

do you think they'll all be registered with the batfe? how many will be "lost"?

Does the military register its automatic weapons with the BATFE? Does the military "lose" many weapons in general? The answer to both is NO!

Come on.....get real. Suppressors would be listed as sensitive items just like weapons, optics, comm equipment and the like. One thing the military is very good at is keeping track of sensitive equipment.

 

[EC1]

Does the military register its automatic weapons with the BATFE? Does the military "lose" many weapons in general? The answer to both is NO!

Come on.....get real. Suppressors would be listed as sensitive items just like weapons, optics, comm equipment and the like. One thing the military is very good at is keeping track of sensitive equipment.

I'm sure they don't misplace anything "sensitive". ........

 

[whacko]

I'm sure they don't misplace anything "sensitive". ........

Ever been in an Army company that momentarily lost track of a weapon or other sensitive item? Holy f*** youd think the world was coming to an end.

Even cco optics are listed on a property book as a sensitive item. A suppressor certainly would be as well. When any sensitive items are issued out to anyone in the unit (ie....not locked in the vault or sensitive items locker) the company has to report to higher twice a day that all sensitive items are accounted for after physically checking......yes.....radio calls go out twice a day stating "green on all sensitive items". Its no joke. I know two company commanders in my 25 years that had careers end.....full stop.....never gonna get promoted......transferred to menial assignment........over property book problems. As an officer you learn quick......don't lose the Armys shit.

 

[fencer]

Wish they had done this 34 years ago. Maybe I wouldn't have to sleep with a fan on to drown out the ringing.

 

[TZCHRIS]

I guess the VA is sick of shelling out $142 a month for tinnitus claims.

What!

 

[whacko]

What!

Tinnitus is the most common and most approved va disability. Its rated at 10% which equates to $142 a month for life.