Military Photo of the Day

MILPOD ^ | 17 Dec 2013 | MILPOD

[frankenMonkey]

	U.S. Army Spc. Vergil Droumer from Chicago, Illinois, pulls security with the 101st Airborne Division in the Dewagal valley of Chawkay province Afghanistan. Sep 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd.

[frankenMonkey]

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Any idea on what the weapon is?

[frankenMonkey]

MILPOD is up!

[left that other site]

Good Morning!

[frankenMonkey]

U.S. Army Spc. Vergil Droumev is the correct spelling. Need more coffee.

[SkyPilot]

Pray for our military (those currently serving) and for our veterans. Pray especially that the Senate does not approve the provision that robs our military retirees of 20% of their hard earned pensions. Dear God, please stop these men and women from doing this. In Christ name, we pray.

[Donnafrflorida]

amen.

[Old Sarge]

A boy and his BFG. It’s a beautiful thing.

[rarestia]

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Also, that appears to be an M249.

[frankenMonkey]

done.

[BCW]

M240B - the new “Pig” that replaces the M60 - fires the same 7.62 round...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M240_machine_gun

The Dos/DSS started allowing us to have late 2006 to counter aggressors coming up on our rear — the M249 wasn’t cutting it and Mahdi knew it...once deployed — that stopped alot of jihad clowns from breaking the perimeter....

[henkster]

Sixty-nine years ago, his predecessors were piling into trucks en route to a road junction in the Ardennes named Bastogne...

[Svartalfiar]

M249.

But nice picture :)

[Svartalfiar]

Nope, the 240 has a larger, flatter body and the barrel handle is 90 degree angles. Also, the 240 is only a belt-fed weapon, whereas the 249 can use links or a magazine, as in the picture. The 240 almost always (at least the ones I’ve seen) has a solid stock.

But the easiest way to differentiate at first glance is the handle.

[rarestia]

I wasn’t 100% sure. Looked too small for a M249, but it was the only platform that came to mind right away. Thank you for the clarification.

[BCW]

Yeap - I was looking at the ejection port with out looking at the "stock meets body" - that one piece of metal...the 240 is much bigger...my wrong!!!
M249
M240

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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[fieldmarshaldj]

I thought that photo was taken IN Chicago. It’s a quagmire, y’know.

[rarestia]

Notice the front sight ring is also different.

In the picture it appears they replaced the foregrip with a Picatinny rail and put one up top for scope mounting as well. The stock is different as well, but all in all, the receiver looks identical.

I would’ve made the same assumptions seeing those two pics, BCW, and I thank you for the spirited discussion.

[BCW]

I’ve should have notice the carrying grip...this is what happens when one removes themselves from these weapon systems and gets a bit older... :D

[BCW]

ah! Carrying Handle!...geez....its early this morning...