Report details SEAL's last stand in Afghanistan

CNN.com ^ | May 17, 2001 | CNN.com

[wku man]

I'm assuming he had either an M60 or an M249 SAW. Trouble is, neither of these are "high powered". The 7.62mm or 5.56mm cartridges that these weapons fire, respectively, are medium powered rounds. Yeah, I know, picky picky. But it just makes me want to puke how little the Communist News Network and other mainstream media know about the military. It's a war, for cryin' out loud! You'd think they'd want to learn something about that which they report, wouldn't you?

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[livius]

A brave man. I wish it had turned out differently and he had been able to come home. But he couldn't, and I hope that his family and all of us are proud of his courage and determination.

[gundog]

Any ideas what the "high-powered belt-fed machine gun" is?

Whatever it was, it'd be a bitch just hitting the ground with it and enough ammo to hold those dogs at bay. Tough sumbitches, them SEALS.

[sneakypete]

The M60 Machine Gun has been the US Army's general purpose machine gun since 1950.

I don't think so. 1960 maybe,but not 1950.

[jwalsh07]

1950 Pete.

M60 facts and Figures

[sneakypete]

I understand you are getting your info from a web page,but that web page is wrong. It must be a typo. The US military were still using the old 30/06 Brownings as their medium machine guns all during the Korean War,and didn't even adopt the 7.62x51 Nato round or the M-14 until around 1954.

[The KG9 Kid]

It's a typo. In any case, I doubt that this fallen SEAL has a '60 anyway: It's been removed from service.

If this SEAL had a 7.62 NATO belt-fed LMG, it was an FN-MAG -- the US military calls it the M240.

The FN-MAG is the LMG that we should have been using all along since the late 50s anyway.

[sneakypete]

f this SEAL had a 7.62 NATO belt-fed LMG, it was an FN-MAG -- the US military calls it the M240.

Yup,but I suspect he had a SAW. Being positioned as the first man off the helo,he was a team leader. I've never seen a team leader carrying a medium machine gun as his personal weapon.

The FN-MAG is the LMG that we should have been using all along since the late 50s anyway.

Yup,SOB sure does LOOK heavy though,doesn't it?

[Loc123]

Wouldn't this story make an excellent "end-of-newscast" blurb? You know, the "human interest" story the leftist media usually fills with some sob story or story about a pet.

Alas, it will never happen though--our media is too concerned with bashing this country and reporting on how "poorly" our divisions fight in Afghanistan (according to "reliable" Northern Alliance fighters). God bless that man's soul.