>>Let me guess ... the Marine Corps decided on it’s own to give their men a new toy and the men were never consulted whether they even WANTED it or not and ... as it turns out ... the Marine Crps wasted its time and money ... have I got that close to correct ?
Yep. A bunch of old people told young operators what they needed...when what they really needed was reliability and capacity.
i would think that good shots don’t really need the bells and whistles