At 09:54 PM 8/19/01 -0700, you wrote:
>--- paul carrier <paulc@teleport.com> wrote:
> > I can't remember seeing the mount in use.
> > They were aways installed but not used....
> > Too slow.
>
>How do they tote M16's in the CUCV then? Do they just
>toss them in the cargo area in back? Maybe on the
>floorboard and use them as footrests? :-)
Tossed in the back, too long for footrests..
>Seriously, I doubt in a vehicle whose primary role is
>that of command/control, it would be terribly critical
>to have to get at the M16 very rapidly...then again,
>you never know. Now in a MUTT, that sounds like bad
>design to have to struggle with the rifle getting in
>and out of a 151. In the CUCV, they're behind the
>driver's seat well out of the way of entry/exit.
Remember CUCV weren't really meant for tactical use.
They were bought as substitutes for HMVEE's in garrison.
Now that they took them away the HMVEE fleet is racking up miles on ash and
trash
missions.
>Maybe the presumption (in both the MUTT and the CUCV)
>is that if you're in a scenario where you'll probably
>need to have fast access to the weapon, the other
>soldiers riding with you should hang onto your weapon
>while you drive (and while they hang onto their
>weapons also). Saves having to use the dreaded slow
>rifle mounts that way.
We normally don't use the mounts in our M109 vans either.
Or the one in the M113, down by the drivers position.
Under the panel.
SSG Paul D. Carrier
Readiness NCO (63H & 45K)
Det 2 Co. B 145 SPT BN
Camp Withycombe, Clackamas OR
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