Supposedly these fine looking Sporterized 1903 Springfield’s were owned by the famed Shooting Writer – Col. Townsend Whelen.
(If you get a chance by the way, read some of his stuff as it is still Steel on Target!)
Defense Specialist Allison Barrie on how the United States’ elite Special Operations warriors are set to become even more deadly when upgraded cutting-edge suppressor become a new addition to their arsenal.
U.S. Special Operations are a remarkable, formidable fighting force who are admired and feared throughout the world. Now, the military’s elite warriors are set to become even more deadly with a new addition to their arsenal.
About $48 million-worth of new, cutting-edge suppressors will be in the hands of America’s top military personnel, enhancing their capabilities on the battlefield.
For several years, Special Operations Command has been hunting for the best suppressed upper receivers for their M4A1 carbines.
They’ve chosen the Sig Sauer MCX SURG System to upgrade these weapons. The new Sig suppressor will deliver accuracy, speed and reliability.
And of course, it will deliver outstanding sound reduction. The new suppressors are made of ultra-advanced materials. ARMY TAKES AIM WITH MORE M4 WEAPONS
Sig Sauer has a distinctive looking, revolutionary approach to suppressors. They look nothing like the suppressors you see in movies and TV shows – these rifle suppressors are tubeless. They’ve eliminated the outer tube typically seen with suppressors.
File photo (U.S. Army)
In addition to reducing weight, this tubeless design increases volume, lowering pressure and temperature for greater durability and leading signature reduction.
One of the keys to this feat is the special “baffle” design. TheM4A1 Weapon
M4A1s tend to be used by military special operations. The M4 Carbine entered service in 1994 to replace the M16 for some roles. The M4 provided a shorter and lighter variant. The M4A1 is a fully automatic version of this weapon.
Made by FN, the M4A1 weighs about 6.36 pounds with a 14.5-inch long barrel. The overall length is anywhere between 29.75 inches to 33. Cartridges are the 5.56x45mm (.223) NATO cartridge that is magazine fed with a mag capacity of 30 rounds. NEW LASER-EQUIPPED DRONES WILL TAKE OUT MISSILE THREATS AGAINST THE US
The M4A1 trigger group settings are: safe, semi-automatic, or fully automatic. The trigger pull is 5.5 to 9.5 rounds and it has a 700-900 RPM rate of fire.
File photo (U.S. Marine Corps)
This weapon fires using a direct impingement gas operating system and has an effective range of about 500 to 600 meters (1,640 to 1,969 feet). PODCAST: GET SOME TOP TIPS FROM THIS GREEN BERET MARKSMAN, NOW SIG SAUER SHOOTING EXPERT INSTRUCTOR What impact does a suppressor have?
Suppressors are often referred to as “silencers.” The goal is to make a weapon as silent as possible. But it is not just about sound, it is also about other “signatures” that could reveal your location to an enemy. Another key tell is visual – the flash. Adding a good suppressor to your weapon will also reduce, if not contain, this visual cue.
One of the reasons they are referred to as suppressors – and not silencers – by the military and law enforcement is because the vast majority on the public market don’t achieve anything near silence.
Reducing the noise is not just about exposing your location and actions to the enemy, it can also make it easier for special operations teams to communicate with each other on the battlefield. For these warriors, their ears are continuously exposed to gunfire year-round because they are either training or deployed. An excellent suppressor is key to better protection for their hearing. ‘GIRAFFES’ JOIN THE NAVY AND HUNT ENEMY THREATS
A common misconception is that suppressors reduce capability in lots of ways, such as reducing range and lethality.
Sig Sauer SBR with silencer (Sig Sauer)
These new Sig Sauer suppressors are an excellent DoD investment. They will most definitely increase the lethality of our elite forces and make them harder to kill. Rigorous Testing
To achieve selection, all the suppressors under consideration were challenged to meet hard core requirements. The testing was rigorous, comprehensive and exhaustive.
The MCX SURG also had to meet the extremely high standards for sound reduction. It also went up against firing specifications – a suppressor must enhance effectiveness in combat and absolutely not incur any trade off on lethality. Accuracy, speed and reliability are vital.
There were also very demanding standards for temperature and vibration – standards that both enhance effectiveness and the safety of users. PODCAST: WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A NAVY SEAL IN A HELICOPTER 2 MINUTES OUT FROM A TARGET? FIND OUT FIRSTHAND FROM THIS AMERICAN HERO SURG
The Department of Defense revived the Suppressed Upper Receiver Groups (SURG) in 2017. This program aims to upgrade, and optimize military weapons for continuous, suppressed use on the battlefield. ‘FORCE FIELD’ TECHNOLOGY COULD MAKE US TANKS UNSTOPPABLE
After years searching for the best solution, it was decided that the Sig Sauer MCX suppressor outperformed the competition and the award was recently issued.
FN M4A1 rifle (FN)
What’s next?
This is the second M4 conversion Sig Sauer is helping U.S. Special Operations Forces with this year.
Earlier this year, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) bought some Sig Sauer MCX Rattlers. Rattlers are personal defense weapons available on the open market and chamber standard 5.56mm rounds and .300 Blackout. For operators, these could be very handy for CQB (close-quarter battle). These are built with the M4A1 lower receiver.
The new MCX SURG suppressors will be rolled out to Special Operations Forces over the next five years.
Allison Barrie is a defense specialist with experience in more than 70 countries who consults at the highest levels of defense and national security, a lawyer with four postgraduate degrees, and author of the definitive guide, Future Weapons: Access Granted, on sale in 30 countries. Barrie hosts the new hit podcast “Tactical Talk” where she gives listeners direct access to the most fascinating Special Operations warriors each week and to find out more about the FOX Firepower host and columnist you can click here or follow her on Twitter @allison_barrie and Instagram @allisonbarriehq.
Expect the Worst and you will never be disappointed! Do not trust anybody until you have known them for at least a year!
Seldom will you have enough time & money at the same time! It is bad to believe in too much but its even worst to believe in nothing at all!
I have found the things that can mess up your life & Reputation. Are your handling of Booze, Money and Women!
You will find the worst Boss you ever had was yourself!
When it comes to gear & stuff. You can buy it once or many times. So its cheaper to buy the best if you can! There is always one more thing to do! Anything worth having is going to be hard to get! Courage & Money are the only two things that never go out of fashion! Nothing lasts as Friends & Good Relatives always disappear!
The only person who you can trust & rely upon is yourself.
If you want a job done well then trust but verify!
Do the best you can with what you have & then have as much fun as you can also!
As I have found over the years, Failure is the Best Teacher!
As a much better man than I, said it so much better!
So Endth the Lesson!! Grumpy Oh yeah one more! There will always be Video around when you mess up now a days!
Lance Cpl. Remedios Cruz, Marine Aircraft Group 12, recites the Oath of Enlistment after being meritoriously promoted at Anderson AFB, Guam, Dec. 4, 2013. (Lance Cpl. Richard Currier/Marine Corps)
Remedios Cruz joined the Marine Corps in 2013 as a supply clerk. One year later, she completed infantry training, and in 2017, made history when she became one of three females to join 1st Battalion, 8th Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
“The biggest mistakes I’ve made in the infantry were from my personal relationships,” Cruz told the Times. “I really want to move on.”
Cruz was reduced in rank from sergeant to corporal and restricted to the base after pleading guilty to fraternization as part of a broader plea agreement. The commanding general of 2nd Marine Division will now decide if she will be forced out with an other-than-honorable discharge, according to the Times.
“Regardless of the outcome of this case, Corporal Cruz has been a courageous pioneer for women in the military and she has earned a place in Marine Corps history,” Cruz’s lawyer, Capt. Jacob R. Johnston, said in a statement to The New York Times.
Andrea Scott is editor of Marine Corps Times. On Twitter: @_andreascott.
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All I can say is Good for The USMC! As you just know that that a lot of Folks have bet the house. On this issue of bringing Females into the hard, unforgiving world of Ground Combat!
I myself just do not understand this urge to put our females into body bags! Grumpy
Robert Campbell of Durham, who celebrated his 101st birthday on Aug. 17, died Saturday. He was the last known surviving pilot of the Air Battle of Midway in World War II.
He began his military service in 1938 and he retired as a commander in 1962.
Robert Campbell
A Navy pilot, Campbell received 17 ribbons and medals. Among them is the Navy Cross and a Presidential Citation. He flew missions off the USS Yorktown, USS Saratoga and the USS Enterprise against the Japanese in the Pacific. In 1941, he joined the USS Saratoga Bombing Squadron 3, and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he participated in battles throughout the South Pacific.
He joined the USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid in 1942, the air raid by the United States on the Japanese.
He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the Air Battle of Midway in June 1942. He was involved in numerous battles during World War II, including Guadalcanal. He was never wounded.
Campbell is survived by his wife, Elizabeth.
He sure got around in the early parts of WWII, when things were really hairy to say the least.
As is it, It sounds to me that God needed another Good Man up there, Good Luck Sir!
The next time some whining liberal tells you that capital punishment doesn’t prevent murder, feel free to quote this article (once you have done kicking them in the balls, that is):
In March, two men were convicted in Newcastle Crown Court of the murder of a 29-year-old mother of two, Quyen Ngoc Nguyen. In a pre-meditated crime of unimaginable depravity, Stephen Unwin and William McFall robbed, raped and bludgeoned this 5ft-tall nail bar manager.
They dumped her — possibly still alive — in her own car, which they then set alight. They posed for ghoulish selfies at the scene. Both men were already convicted killers, released as a result of parole board hearings.
McFall, now 51, had been freed after serving 13 years for battering to death with a hammer an 86-year-old woman whose home he had burgled.
Unwin, ten years younger, had been released after serving 14 years of a ‘life sentence’ for stabbing to death a 73-year-old retired pharmacist in the course of a burglary — on Christmas Day, 1998. Unwin had sought to cover up his tracks by setting fire to his victim’s bungalow.
There is no parole board on earth which can know if someone is truly remorseful (pictured: Nick Hardwick, former Parole Board chair) +6
There is no parole board on earth which can know if someone is truly remorseful (pictured: Nick Hardwick, former Parole Board chair)
He was released in 2012, because the parole board had believed his claim to feel ‘deep remorse’.
Yeah, he was remorseful, all right. It bears no reminding that had these two bastards (and the others in the article) been executed, their subsequent victims would still be alive. Prevention at its finest.
Frankly, I think that the parole boards who freed these animals should also face the needle / chair / gallows. This was a basic precept of Hammurabic Law, and I for one regret its passing, in this respect at least.
Remember too that our Liberal Class want us to be more like Europe or Britain, and the modern-day “democratic socialists” have included the abolition of the prison system in their election manifesto. Communistatis delenda est.
***From Splendid Isolation
Courage & Money are the only two things that never go out of fashion!
Nothing lasts as Friends & Good Relatives always disappear!
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This downtown LA by the way. But it just goes to show that we have more than our share of Ballsy Guys here still!