17-6-15 M14 Picture of the Day

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Shecky Greene, Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, and Steven Rogers coming out of the Close Combat Course. The motto above the gate reads: If you fail here - you fail in combat. If you fail in combat, you die.

A shiny new Penney if you can name the range

Here ya go




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Originally Posted by fboyj

Here ya go

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Actors Basic Training Ford Ord

And a quote from the text...

“It was your usual quick indoctrination into the military and the feeling of it all. It was pleasant and the military was very nice. We got the uniform. We went to a few training sessions and learned to handle the guns.”

I remember that part...pleasant, and the military was very nice...yeah, that's it.

GUNS! Do not sat that to a Marine DI!

This Is My Rifle. This Is My Gun - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Cosine26

GUNS! Do not sat that to a Marine DI!

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Quoted from the text in the link. It was the same with us.

We've gone over this before but what are the weapons on a ship called? :D

60 caliber or larger are called cannon...or guns.

Off the net, cuz they can't put it on the net unless it's true :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by The Net

1.A gun is a firearm or weapon that has a metal tube where bullets are fired at a high velocity into a flat ballistic arc while a rifle is a weapon or firearm that has a long barrel that is rifled or grooved giving bullets spinning motion for greater accuracy at a long range.
2.A gun is designed to be used by a crew or a group of people while a rifle is designed for individual use.
3.A gun is usually mounted, but it can also be portable to be fired at a distance from the body while a rifle is fired from the shoulder of the user.
4.Guns are used in tank, artillery, and field combat while rifles are used by sharpshooters and in hunting.
5.Examples of guns are mortars, cannons, machine guns, tank guns, howitzers, and Gatling guns while examples of rifles are air rifles, automatic rifles like the AK-47 and M16, etc.

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They sure mix civilian and military there don't they?