Seal Team

[CINDERS]

Wingate was another, from my limited reading of materials over the years as with everything specialised soldiers have evolved since the dawn of time look at Sparta training began from a very early age and any male child born that was considered weakly was killed. Fast forwards through the conflicts like the Civil war they employed sharp shooters to take out key personnel like Officers and gun crews. Through WWI with the German Stormtroopers WWII we saw the Commandos the SS. Through Korea & Vietnam to today with troops very highly trained in specific groups like Navy SEALS, Snipers, Special forces, SAS, SASR other countries with their specialized highly trained personnel.
With the way technology is going now the automated fighting robot is not a far thought as they use robotic pack mules now look at metal storm with the silent sentinal gun waiting for you to get in range totally autonomous personnel will find it hard to survive if you think the Terminator is a while off I think within the next 50 years humans will not fight in the field of conflict robots will.........
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...GTZJbK67Yw-JwQ

[Peter Laidler]

Straight and curved 30 round L2 rifle and L4 Bren magazines. I think that the UK curved mags were designed to be more reliable in that the slight curvature more followed the actual curvature of a dual stack of ammo. So the theory goes! But curved or straight, they all seemed to work just as well. Additionally, the curved mags had a UK patent attached to them so they couldn't be pirated - much like the body mods and ejector systems for the L4 series of guns. SO....., if anyone purchsed L4 guns, they'd also HAVE to buy L4 mags, spares and barrels. That was the theory. But L4 buyers across the world who bought L1 rifles cheaper from Australia soon found out that the Canadian and Aust straight mags were just as good PLUS, Australia could and would sell them all they wanted and cheaper too. Same applied to new L4 barrels. Aust could make and sell cheaper than we could. Talk about cutting off our noses top spite our face!

I think I've told this saga several times.

[browningautorifle]

I think that the UK curved mags were designed to be more reliable in that the slight curvature more followed the actual curvature of a dual stack of ammo.

Yes, that's the theory. UK mags had a wire spring that worked fine and CDN mags had a flat spring like Bren mags. That must have been because of the actuate curve as the 20 rd mags had a wire spring...

[Vincent]

franken magazine - modified AK 47 magazine to fit upper magazine body of an M16 magazine (are you really going to use this kind of home-made magazine in combat

Damn skippy I would use it.

There was no such thing as a 7.62x39mm M16 magazine back then. The only mags available for the converted 7.62x39mm M16’s were the spliced “Franken mags.”

It’s an M-16 mag joined to an AK47 mag. The M16 part of the mag goes in the mag well. The AK part starts outside the mag well.

I have two “Franken mags” somewhere. I will try to find them and take some pictures. They don’t look homemade. They look well made, like a De Lisle carbine looks. It was made from parts cobbled together and it looked and worked just fine.

[Merle]

Straight and curved 30 round L2 rifle and L4 Bren magazines. I think that the UK curved mags were designed to be more reliable in that the slight curvature more followed the actual curvature of a dual stack of ammo. So the theory goes! But curved or straight, they all seemed to work just as well. Additionally, the curved mags had a UK patent attached to them so they couldn't be pirated - much like the body mods and ejector systems for the L4 series of guns. SO....., if anyone purchsed L4 guns, they'd also HAVE to buy L4 mags, spares and barrels. That was the theory. But L4 buyers across the world who bought L1 rifles cheaper from Australia soon found out that the Canadian and Aust straight mags were just as good PLUS, Australia could and would sell them all they wanted and cheaper too. Same applied to new L4 barrels. Aust could make and sell cheaper than we could. Talk about cutting off our noses top spite our face!

I think I've told this saga several times.

That's typical of govt AND big business!

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Seal Team #1 was close to my unit during my stay on Coronado 1967 to 1971. Those men carried telephone poles over their heads most of the day. In and out of the chow hall in a couple minutes. We practiced beach landings with them on the ocean side of the strand. In shape bunch of guys. Finely trained in special ops.

Over time other teams have been added to the base, #3, #5, #7. The odd numbered teams on the west coast. The even numbered teams are in Virginia Beach on the east coast.

[browningautorifle]

I just missed you, I went to Coronado and trained on the same spit in Dec '74.