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Originally Posted by huzza
As I recall, a Soldier from the 501st Transportation Company was receiving fire from a building, and returned fire at said building with an AT4. Needless to say the use of the AT4 under the 18th Airborne Corps was somewhat restricted after that, but the Mk19 remained in heavy use.
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I remember hearing that also. Just like in 2005 when the LT had a ND on his Bradley with a TOW missle.
Needless to say, our Bradleys didn't have them for the rest of the deployment.
Yes the MK19 was still in use a lot because that's all we had, well, with the exception of my personal favorite, the M2. Nowadays though you don't see many Mk.19s or even M2s around Iraq. Most people beebop around with M240s. Which is a shame, just seeing that M2 made most people p*** themselves..
All the companies in my battalion, with the exception of us (thanks Top!) traded their M2s for M240s back in 2004. They said is was due to ease of use. Of course come convoy time who were they calling?
