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Originally Posted by 7624U
I liked having the M2 in the front Hummv and the M240 in the rear Hummv mainly the M2 up front covered forward so it could blast other cars if needed and the M240 in the rear could cover roof tops at close range much easyer then the 50.cal could, we also took the rear turtle shell off our uparmor's and put a rear facing M249 with a dude in a armored seat in the back of each hummv.
A M240 with a zero'd PEQ-2 laser on it is way better for night ops in my opinion.
I was also looking into having a mount made that would hold a M240 and have a off set barret M107 so I could switch between the Two weapon systems. then I wouldent need to mess with having the
M2 at all.
We also rolled with M79 grenade launchers up in the turret.
My .02 cents
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I love'd my M2. Every team in my platoon had an M2 on their truck. In 2003 we rolled out once with the scout section of TF2-69. 20 or so humvees with nothing but M2s and Mk.19s. What a sexy sight. As far as taking off the rear hatch of our turtle shells, we did the same, of course our M249 gunner wasn't happy about it
I must say I had some weapon envy when we were beboping around Iraq in 2005 and some teams from 5th group, I believe, were rocking that new mini-gun. Also the SEALs that were on my battalion's FOB had two trucks with a mount for dual M240s
Some of the SOF teams fire power is an awesome sight to see, that's for sure!