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08-05-2005, 11:02

Peregino,

She's a beater, bought her a while back when Arlington Ordnance was importing them back into the states. I use a M7A3 launcher and it makes things allot easier on everything including the shoulder. Now if I had an M8 for the carbine, then I would definately be worried. FM's from back then stated that RG's should only be fired in "emergencies" from it and especially so if you where using the folding stock. Either way, from the Carbine you were suppose to fire it from the ground only. You did this by using "Kentucky windage" and placing the Carbine's toe of the stock in the ground firmly. Some FM's will even tell you that you were to fire them with the heel and toe of the stock sideways in soft ground. On the folding version you placed the rear part of the receiver where it meets the stock on the ground. This makes you fire them from an "upside down" position on the rifle. M8's are running $250-300 for one. Guess their so high because there wasn't many made.

The little M7's commonly referred to as the "Vitamin Pill" gave you extra yardage when used in conjunction with HE, Smoke, AT, AP, & WP rounds. Can't use them on Streamers or Flares. The M7 was NEVER to be used on the Carbine.

I have been talking to our guys coming back from Iraq and asked them if they were allowed to use recovered RPG's for their own use while on patrol. All of them stated "No". When asked why, my one buddy (he was training the ING) stated that "we could use AK's ourselves but the ING's were the only ones to be in possession of them." Jeeez, they even took away all of his M67's before he started working with the ING. He ended up buying a few F1's from the black market outside of Baghdad for $3.00 a piece. Do we have a shortage of M67's out there?

08-05-2005, 11:02	#39
MAB32 Guest Posts: n/a	Peregino, She's a beater, bought her a while back when Arlington Ordnance was importing them back into the states. I use a M7A3 launcher and it makes things allot easier on everything including the shoulder. Now if I had an M8 for the carbine, then I would definately be worried. FM's from back then stated that RG's should only be fired in "emergencies" from it and especially so if you where using the folding stock. Either way, from the Carbine you were suppose to fire it from the ground only. You did this by using "Kentucky windage" and placing the Carbine's toe of the stock in the ground firmly. Some FM's will even tell you that you were to fire them with the heel and toe of the stock sideways in soft ground. On the folding version you placed the rear part of the receiver where it meets the stock on the ground. This makes you fire them from an "upside down" position on the rifle. M8's are running $250-300 for one. Guess their so high because there wasn't many made. The little M7's commonly referred to as the "Vitamin Pill" gave you extra yardage when used in conjunction with HE, Smoke, AT, AP, & WP rounds. Can't use them on Streamers or Flares. The M7 was NEVER to be used on the Carbine. I have been talking to our guys coming back from Iraq and asked them if they were allowed to use recovered RPG's for their own use while on patrol. All of them stated "No". When asked why, my one buddy (he was training the ING) stated that "we could use AK's ourselves but the ING's were the only ones to be in possession of them." Jeeez, they even took away all of his M67's before he started working with the ING. He ended up buying a few F1's from the black market outside of Baghdad for $3.00 a piece. Do we have a shortage of M67's out there?