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Originally Posted by Peregrino
I am a firm advocate of dropping expended mags - most of the time.....I was never where I couldn't go back to pick up discards or get a resupply....Personally I think the emphasis on always/only doing tactical (retained) reloads was taken out of context by the "Walter Mittie" crowd and turned into an unreasoning cult gospel....Given that mounted/urban ops have redefined the requirements what's an acceptable solution (read "direction to start experimenting"). IMWTK - Peregrino
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Mr. 'P':
I cut and spliced your original message for brevity. I concurr totally with your views.
An acceptable solution is to drop the thing on the ground unless you have the opportunity to retain it. So far, we haven't been driven off a battlefield in Iraq or Afghanistan and if someone wants to look for a magazine, he can. If he loses it, he can get it replaced these days.
As for mounted operations, take my word for it as a former Mechanized guy -- you want as little to get caught on things in a vehicle as possible. Guys start out with a whole bunch of stuff on their body armor. Anything that does not give a edge in terms of speed / survival soon disappears from the gear.
I am not sure how guys approached drop pouches as few I know used them. I do know that the drop pouches work quite well. I also know they take up more room on ones body armor and they will get caught on things as any pouch will. I will ask some of the guys who thought they were a good idea prior to deployment as they are all back now.
Gene