This film appears to be from mid-1967 or early 1968, as it shows the XM16E1 and the "new" M16A1.
The armorer will issue you your gallon bucket of LSA
September 22, 2024, 05:48 PM
808
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
I know an employee of the National guard who told me a Sgt comes in and drops an old tee shirt and says to the group tear it up and clean the rifles.
They are not given any cleaning supplies just the tee shirt. The person doesn’t seem like a person to make this up.
I hope it’s not true.
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September 22, 2024, 06:21 PM
Blackwater
Copious amounts of whale sperm.
Thank God for Breakfree and other advanced lubes, compressed air and solvent traps.
Joe Back in Tx.
September 22, 2024, 08:00 PM
rat2306
Timely reminder at the 8:30 mark; I'm out of pipe cleaners. Have been for some time. Don't tell the First Sergeant I'm not maintaining my piece per the tech manual.
September 22, 2024, 08:38 PM
limblessbiff
quote:
Originally posted by 808: Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
I know an employee of the National guard who told me a Sgt comes in and drops an old tee shirt and says to the group tear it up and clean the rifles.
They are not given any cleaning supplies just the tee shirt. The person doesn’t seem like a person to make this up.
I hope it’s not true.
Yeah… we used baby wipes and simple green and an old tooth brush in Germany in 2008.. saw a dude who somehow got some hoppes #9 and he got yelled at because it “might fuck up the finish…”
I totally believe your buddy
September 22, 2024, 08:50 PM
wcb6092
Those steel uncoated cleaning rods that never seemed to damage the crown. I think I still have a couple of cleaning kits one 5.56 and one 7.62 for the M60.
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September 23, 2024, 04:47 PM
Mars_Attacks
The brother at 27:40 is really pleased when he pours a whole tube of Saigon Whore Lube® down the port and it starts smoking Charlie again.
It looks like everyone should just walk by a 55 gallon drum of lube and yank a rifle out.
This must be before they changed the powder over.
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Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick.
September 23, 2024, 05:34 PM
parabellum
September 23, 2024, 05:41 PM
rat2306
I'm hearing CCR's "Run Through The Jungle" playing on the jukebox in my mind...
September 24, 2024, 12:22 AM
CPD SIG
quote:
Originally posted by limblessbiff:
quote:
Originally posted by 808: Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
I know an employee of the National guard who told me a Sgt comes in and drops an old tee shirt and says to the group tear it up and clean the rifles.
They are not given any cleaning supplies just the tee shirt. The person doesn’t seem like a person to make this up.
I hope it’s not true.
Yeah… we used baby wipes and simple green and an old tooth brush in Germany in 2008.. saw a dude who somehow got some hoppes #9 and he got yelled at because it “might fuck up the finish…”
I totally believe your buddy
We cheated like champs in Camp Schwab!
The Boat Locker was next to our Motor Pool. We had a diesel steam cleaner / pressure washer for the boats & Hummers / Trucks / M-151's. It worked great for the weapons. You needed the big, thick elbow length rubber gloves so your skin wouldn't get torn off or burned. But damn those guns got clean, quick.
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