AR15-m4 in iraq

[Richie B]

Ian

Very interesting photos - good to see the beer supply and close protection team

Stay safe.

Regards

Richie

[ian]

thanks Richie
believe me i could dig a hole with my eyebrows if i had to ,,now thats what i call keeping your head down//LOL
cheers ian

[Datrus]

Please post pics. Pics are always nice

Regards, Lars

[ian]

ok comming up give me a few mins

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a nice brand new armoured subburban to replace ,,,

[ian]

this one hit by a blast IED ,, note no shrapnel damage

[ian]

an armoured TAHO after a bit of a fight

[ian]

every one suvied this one
but if you look at the front door post you will see a bullet hole
the bullet actualy passed between the armoured glass and armoured boddy
into the vehicle ,,i bounced arround a bit but missed every one inside
and the principale was safe
a 1 star us general

[Scout]

AR15 -- m4 xm15-e2s in iraq

this was my m4 and 92f that i was isued in iraq
it is a bushmaster semi+3rd burst civilian weapon as was my 92f we were not allowed anything military
never a stopage from both and the m4 took the british high velocety ammo no probs btu it kicked like a mule
it was a pleasure to shoot ,, even in anger i could rely on it not to let me down ,a great design and it just feels right ,,looks right ,which usualy was right
i believe bushmaster is the old armelight company ??

The correct designation for your carbine is Bushmaster xm15-e2s m4 M4A2, as it has the non-removable carry handle.

You write: "it is a bushmaster semi+3rd burst civilian weapon as was my 92f" - I assume you dont really mean, that your pistol has a three round burst, but that only your carbine has that nifty feature and that your handgun is civilian and not three round burst.
If your pistol was selective fire, that would make your handgun the Beretta 93R, which is not the one pictured (the 93R has a handgrip underneath the frame and is further more a relatively rare gun).

Bushmaster and ARMALITE are two different entities entirely. Long story short, what might have caused the confusion is that Bushmaster makes rifles of the Colt/Armalite design (amongst others).
Plenty of reference for that on the web, so I wont bore anybody with that. Anyway, google the firearms genius Eugene Stoner and all will be revealed.

if anyone shows interest
i could post some pics of our battle damaged vehicles
they hit us hard
2 of my team were killed in basrah and we lost over 30 guys in the 14 months i was there
not a nice subject i know
but some of the pics are interesting
i had a few very close calls ,,few intence but short fire fights
our bigest threat was insegents dressed as iraqi police
doesnt that ring true for afgan now ,,,unfortunately

I have plenty of pics of thrashed vehicles, but I was with a regular army unit, so more blown up vehicles, than I care to remember.

[ian]

good info Scout
no my berreta was a standard 92f

[ian]

this one was hit by a copper plate penetrator
an efp to most ,,explosive formed penetraitor 40mm armoured glass