1.If your commanding officer orders you to do something illegal.
Can you say no? or he can shoot/Or punish you
If you say yes would you be held for that crime.
2. (I got this from a movie) Is it possible that someone in a squad of sodiers accidentally drop a grenade next to the squad when trying to throw it?
3. Is it true that if a person points a gun at you even on accident that you MUST shot him or you loose all dignity.
4. How Much ammo does a typical soldier carry on his person.
5. What happens if you run out of ammo in a hot spot
anyways all ur questions are subjective and depends on the individual military personal...... as well as situation.... and standing order.....
usually a grunt will carry M16 or M14 with 6 mags each capable of holding 30 rounds....
i personally only loaded 25 or 28 rounds in my mags... and kept a small baby mag for my extra rounds....
i also carried a side arm 9 mil clip loaded... with 3 extra clips on the side of my leg i actually cant remember how many rounds were in my clip i think it 9.. i'm embarrassed to admit i forgot....
optional 3 grenades or more if needed for mission
also depending on your MOS you might actually be given a different weapon as part of a fire team like a saw and grenade launcher attachment and a i think three boxes of ammo...
also it depends if your part of a bigger unit with support they could carry all your extra ammo in a tank or humvees and Convoy........
if you run out of ammo you use ur bayonet or any weapon that is avialable its called wpn of opportunity
i actually threw a grenade baseball style and hit the berm that i was behind the grenade bounce up at an angle and for a second me and another marine though it was going to bounce back and land too close to us.... it was my mistake because i didnt throw it as instructed to which is a sissy over hand that we in the military refer as the superman pose.....
the thing is my brother is in the military, and he refuses to tell me anything about. Im interested in hearing all the stories soldiers come back with.
Like how, after an IED attack, he was ordered to go and pick up all the parts of his dead best friend and organise and place them into his dress uniform for the funeral.
Or his other friend who took an RPG round straight through his chest.
Or the time he went out on patrol in Iraq when all the kids used to run up to him asking for gifts and the troops always used to give out pencils and paper because the kids went nuts for it...He spoke to one of the 10 year old boys briefly and when they returned down the same street later after their patrol the same boy had been hanged from a street light for talking to him.
Or one of the 17 year old boys in his unit who shot and killed a mother guarding her baby in a split second reaction during a raid on a house and subsequently he committed suicide out of guilt for the incident.
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