Comments on: Army guns

By: Ravenwood

Ravenwood — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:58:52 +0000

I don’t know about acceptable, but I bet it’s more common than you think.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:29:55 +0000

Thanks Draco. Both for your comment and service.

By: Draco

Draco — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:16:29 +0000

Actually, when I was over there training the new Iraqi Army, we were allowed to carry either if we wanted. One reason is the avaialability of ammo and spare parts. Also, since the US Army didnt issue us M9s, we carried the Walther P99 that the Iraqi’s had.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:15:08 +0000

There’s a pretty longstanding military tradition of picking up enemy weapons. If it’s illegal under some convention, I’d be surprised.

By: Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:24:03 +0000

A buddy’s unit was allowed to use non standard weapons because they were training ING. The argument was “commonality of arms”. Of course, right as my buddy was going to be issued a P99, the Bde CSM had it all revoked. Long way of saying that it is possible.

By: countertop

countertop — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:41:22 +0000

Are you sure they were US soldiers and not Iraqi army/police forces?