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ah, my bad, I misunderstood, in that case we have got the same!

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I have a question, from a thread discussing Lasguns.

How much does a standard, NATO 5.56, fully loaded magazine weigh? I’ve got the weight of the round at 12g from Google, but the rest is a bit too “it depends”.

A bit over a pound each, depending on mag type and specific round (30 rounds in the mag).

*Does some mental translation* so about half a kilo.

So a combat load of 7 mags is about 3.5kg.

You get 7 mags?!?

Not all of us. I got three mags and 6 belts.

To be fair, exercices where we got our fuul load were few and far between. Most of the time, we'd actually take to any training field with maximum 4 magzines total, plus 1 for pistols that were intended as safety weapons during the exercices.

 Grey Templar wrote:
410 is the lightweight one. No reason either couldn't cycle a gun made for them. I think its more lack of interest than it being difficult to engineer.

My great grandfather actually used a .410 pistol for self defense, but mostly as a back up for a pair of .38 revolvers. His take on it was to 'clear a path to the door'.

 BaronIveagh wrote:


'clear a path to the door'.

Sounds like a great one indeed!

 Just Tony wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I have a question, from a thread discussing Lasguns.

How much does a standard, NATO 5.56, fully loaded magazine weigh? I’ve got the weight of the round at 12g from Google, but the rest is a bit too “it depends”.

A bit over a pound each, depending on mag type and specific round (30 rounds in the mag).

*Does some mental translation* so about half a kilo.

So a combat load of 7 mags is about 3.5kg.

You get 7 mags?!?

Not all of us. I got three mags and 6 belts.

1 20 mag and another 3 20 mags...for 80 bullets but then again i'd rather have a STGW 90 for precision than an M platform but then again humans are habitual creatures

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I have a question, from a thread discussing Lasguns.

How much does a standard, NATO 5.56, fully loaded magazine weigh? I’ve got the weight of the round at 12g from Google, but the rest is a bit too “it depends”.

A bit over a pound each, depending on mag type and specific round (30 rounds in the mag).

*Does some mental translation* so about half a kilo.

So a combat load of 7 mags is about 3.5kg.

You get 7 mags?!?

Not all of us. I got three mags and 6 belts.

1 20 mag and another 3 20 mags...for 80 bullets but then again i'd rather have a STGW 90 for precision than an M platform but then again humans are habitual creatures

To be fair I was a machine gunner, so the mags were for my sidearm. 1911 when I was an M60 gunner, and Beretta M9 when I was a 240B gunner.

How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

I had 6 belts on my person, but the ammo bearer had a rucksack that was full. Never bothered to count.

 Just Tony wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

I had 6 belts on my person, but the ammo bearer had a rucksack that was full. Never bothered to count.

Was that enough? Because over here squad MG' gunners and ammo carriers usually start begging for more ammo ASAP in excercises

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

I had 6 belts on my person, but the ammo bearer had a rucksack that was full. Never bothered to count.

Was that enough? Because over here squad MG' gunners and ammo carriers usually start begging for more ammo ASAP in excercises

It depended on a mission. If we were laying an ambush? Then we'd probably neutralize enough targets to have ammo left. Movement to contact? Supporting fire on a fixed objective? Absolutely not. We'd have enough to finish that fight and need immediate resupply.




I always loved the look on my First Sergeant's face when I asked him why they couldn't put a bayonet lug on the M60...

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

I had 6 belts on my person, but the ammo bearer had a rucksack that was full. Never bothered to count.

Was that enough? Because over here squad MG' gunners and ammo carriers usually start begging for more ammo ASAP in excercises

Also, unsure how it is for you over there, here, they're bloody stingy with ammo on exercises, and you never carry even close to first line.

 Farseer Anath'lan wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How much ammo were you supposed to carry for your support weapons? It has all been changed around now for the UK section, dropping the two Minimi and one of the sharpshooter rifles for a GPMG, bit from memory a section is meant to carry around 2000 rounds for the GPMG.

I had 6 belts on my person, but the ammo bearer had a rucksack that was full. Never bothered to count.

Was that enough? Because over here squad MG' gunners and ammo carriers usually start begging for more ammo ASAP in excercises

Also, unsure how it is for you over there, here, they're bloody stingy with ammo on exercises, and you never carry even close to first line.

Na, not really, it mostly ammounts to our MG's begging the tankers / apc for more ammo.