BF2S Forums What are the current US infantry weapons used in Iraq?

hell, I lived on highway 1 for a couple months.  That hospital about 7 klicks north of Baghdad.  I guess it is a Brigade HQ now, all the work we put into it.  I was a TOC geek anyway.

Asmodeane wrote:

Oh, I think I was confusing the M16A4 (image below) with the SCAR's. Sorry - didn't know that they came with a handle under the barrel.

http://www.vseleznev.com/m16a4.jpg

It could have been an M16A4, but it may instead have been an M4 SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification).  They are fitted with Pictinny rail along the length of the barrel, onto which accessories can be attached.  Among these accessories are a reactive (red-dot) scope and a foregrip handle.  A couple weeks back my friend returned from Iraq and recalled that although his standard weapon while in bivouac was a regular M16A2, in the field he was given an M4 SOPMOD (as his MOS was Intelligence, combat was not his primary concern).

Edit: Here's a SOPMOD M4 complete with descriptions of most specialized components:

Last edited by [QXJZ]Capt_Kefra (2006-03-10 04:07:42)

imortal wrote:

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

Immortal I was at taji too when were you there....dont forget the thousands of rounds of french artillery shells

Or new Russian 7.62mm ammuniton?  German AA missiles? lmao  Where and when?  who were you with?  HHB 3-16 FA TF Thunder 2BCT 4ID  APR- SEP 03

Baqubah, Balad, Ar Rashidiah.   I have been all over the Diala Province.

british demolition equipment too