"John Keeney" wrote in message
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"Dav1936531" wrote in message
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From: "Kevin Brooks"


Up until you mentioned the bipod, you had me thinking M-21. But I don't
recall
seeing any bipods being used with M-21's (and I seriously doubt any of
the
ones
that were at one *distant* time available for M-14's are still around).
I
guess
it could be an M-21 with a bipod, but I have never seen one so equipped
(note
that the M-24 bolt action replacment does have a bipod included in the
kit).
OTOH, are you sure you were maybe not gettting a squirrely view of a
M-249
(which does indeed have a bipod) with a 30-round magazine in place of
the
usual
drum mag? I am having a problem getting around the whole sniper-with-M21
thing;
I had a sniper-type attend a school with me way back in 1995-96, and I
can
rememeber his telling me they had already replaced the M-21 with the
M-24
in
his ARNG light infantry battalion (and it was not an "enhanced brigade"
unit,
either, so their priority of fill would have been about the same as the
rest of
the Guard units).
Brooks

The pic was on the AP wire feed from Iraq here on AOL. Unfortunately,
the
articles and pics expire after a given period of time and disappear from
the
feed so I cannot now call the picture back up and rellok at it.

The guy definitely had some variant of the M-14. I have wanted one of
these for
a long time and recognize it. It was not a bolt action. It was not an
M-249.

I could have incorrectly recalled that his rifle was equiped with a
bipod
though. But it certainly was some type of the basic M-14 and had a
telescope,
and I seem to recall a bipod.....but I saw the pic probably a month and
a
half
or so ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be.
Dave

I know I posted on this before, but I'll repeat incase it got sucked
up in to the great bit bucket in the sky. Yes, at the very minimum
I can guaranty that one NYAG unit currently attached to the 1st ID
in Iraq have M-14s as issued equipment. They are issued to unit
"Marksmen" in addition to which ever flavor of M-16 / M-4 that
infantryman is issued. Marksmen are not rated snipers but provide
a bit of precision in a spray & pray world.

I'd be very surprised if they are carrying M14's. The M-14 offers danged
little in terms of "precision" versus the M16A2 in the likely ironsight
range fan (the A2 is plenty accurate oput to the 300 meter range). I guess
they could have some old M-21's (which unlike the M-14 have a telescopic
sight)--but which combat unit of the NYARNG is attached to the 1st ID? ISTR
that the NYARNG 42nd ID(M) HQ is indeed deploying to Iraq later this year
(or early next year?).

Brooks