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<blockquote data-quote="cmhbob" data-source="post: 2405118" data-attributes="member: 20220"><p>A couple of stories posted over at the CMP forum set my mind wondering and wandering this morning. There's <a href="http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=84514" target="_blank">this one about a son recovering his dad's M1</a>, and <a href="http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=129461" target="_blank">another one about a vet</a> getting very teary-eyed over finding another one.</p><p></p><p>I served in the Army for just under 3 years in the late 80s. Over that time, I was assigned at least 3 different M-16s (2 in Basic/AIT, and the 3d at my duty station), then an M-16/M-203 combo. I was also responsible for an M-60 and an M2, and occasionally carried a pistol, though never the same one twice, as I recall. I was an MP in a HAWK unit and had RSOP (recon) duties, hence the variety of weaponry.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't tell you anything about any of those weapons now. Don't recall a single serial number or rack number. I never actually fired the M2. I just had to lug it around when the RSOP section rolled out. I don't recall that I ever saw timing and headspace gauges for it, although I'm sort of sure the battery had at least one set.</p><p></p><p>Now granted, I served in peacetime, though it was the Cold War, and I was in the eastern part of West Germany. We knew we'd basically be a speed bump if anything ever happened. But I never had any emotional attachment to any of the weapons I carried. Is it because I served during peacetime? </p><p></p><p>The vets who remember their SNs and such, and have such emotional reactions to their rediscovery and such: is it because they faced the elephant with that rifle? Is it the M1? </p><p></p><p>Vets from recent conflicts: do you have a similar attachment to your M-16, or M4? </p><p></p><p>The armor guys, and pilots and aircrews, I can understand. That piece of machinery is your home for hours on end, and your fellow crewmen are your family. Do arty crews have a similar attachment?</p><p></p><p>What is it about the personal weapon that causes some of us to form such attachments?</p><p></p><p>(Cross-posted. Perplexed and others only have to reply once. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmhbob, post: 2405118, member: 20220"] A couple of stories posted over at the CMP forum set my mind wondering and wandering this morning. There's [URL="http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=84514"]this one about a son recovering his dad's M1[/URL], and [URL="http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=129461"]another one about a vet[/URL] getting very teary-eyed over finding another one. I served in the Army for just under 3 years in the late 80s. Over that time, I was assigned at least 3 different M-16s (2 in Basic/AIT, and the 3d at my duty station), then an M-16/M-203 combo. I was also responsible for an M-60 and an M2, and occasionally carried a pistol, though never the same one twice, as I recall. I was an MP in a HAWK unit and had RSOP (recon) duties, hence the variety of weaponry. I couldn't tell you anything about any of those weapons now. Don't recall a single serial number or rack number. I never actually fired the M2. I just had to lug it around when the RSOP section rolled out. I don't recall that I ever saw timing and headspace gauges for it, although I'm sort of sure the battery had at least one set. Now granted, I served in peacetime, though it was the Cold War, and I was in the eastern part of West Germany. We knew we'd basically be a speed bump if anything ever happened. But I never had any emotional attachment to any of the weapons I carried. Is it because I served during peacetime? The vets who remember their SNs and such, and have such emotional reactions to their rediscovery and such: is it because they faced the elephant with that rifle? Is it the M1? Vets from recent conflicts: do you have a similar attachment to your M-16, or M4? The armor guys, and pilots and aircrews, I can understand. That piece of machinery is your home for hours on end, and your fellow crewmen are your family. Do arty crews have a similar attachment? What is it about the personal weapon that causes some of us to form such attachments? (Cross-posted. Perplexed and others only have to reply once. ;) ) [/QUOTE]
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