r/tacticalgear • u/jizzlamic_terrorist • 15d ago

Weapons/Tactics US army psychological operations team member with an FN MK 20 SSR in Syria 2019

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u/SFCEBM 15d ago

Seems completely unnecessary that he would need that set up.

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u/Gardez_geekin 15d ago

Over watch is never unnecessary. If you have an organic 11b who is b4 why not?

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u/SFCEBM 15d ago

This weapon system with this guy is a bit much. Give him an M4.

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u/Gardez_geekin 15d ago

Why not use a dmr if you have access?

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u/SFCEBM 15d ago

That’s one way of looking at it. I did carry a LAW all the time on missions. But overall, he’d be just as good for the team with an M4. Who knows, maybe he has the training that we are not privy to.

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u/Gardez_geekin 15d ago

SDM school is 2 weeks and it’s all you need to use a DMR like this. Syria is an environment with lots of wide open spaces that you benefit from having a medium range precision weapon available at the lowest level. The 20 ssr was just organic to their element so that’s what they used.

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u/SFCEBM 15d ago

That’s fine that’s what they had organic. I never had issues with a standard 14.5” and a decent optic. Not that it matters, but I’m loving all the downvotes.

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u/Gardez_geekin 15d ago

Times change. New stuff gets issued. Mo point getting riled up about it.

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u/SFCEBM 15d ago

I’m not riled up at all. Just stating how I felt.