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(Repeating gunfire)

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(repeating gunfire)

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^- Today we used the .50 Cal Machine Gun.

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^We were doing some training so that we can

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^become trainers, and go teach the

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^guys back at the unit.

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The big difference between the old machine gun

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and the new machine gun is it's got some new

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internals that are already built-in so you

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don't have to worry about head-space and timing.

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That's the biggest difference is it's less

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adjustment so there's less room for error

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when you're out in the combat field.

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With the new adjustments that were made,

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and being able to come out here and shoot it

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and feel-in the weapon I think there were

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a lot of things we learned about it,

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so I think we're going to be really successful.

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I think it's going to be a great tool for us.

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- [Rathburn] The weapon we fielded

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to the Delaware National Guard here was

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the M2A1 Fixed Head-Space and Timing weapon.

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The advantage it has over the M2HD is that

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^the soldier's no longer responsible to set

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^the head-space and timing, and has a quick change

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^barrel capability, it's a much safer weapon.

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It also enhances the soldiers' ability

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to put the weapon into a firing configuration quickly.

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So there's going to be a lot less weapon malfunctions.

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Number one we, just a couple years ago,

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put a safety on it.

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The unit seemed like they really took the training

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to heart, they had no incidents, the weapons

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functioned good and they all had a good time

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and learned how to operate the M2A1,

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which is why we're here.