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Danjanou said:Of course the question remains that if in 10 or 15 years we decide that we need to start using them again, who's going to remember how to, and not just weapons drills but proper deployment etc. Look at how few serving members on this site actually have experience with the weapon now. What are they going to do call us old dinosaurs out of retirement to run ad hoc HMG courses?
Another skill set that will eventually disappear from the military.
Well-not necessarily.The .50 is in regular use by US forces right now, so we can see its effectiveness. The decision to start using them again will probably come alot sooner than that, especially as we continue to develop our light forces (not much scope for a 25mm CG there...). As well, we still have a cadre of people left who have used the weapon, although this is a dwindling group. Finally, even if we lost that cadre, remember that we can always start from scratch, just like we do any time a new weapons system is introduced: the .50 cal was a brand ne gun once. Cheers.