4 reasons not even Marine infantry need fully automatic weapons
Tim Kirkpatrick, We Are The Mighty
It's the job of Marine infantry to close with the enemy and overwhelm them with firepower.
But in most cases, doing that doesn't require fully automatic weapons — in fact, they can have drawbacks.
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The primary mission of a US Marine infantry rifle squad is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. This mission statement is branded into each infantryman's brain and consistently put to practical use when the grunts are deployed to the front lines.
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