I'm guessing TACOM got an ungodly number of complaints regarding the ban of PMAGS.
I think it would be a wise decision if the army banned everything EXCEPT GI mags and pmags.
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I'm guessing TACOM got an ungodly number of complaints regarding the ban of PMAGS.
I think it would be a wise decision if the army banned everything EXCEPT GI mags and pmags.
Well this reversal is good news to all us running PMAGS but bad news for me, I was planning on picking up a bunch of cheap used PMAGs.
I'm halfway waiting for an army twitter account to post 'lol, jk. pmags r gud #armystroooonk' or something...
Even if this limits the ability of line units to utilize unit funds to acquire superiour stuff (you know, the kinds of things that TECOM has clearly failed to provide, and why those unit funds exist in the first place) it's still an abject failure.
Just out of curiosity, are Surefire 60 and 100 round mags being used in theatre?
Looks like the Army has changed its mind/clarified things. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...tml?ESRC=eb.nl
Get outta my head! A buddy forwarded the link to me, my response over company IM was "Dude, we totally fell for the troll....LOL"
:p
Only partially kidding. The thing that I forgot (and others, I'm in good company though I'm not jazzed about the mental lapse), is that TACOM isn't truly a no-kidding policy authority. Just about anything they publish is ultimately a recommendation, and the ultimate decision is in the hands of the commander. The question becomes: At what level of command is somebody gonna make the decision to follow/not follow the TACOM recommendation?
Similar branch difference, different application: The Corps is subject to the DoN Laser Safety Review Board in regard to what laser systems the Corps may or may not use....period. The LSRB doesn't care what money was spent buying which laser-y widget, if they say "No!" it's final.
On the Army side, the agency that does the same sort of hazard evaluations as the DoN LSRB is CHPPM (Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine). They mostly present their findings as advisory information, not as policies.
Damn, I hate it when I forget stuff like that....:mad: