C7 rifles within cadets

[D-n-A]

The 75th Ranger Regiment is part of the US Special Operations Command. But the only Special Forces soldiers in the US Military is the US Army Special Forces aka Green Berets.

 

[aesop081]

My misstake........thanks.

Seals and air force special ops do afll under SOCOM as well however

 

[D-n-A]

A lot of units in the US Military are part of the USSOCOM, I heard the Marines were starting up a unit to be part of USSOCOM aswell.

 

[Q.Y. Ranger]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that some of rangers in Somolia were around 19 years of age.

Ive read the same thing. Ive heard that the average age of US Rangers, is about 19.

 

[foerestedwarrior]

Ive read the same thing. Ive heard that the average age of US Rangers, is about 19.

I very much dought that. About the rifles, what do they do for you guys/girls that have fired them? do they teach you all your proper drills and such, or do they show you how to laod, ready and such only? About the auto thing, why do you think that the US M16A5 has only repitition and 3 rnd burst? On Auto, i find 2-3 rounds, and you are off target at liek 20 m. I have only fired about 100 rounds on auto, so there are way more experianced people than me. Is there some sort of rile course with cadets? like one you go do marksmanship for liek 2 weeks or whatever, would be a neat addition to that, then let the ones qualified on that to go out and shoot.

 

[my72jeep]

This issue has a lot of intrest so I went back and read CATO'S.
CATO 14-41 appendix 3 annex A pargraph 16 sub par d states that cadets are only to fire 5 rd mags Sorry.
   It may go back to the time when cadets were stopped from firing all but the air rifle for a bit while the powers that be decided weather a cadet was actually in possession of the C-7 or if it even came under the national firearms rules due to that it belonged to the military.some consessions were made and I think that may have been one.
I know cadets are not to fire at any thing but marksmenship targets (no fig. 11/12) and must be under suppervision of a qualified person at all times. (CATO's state suppervision is no more than three meters away)
CATO'S (Cadet Authorization and Training Orders)

 

[HollywoodHitman]

When I was an Army Cadet, we still had the FN's. We were on the ranges quite a bit and shooting the 7.62mm as well as a number of other types of weapons as well. The fact that the kids these days are only really allowed to shoot pellet guns is a terrible thing. I don't think it's a bad idea to let the kids shoot the C7 under strict supervision, as one of the previous roles of the Cadet system was to stimulate an interest in the CF in general. To do this they should be exposed to the kit they might be able to use in the future....Although I hear it's no longer one of the aims of the Cadet movement.

Anyway, I think the C7 for Cadet use is not a bad idea. Principles of marksmanship don't change, but it certainly helps when you're shooting something that is not a pellet gun.

 

[Q.Y. Ranger]

Anyway, I think the C7 for Cadet use is not a bad idea. Principles of marksmanship don't change, but it certainly helps when you're shooting something that is not a pellet gun.

I'm a Cdt Sgt, and i just got to fire the C7 a few months ago. And i completely agree with what HollywoodHitman said. Its a lot more fun to shoot a 5.56 round, then a pellet. And i think it would give much more intrest into the CF then just shooting a pellet gun.

 

[my72jeep]

as one of the previous roles of the Cadet system was to stimulate an interest in the CF in general. To do this they should be exposed to the kit they might be able to use in the future....Although I hear it's no longer one of the aims of the Cadet movement.
Oh its still one of the three aims of the Cadet Movement
1. Citizenship
2.Physical activy
3.Instrest in the CF.

 

[M16]

The M16 has burst and single modes so the soldiers don't deplete ammmo warrior.

 

[condor888000]

You are a cadet. He is a reserve Cpl. Why the heck are you correcting him on weapons that you can had little or more likely no experience with? ???

P.S

... only repitition and 3 rnd burst?...

To my limited understanding, he is saying the same thing you just said...

 

[M16]

lol

 

[winchable]

I just had this awful vision of the rifle on auto with a 30 round mag in it and a cadet behind the trigger
*fire fire fire*rifle moves up, to the right annnnd over*Che is somehow shot despite being in the safety of his office*

 

[M16]

They should restrict the C7s cadets use to Semi-automatic only.

 

[Q.Y. Ranger]

They should restrict the C7s cadets use to Semi-automatic only.

Cadets are only aloud to fire on repetition.

 

[M16]

I meant if they modify the C7s so the can only shoot on semi-auto.   That way nobody could shoot on full-auto if they tried.

 

[sgt_mandal]

Excuse my unknowingness, but what do you mean by repetition?

 

[condor888000]

He figures they should screw with it so it won't fire on auto. Problem is, what about the Regs/Res who use these in the field?

 

[M16]

Set aside some C7s just for cadets.

 

[condor888000]

Why??? That cost more $$$, not exactly something that our military has a lot of...