The army uses machine gun simulators (propane driven noise makers) on theirs. Before that they used machine guns on fixed mounts at set heights – which resulted in too many injuries.
Live fire training exercises get .. problematic when you’re covering enfilade fire, and worse with night fire exercises.
TRX
· June 29, 2026 at 9:29 pm
The US Army started doing crawling-under-live-fire exercises in WWI, and they were also done in WWII. Not sure about Vietnam.
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Rude Guest · June 29, 2026 at 8:00 pm
The army uses machine gun simulators (propane driven noise makers) on theirs. Before that they used machine guns on fixed mounts at set heights – which resulted in too many injuries.
Live fire training exercises get .. problematic when you’re covering enfilade fire, and worse with night fire exercises.
TRX · June 29, 2026 at 9:29 pm
The US Army started doing crawling-under-live-fire exercises in WWI, and they were also done in WWII. Not sure about Vietnam.
The British Army also did it.