A video posted recently by FUNKER530, a veteran who tracks firefights, shows just how lethal American combined arms can be on the battlefield.
"Combined arms" is military terminology which denotes use of multiple assets — mortars, jets, ships, infantry — in a single engagement.
Here we can see the importance of fielding well-equipped, intelligent troopers on the ground who can lay a base of fire on the enemy while simultaneously relaying strike coordinates to birds in the air.
Or in other words a very brave dude, with a very capable gun, holding off some very doomed bad guys.
The 'soldier' (service unidentified) here is using a MK-48 to suppress the enemy, located about 50 - 100 meters in two positions, off to his right and left.
He dumps his full combat load of up to 300 rounds on the enemy, then takes a couple steps back to reload and refit.
Other soldiers attempt to move up, but he advises they stay out of the fray. Instead he says ...
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