{"id":30126,"date":"2012-05-25T14:15:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30126"},"modified":"2012-05-25T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:15:12","slug":"pmags-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30126","title":{"rendered":"PMAGs banned"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another smooth move, Big Army has banned the use of high-speed polymer PMAG M4 rifle magazines made by Magpul Industries according to a Military.com<\/a> article by Matthew Cox.<\/p>\n

Despite the success of the PMAG, Army officials from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued a \u201csafety of use message\u201d in April that placed it, and all other polymer magazines, on an unauthorized list.<\/p>\n

The message did not single out PMAGs, but instead authorizes only the use of Army-issued aluminum magazines. The message offers little explanation for the new policy except to state that \u201cUnits are only authorized to use the Army-authorized magazines listed in the technical manuals.\u201d Nor does it say what Army units should now do with the millions of dollars\u2019 worth of PMAGs they\u2019ve purchased over the years.<\/p>\n

Magpul officials have been reluctant to comment on the issue. Robert Vidrine, vice president of marketing and sales, said the company found out about TACOM\u2019s message only after it was released to the field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suspect that there were some faulty polymer magazines out there and Big Army just banned them all instead instead of issuing a warning about the faulty ones. <\/p>\n

This seems to be a complete policy reversal, since PMAGs are standard issue with the Army\u2019s 75th Ranger Regiment and they have been routinely issued to infantry units before war-zone deployments.<\/p>\n

Soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, had been issued PMAGs before deploying to Afghanistan in 2009. On Oct. 3 of that year, they fought off a bold enemy attack on Combat Outpost Keating that lasted for more than six hours and left eight Americans dead. Some soldiers fired up to 40 PMAGs from their M4s without a single stoppage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, who needs a reliable durable magazine during a six hour firefight.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Captain J and SnafuDude for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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