Heh. Not sure that they count as stupid tricks or not but I have a few I could share..
About a month and half into Iraq we ran out of 556 and could not get any for love of anything (a story there as well for another time). So we started using what ever we could, such as a 12 man patrol with 8 240's. Anyways, about this time my gunner and loader joined the German Army. 1hat this you might ask? Well we found a trio of weapons we decided to use and furthermore decided that we could do without our helmet covers. The trio? A 8mm MG42, a very beat up but good running MP40, and to my own surprise, a MP44. Not much ammo for it, true, but fun till they took them away.
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