Is The U.S. Military Hiding It's Weapon Equipment Failures?

Cover-Up? Army Historian Says Report On Deadly Afghan Battle Was Altered To Absolve Faulty Gun -- Washington Times

Survivors of bloody battle report M4 jams

A former Army historian who chronicled the infamous Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan, where nine U.S. soldiers died after their M4 carbines jammed, tells The Washington Times that his official account was altered by higher-ups to absolve the weapons and senior officers.

M4 critics have long pointed to the Afghanistan battle on July 13, 2008, as evidence that the rifle’s design was flawed. They cite reports from soldiers on the ground that their guns overheated and jammed that day.

But the gun’s supporters have pointed to a single sentence in the official Wanat history issued in 2010 by the Army’s Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. It blamed the gun’s sustained rapid fire that day, not its design, for the malfunctions.

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My Comment: These are serious accusations .... but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to the equipment and weapons purchases the Pentagon does everyday.

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Friday, February 21, 2014