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I had an M1 carbine at Ft Hood, and an M2 in Germany. Great weapon for me as a truck mechanic. Light and compact, and just enough range to defend yourself while under the hood of a 2 1/2 or 5 ton truck.
Shortly before I got out, they took away the carbines and M5 grease guns and gave us M14's. The early M14 had a light weight fiberglass stock that ruined the balance and just made it a terrible weapon to shoot.
Some of the guys had grease guns, excellent for mechanicing, but they went through ammo too fast to be good for defense. One of the nice things was that there could be a lot wrong with it and you could still get it to work. I saw a demo where they completely removed the trigger assembly. Then they shook it a few times to get it started and slammed the trapdoor (combination dust cover/safety) to stop it. Another good point was that if you lost one it only cost you $17 because it was mostly sheet metal stampings.
I was qualified with the M3 carbine, but those were a real pain to move around because they needed a truck battery and power supply.
Loved the M20 rocket launcher (bazooka) but the ammo was so expensive I only got to fire it a few times. Nice thing was that there were only 2 guys in the company that were qualified, so I used to get to sit out on the perimeter with it all day during alerts instead of crawling under trucks and working on them in the wet grass.

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