Biggest worries about Beast?

Most excited: The opportunity to do brutal stuff like low crawl through barbed wire, shoot weapons such as an AT-4 :biggrin::biggrin:, gas chamber, and grenades. Excited about the opportunity to meet my new classmates and get to forge new bonds and friendships among a large and diverse group of people (I've gone to the same small school with a class size of about 100 since 1st grade :thumbdown:). And most of all, I'm excited about the opportunity to be apart of our nation's military. I think it will be a sweet moment when I get to see my acu's with my name next to US Army. I get pumped just thinking about it.

Most nervous: Physically, I am worried most about ruck marches. My runs are going great (although this last week of not working out might have some negative repurcussions :eek:), but I have done some practice rucking at the required pace and even short ones have seemed tough. The concept of making 15 miles is the most daunting part of beast to me right now. Also my pushups could be better than they are now, although I have done many practice apfts and I'm not worried at all about failing I just think I would be able to do much better with just a little more work. Also, I think just as I am excited to be moving on to an awesome new phase of my life, I think that there is definitely uncertainty about it, which is for sure induces nervousness.

Rucking is an art form. You will learn to vary your gait and walk with different muscles over the course of a long march to give other muscles a rest. It's something you just get used to to doing. You'll swing your legs from the hips sometimes, take long strides and other times, etc. Mostly, it just takes practice. Put the ruck on an go. And go. And go. Eventually, you learn to turn your brain off for the most part and just keep on moving. You'll get there.

Hopefully you'll get to fire a live AT-4 round and not the sub-caliber. I can't remember, myself. We shoot the Carl G and it's pretty similar. If you do fire it, don't anticipate a recoil or you'll fire a worm-burner.
 
If you do fire it, don't anticipate a recoil or you'll fire a worm-burner.

Isn't it completely recoilless?
IIRC Americas F said 2013 got to be the first class to shoot one at beast, along with being the first to shoot 249saws and a 240B as well :biggrin: AF hasnt posted in a while, but he would know about the round they fired last year. I think i saw a youtube video of it maybe i can find that again.
 
Isn't it completely recoilless?
IIRC Americas F said 2013 got to be the first class to shoot one at beast, along with being the first to shoot 249saws and a 240B as well :biggrin: AF hasnt posted in a while, but he would know about the round they fired last year. I think i saw a youtube video of it maybe i can find that again.

As I think back, it seems to me that we all fired a subcaliber round and one or two fired a live AT-4. Yes, it's generally recoilless. There's a punch when the round ignites. But it doesn't kick.
 
Are the lighter antiarmor weapons like the gustav and at4 effective at all against a modern MBT like a T 90, or are they really just designed for use against APCs and other more lightly armored vehicles? (Sorry about going offtopic)
 
That's good stuff to be excited about! The chance to engage and destroy targets with vigor is one of the highlights of the lifestyle. Always remember that physical fitness is your first concern. Technical proficiency with your assigned weapon is a close, close second.

A good habit to get into is calling them "weapons" and not "guns." Guns are only found in the artillery, on armored vehicles, on aircraft, and attached to my burly and well-tanned shoulders. :wink::thumb:

As a former Marine I can attest to this, call it a rifle...not a gun :thumb:
 
Are the lighter antiarmor weapons like the gustav and at4 effective at all against a modern MBT like a T 90, or are they really just designed for use against APCs and other more lightly armored vehicles? (Sorry about going offtopic)

It depends where you hit them. Mobility kills are not too hard to achieve, but it's unlikely that you'd achieve a catastrophic kill, and almost impossible against reactive armor. It is a great weapon, though, especially against structures. The flechette rounds are effective in many situations.
 
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