Talk:List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

message: Just outa curiousity, why are some entires marked with an x?  Thatguy96 12:34, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

message: It needs to be explained exactly what a "crew-served weapon" is, and if there is already an article on this, it should be linked.  This list contains everything from assault rifles to self-propelled artillery.  It's not readily apparent to readers what "crew-served weapon" means.  --Cyde↔Weys 19:57, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh, this really does need massive cleanup: "Not all of these were crew served, and not all of these were used as crew-served weapons."  We do have a Wiktionary stub on the things; I'm not sure how we can turn this into a proper article.  Kirill Lokshin 20:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That wikitionary stub is incorrect in its definition of a crew served weapon as it is understood in the US military.  A crew-served weapon in the US military is defined as a weapon that is serviced by more than one individual.  Both the sniper and the automatic rifleman have assistants.  These weapons are therefore both technically crew-served.  -- Thatguy96 20:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I linked in the article Crew served weapon, which may be in slightly better shape than this list. Or maybe not. Someone should think this area over and do some cleaning/prettifying. It seems to me that this list could be a nice adjunct to the generic article (along with lists for other nationalities, of course), but that really needs to be turned into a good article. And an explanation of how the US definition differs from the general concept in the general article sounds like a very good lead-in for this list. --Rindis 21:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't have to assume that the automatic rifleman has an assistant, when they "normally" do.  From FM 7-15, Rifle Platoon and Squads, Infantry, Airborne, and Mechanized, dated 1965: "One rifleman in each fire team is normally designated to carry additional ammunition for either the automatic rifleman or the grenadier." -- Thatguy96 (talk) 03:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This list needs a lead-in 

message: I find that M82A1/A2/A3 is still used today in the U.S. Army they even have it on their game, however, it was listed as retired weapon which made me wonder: M14 is RARELY used by U.S. Army said by themselves because they're using SPR (Special Purpose Rifle a M16 Variant ) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.149.170.5 (talk) 04:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm seeing the same thing. The M82 (that big bitch .50 Cal) is used by the military. This list needs to be looked over and researched to check for weapons that still are in active duty.Konraden88 21:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect Info

message: I'm not sure that merging this is a terrible idea.....however, as that article would be considered an 'upper' topic.....I think we should try categories within it first. --Bddmagic (talk) 15:39, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree to that, particularly since crew-served weapons are an entire category of weapons used the world over, they aren't just specific to the US Armed Forces, let alone just the models that the US Armed Forces have operated.— Nohomers48 (talk • contribs) 22:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging?? 

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