User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine Part Cinq/@comment-1260687-20100406211154

@Gen.Cain: I've answered that one several times so far. But for the sake of your question, going through a door and see a weapon pointed at you for the first time is pretty intense.

@Apepa: One or two DMs are usually picked out of a given platoon; usually senior Marines (as in "have deployed before") who are excellent shooters to begin with, and who have plenty of experience behind a trigger.

@Sgt. Kamarov: They weren't exactly "captured Russian weapons" per se, but I've fired just about everything the Iraqis throw at us; RPG7s, the AK family, Dragunovs...

@Price25: The only time I ever clicked over to "burst" on my M16A4 was when I was clearing houses.