SPC Joel Carter Sr 8648652 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2024-02-02T05:56:21-05:00 SPC Joel Carter Sr 8648652

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2024-02-02T05:56:21-05:00 2024-02-02T05:56:21-05:00 1SG Russell S. 8648669

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>To some extent but success depends on any remaining institutional Soldier knowledge of how to use or repair them and the support they have like end items and spare parts. For most electronic items it would be a huge undertaking for marginal if any benefit. We have seen the Russians redeploy 1950s tanks and artillery, but they had stored them and it is doubtful we did plus those vehicles are very low tech and are being used by a force of draftees that are little more than cannon fodder.

2024-02-02T06:54:23-05:00 2024-02-02T06:54:23-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 8648711

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yea, it&#39;s possible. But there&#39;s other factors to take into account. Is there still bountiful ammunition available? Ability to make said ammunition? Replacement parts available and able to be made? Those are just a few of the things that would be considered.

2024-02-02T07:14:20-05:00 2024-02-02T07:14:20-05:00 Lt Col Charlie Brown 8648752

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depends on the weapon. Some are no longer usable or the system that was used to fire them isn&#39;t available. And some require training because few on active duty now understand how to use them.

2024-02-02T08:01:08-05:00 2024-02-02T08:01:08-05:00 COL Randall C. 8648772

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes ... and No. What do you mean by &quot;Older&quot;? <br /><br />If are referring to &quot;older versions&quot;, there is a high likelihood you could reuse them without months of overhaul IF the components hadn&#39;t change from what&#39;s in the logistics system. For example, we have M1 Abrams tanks in storage, but they have a 105mm main gun while the M1A1 and M1A2 use a 120mm main gun.<br /><br />If you mean systems that haven&#39;t been used for a while ... that would almost be like using a system you captured on the battlefield. I&#39;m sure the service members who haven&#39;t used it before could figure it out if it&#39;s akin to something they use, but sustainment and repair are completely different issues.<br /><br />So ... theoretically yes and theoretically no. It all depends on which system you are referring to.

2024-02-02T08:15:11-05:00 2024-02-02T08:15:11-05:00 SSgt Christophe Murphy 8648894

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sure. It happens all the time. Depending on context some things like the A-10, 50 cal and B-52 have outlived their expected lifespan by several decades. The BLU-82 daisy cutter was used in Vietnam and recently as the GWOT. Some things just stick around and never completely leave because it is unique and scratches a specific itch. Like the U2. It is one of the weirdest aircraft ever and shouldn&#39;t work for a bunch of quirks it has but it is still around since being introduced in 1956. Another example would be the Civilian Marksmanship Program that is used as a release valve for the Government to offload old equipment being removed from the governments inventory. They are still offloading M1&#39;s that are still on the books. That means everything that came Post Korean War till now is still somewhere.

2024-02-02T09:28:52-05:00 2024-02-02T09:28:52-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 8648983

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, the Army even keeps track of the tanks are on display in front of VFWs in case we need them back.

2024-02-02T11:21:32-05:00 2024-02-02T11:21:32-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 8649615

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The vast majority of the older weapons do not have the accuracy that we want.

2024-02-02T22:28:16-05:00 2024-02-02T22:28:16-05:00 LTC Trent Klug 8649711

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1955741" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1955741-spc-joel-carter-sr">SPC Joel Carter Sr</a> Who you calling old? BWAHAHA!!!

2024-02-03T00:22:23-05:00 2024-02-03T00:22:23-05:00 SPC James Neidig 8649793

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How Old Are You Talking About ? <br />If You Are Asking Could We Fight A War Using Civil War Era , Indian Wars , WW1 Weapons No Way! <br />Anything Newer , Possible ?<br />WW2 , Korea And Vietnam Weapons Used Ammunition That Would Still Be Available.<br />Also Are You Asking About A Conventional War ?<br />Or Defense Of The Nation By A Foreign Invasion People Have Have Fought Off Invasions By Large Well Equipped Forces Using Weapons That Were Not Equal To The Invading Forces, For Thousands Of Years.<br />Would I Go Up Against An Invading Army Armed With Civil War Era Weapons ? YES!<br /> But As Soon As I Could My Hands On A Modern Weapon I Would .<br />ANY WEAPON IS BETTER THAN NO WEAPON !

2024-02-03T02:42:45-05:00 2024-02-03T02:42:45-05:00 COL Dan Ruder 8650705

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The military has more weapons than it has people to shoot them, it has more tanks than drivers to drive them, and more planes than pilots to fly them. Older military people will be brought back into service during a major war before older weapons will.

2024-02-03T22:38:21-05:00 2024-02-03T22:38:21-05:00 SPC Joel Carter Sr 8651086

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>P51 MUSTANGS COULD STILL BE USED. THEY WERE USED IN VEITNAM.

2024-02-04T10:23:41-05:00 2024-02-04T10:23:41-05:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 8651274

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Interesting question. I can tell you that in war, whatever Soldiers can get their hands on is whatever they will use. That&#39;s what history shows us.<br /><br />Personally, I keep hoping to stumble across an old Davy Crockett and it&#39;s recoilless rifle in the back of some motor pool somewhere...

2024-02-04T13:50:29-05:00 2024-02-04T13:50:29-05:00 1SG James Kelly 8651686

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1911A1 and K-Bar.

2024-02-04T22:23:10-05:00 2024-02-04T22:23:10-05:00 1SG John Millan 8653211

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>M14 is still 8in limited use, 45 too. .38 just was completely retired and Ma Deice is over 100 years old. Yes.

2024-02-06T09:10:43-05:00 2024-02-06T09:10:43-05:00 CSM Darieus ZaGara 8653591

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes they could, the reality would be why, as we move on no longer training on nor stockpileing old weapons systems.

2024-02-06T16:12:38-05:00 2024-02-06T16:12:38-05:00 SGM Bill Frazer 8658355

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>really SPC?- look at Korea, Vietnam and everything since- no everybody gets the new toys, so you use what you have on hand! If it killed folks 50 yrs ago, then it probably will still kill them if used properly.

2024-02-10T19:05:52-05:00 2024-02-10T19:05:52-05:00 CW5 Michael Tuman 8659222

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Bring Back the PIG

2024-02-11T15:20:25-05:00 2024-02-11T15:20:25-05:00 CW5 Michael Tuman 8659224

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Waiting for my retiree recall!

2024-02-11T15:21:38-05:00 2024-02-11T15:21:38-05:00 2024-02-02T05:56:21-05:00