Originally Posted by longbough

Geez. I just knew someone would to try to bring up something like that. I stand by what I said.

As you state, the shotgun is a CQB tool especially effective for the purpose of entry. Still, an entry team isn't going to be exclusively dependent on 870s, right? While you might have relied heavily on the 870 - did you consider yourself a "shotgun team"? It's hard to believe you wouldn't also rely on the M4 and M16A2 among other tools at your disposal depending on the task at hand.

And, as you state, you were not an infantry unit.

Despite how it sounds I wasn't trying to dismiss the combat shotgun at all. (Even though I favor my AR carbine). What I said was, "A unit comprised exclusively of shotgunners: useless in just about every type of military engagement known." Do you disagree?

It seems to me that if Titor had any form of tactical training (or basic firearm knowledge) he'd be more precise with his terminology.