A machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1 Bravo, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment sends rounds down range from his M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, providing suppressing fire for Echo Co. Marines as they advance forward in a company-level mechanized assault at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 19, 2013. CAAT1B positioned itself in a support by fire position, commencing the mechanized assault with a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile launch to destroy a simulated enemy air asset as part of Exercise Lava Viper. Lava Viper is a battalion


A machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1 Bravo, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment sends rounds down range from his M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, providing suppressing fire for Echo Co. Marines as they advance forward in a company-level mechanized assault at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 19, 2013. CAAT1B positioned itself in a support by fire position, commencing the mechanized assault with a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile launch to destroy a simulated enemy air asset as part of Exercise Lava Viper. Lava Viper is a battalion-level combined-arms exercise designed to enhance the skills of the ground combat and support element Marines participating. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan/Released) Big CAAT's heavy guns, Weapons Company 'Havoc' supports by fire 130719-M-IN448-003


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