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What's he doing at 1:52? Why whop his M16A4 magazine at all? And why his head? Why not wallop it against the ground? It's dangerous to conk your head in general.

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  • They are wearing hamlets, I think there is a layer of soft cushion inside. They want to make sure all the bullets are well aligned, no dust or small stones inside which may cause jamming.
    – Yu Zhang
    Nov 5, 2021 at 4:24
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    Please describe the action ion the clip. The video might be taken down.
    – BCdotWEB
    Nov 5, 2021 at 8:22
  • Between this and their last question, it looks like they might be trolling.
    – Meat Trademark
    Nov 6, 2021 at 14:05

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We see soldiers do this in other movies - Apocalypse Now (during the Ride of the Valkyries attack sequence) comes to mind - particularly because this is mimicked by the marines watching the sequence in the cinema during Jarhead.

I don't know if this is really done by some soldiers in the belief that it "settles" the rounds in the magazine and prevents jams.

What I do know is that my old instructors in the British TA specifically told us not to do this, as it might cause the feed clips to deform and that would cause a jam.

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Soldiers have been doing that for decades with the belief that it aligns the rounds with the back side of the magazine and therefore decreases the likelihood of a jam caused by a mis-aligned round.

That said, some people point out that this should make no difference to a properly built and maintained weapon.

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