 All right Marines and sailors there's no time like the present. Let's talk about magazines. It comes up every day and your life does depend on it So let's go with of the many unauthorized magazines that have not passed all the testing yet Here's a stack of different types of polymer Magpul magazines excellent as they may be they've not passed all the testing We'll get to the one that has here shortly. There's other companies that make polymer magazines. There's quad stack 60 round magazines There's old government issue magazines, which are no longer authorized. There are hybrids steel and polymer magazines, and then of course there are foreign and Off-brand metal magazines that are not authorized either and last there are 20 round magazines Which are not authorized either now just the reason why they're not authorized is because they have not passed a full range of Army and Marine Corps testing from minus 40 degrees up to 140 degrees with Decontamination solutions solvent drop test cold drop test name it these have not yet passed them Now the magazines that have passed all these tests and are fully compatible with all of our 556 weapons both in the u.s. Army and Marine Corps Are these magazines right here? The older generation green follower metal magazine the tan follower magazine The blue follower enhanced performance magazine Now for the Marine Corps this magazine is only authorized for training do not deploy with this magazine There are some issues with compatibility with different 556 weapons as it relates to m8 55 a1 Do not deploy with the blue follower magazine. You should be deploying with Our preferred magazine the gen m3 windowed polymer 30 round magazine which comes in black or medium coyote tan Now we are experimenting with a couple more magazines But they are not yet currently through all the testing and experimentation the polymer 40 round magazine And the polymer 60 round drum you may see these in service, but they are only experimental right now Marines and sailors. Let me reiterate one more thing These are the magazines that you can bet your life on and only these so make sure you're deploying With this magazine right here because your life and the lives of the Marines around you may depend on it