To: sonofstrangelove
Officials said the U.S. military has imposed restrictions on the use of the M-16 to the Iraq Army. They said the Iraqis were required to register each M-16 to ensure that they are not sold or given to Al Qaida or other insurgency groups. That explains everything.
2 posted on
07/11/2010 3:16:40 AM PDT by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: sonofstrangelove
I could help find a home for those unloved M-16s.......
3 posted on
07/11/2010 3:20:31 AM PDT by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: sonofstrangelove
The AK-47 is a low maintenance relationship. The M-16 is a fussier mistress.
4 posted on
07/11/2010 3:33:35 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Iraqis prefer AK-47 over M-16 for performance in desert heat
"Do I really have to say it?"
'Series' for people who don't know what a TOILET is, expecting them to maintain the finicky M-16 in tip-top shape is a bit of a stretch. They'd have to clean heir weapon more than they clean themselves.
Will someone please buy 'the military' a clue.
I prefer the AK myself, it's like Superman, indestructible. (impervious to the elements)
5 posted on
07/11/2010 4:40:05 AM PDT by
Condor51
(SAT CONG!)
To: sonofstrangelove
So I hope we take them back then than have 10,000 fresh M-16’s out there.
6 posted on
07/11/2010 4:55:11 AM PDT by
valkyry1
To: sonofstrangelove
The AK is a good rifle in a lot of ways. Simple, easy to maintain, capable of being used even by the dimmest specimen of humanity. And it is durable.
7 posted on
07/11/2010 4:56:54 AM PDT by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: sonofstrangelove
But officials acknowledged that the Iraqis have decided to maintain the AK-47 as the lead assault rifle. You're all missing it. The Iraqis believe that Obama will cut and run as soon as possible and there they'll be standing there among a thousand Muslim terrorist holding an American M-16.
8 posted on
07/11/2010 5:04:29 AM PDT by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Add to the above, the AK is FAR less expensive to purchase and maintain. The M16 might be a decent weapon, but it isn’t the “be-all, end-all”.
10 posted on
07/11/2010 5:44:02 AM PDT by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: sonofstrangelove
I am recalling the first complaints about the M16 from our boys in Viet Nam - that is when they started to chrome the chambers. Why dont we have an american version of the FN?
Accurate and mud proof.
12 posted on
07/11/2010 6:01:47 AM PDT by
kingcoal
To: sonofstrangelove
The AK-47’s 7.62 round is better than the M-16’s 5.56 in the longer engagements of a desert environment shootout.
15 posted on
07/11/2010 8:34:01 AM PDT by
2001convSVT
("Hand out pocket Constitutions to everyone you can")
To: sonofstrangelove
These gentlemen wipe their butts with rocks. How well do you think they’ll do cleaning their rifles?
25 posted on
07/11/2010 8:59:14 PM PDT by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: sonofstrangelove
26 posted on
07/12/2010 8:03:56 AM PDT by
gundog
(Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
To: sonofstrangelove
“But officials said the Army concluded that the AK-47 was more reliable in the searing Iraqi summers.”
~~~
Yup,,,They won’t boil over!...;0)
34 posted on
07/15/2010 6:49:25 PM PDT by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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