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Tomb of the Unknowns Guards Begin Use of Custom M17 Pistols
SoldierSystemsDaily ^ | 13 Oct 2018

Posted on 10/18/2018 9:20:50 AM PDT by shove_it

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1 posted on 10/18/2018 9:20:50 AM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it; bang_list

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2 posted on 10/18/2018 9:23:14 AM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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A work of art!


3 posted on 10/18/2018 9:23:29 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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Awesome.


4 posted on 10/18/2018 9:25:07 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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Wow those are incredible pieces.

Just out of curiosity are the firearms displayed by guards at Arlington working models?


5 posted on 10/18/2018 9:25:07 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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"...four pistols..."


As a longtime fan of SIG SAUER pistols...this is really cool to read. Awesome.

6 posted on 10/18/2018 9:26:02 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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Respect


7 posted on 10/18/2018 9:27:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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the 21-round magazines

That's going to see off any disrespectful tourists.

8 posted on 10/18/2018 9:27:32 AM PDT by spokeshave2 (The Paradigm has shifted...the New World Order is Trumpian.)
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Would be profoundly disrespectful if they weren’t.


9 posted on 10/18/2018 9:31:02 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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IIRC one has to be over six feet tall to be on the major honor guards. Our Korean Army honor guards on Camp Red Cloud were all that tall.


10 posted on 10/18/2018 9:31:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Just out of curiosity are the firearms displayed by guards at Arlington working models?

You bet, but presumably not loaded as is the M14 rifle with chrome bayonet attached.

11 posted on 10/18/2018 9:33:31 AM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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Good question. I don’t know the answer for sure, but the rifles don’t appear to be loaded...these pistols however may very well be loaded.


12 posted on 10/18/2018 9:35:16 AM PDT by lacrew
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+1 CHA, +1 AGI. +10 vs. undead and liberals.


13 posted on 10/18/2018 9:36:19 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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Just out of curiosity are the firearms displayed by guards at Arlington working models? You bet, but presumably not loaded as is the M14 rifle with chrome bayonet attached.

Loaded firearms all over Arlington. I would suspect the tomb guard M17s would be loaded. Ammo for rifles within shouting/whistle distance.

14 posted on 10/18/2018 9:38:06 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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Beautiful weapon. Just stunning.


15 posted on 10/18/2018 9:40:17 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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With the increasing boldness of the deranged Leftists running around out there I fear it won’t be long until they actually have to fire them.


16 posted on 10/18/2018 9:43:13 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Silence should have a matching suppressor.

Dignity should be a .45 ACP.

Perseverance should be cerecoated.

Respect should have American Flag.

17 posted on 10/18/2018 9:44:05 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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+1 CHA, +1 AGI. +10 vs. undead and liberals.

Thanks for the chuckle.

18 posted on 10/18/2018 9:50:26 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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“Good question. I don’t know the answer for sure, but the rifles don’t appear to be loaded...these pistols however may very well be loaded.”

Naw, they’re not loaded....


19 posted on 10/18/2018 9:58:49 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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Hope they are loaded ...in this day and age.


20 posted on 10/18/2018 10:04:08 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneot)
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