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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Should be pretty easy to find a company - the designs are simple and low tech


4 posted on 06/12/2016 4:54:03 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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What about Red Jacket ....... nevermind


7 posted on 06/12/2016 4:55:53 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know john 3:16)
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The US Army tried to copy the German MG42 during WW2. Some draftsman made a mistake converting millimeters to inches, and allowing for the increased length of the US .30 cartridge, and the prototype didn’t work. Instead of correcting their mistake, they dropped the whole project.


10 posted on 06/12/2016 4:57:46 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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< Should be pretty easy to find a company - the designs are simple and low tech

Yet they jam far less than the M16s and can operate in an environment where there is a lot of sand.

45 posted on 06/12/2016 7:32:41 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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