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To: Ax

I also find it hard to believe anyone familiar with weapons would say “millimeter caliber”.


9 posted on 11/12/2011 6:37:38 PM PST by struwwelpeter
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I have a few questions about his decorations. He wears the Army GCM yet is a commissioned officer, so he must’ve been enlisted at some point in his illustrious career. His hat has a “50-Mission Crush” yet he doesn’t have any aviators’ badges. When I was in the USAF we were awarded the Army GCM because at that point (1963) the Air Force hadn’t issued its own GCM.


10 posted on 11/12/2011 7:18:14 PM PST by Ax
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I also find it hard to believe anyone familiar with weapons would say “millimeter caliber”.

You seem unfamiliar with small arms terminology.

Walther PPK automatic 6.25 mm caliber.

caliber
the internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel
• the diameter of a bullet, shell, or rocket. ,/blockquote>

12 posted on 11/12/2011 7:32:12 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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