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To: infowarrior

what was wrong with it?

its interesting history- thank you


91 posted on 03/22/2016 11:07:52 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump/???)
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To: Mr. K

The round did not stop hopped up Moros.


94 posted on 03/22/2016 11:08:53 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Mr. K
what was wrong with it?

The .38 caliber round proved to have inadequate stopping power in that particular conflict. US troops had to fire multiple shots into the enemy before they could stop them. Thus, the US Army went from the .38 revolver to the .45 ACP semiauto, which served the US Military well for better than half a century...

the infowarrior

129 posted on 03/22/2016 12:41:56 PM PDT by infowarrior
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