To: Cannoneer No. 4; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Heavily armed humvees are in the Marine Corps' future — but will they come soon enough to help Marines in Operation Iraqi Freedom?
If Maj. Gregory G. Frich has his way, they will.
"Our intent is to make this mount available for OIF II as soon as possible," Frich, 1st Marine Division's ordnance officer, said about a prototype mount that allows attachment of several crew-served machine guns on vehicle doors.
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For the troops!
(bad news for the bad guys, ping!)
14 posted on
03/08/2004 5:11:21 PM PST by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("(We)..come to rout out tyranny from its nest. Confusion to the enemy." - B. Taylor, US Marine)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks for the ping!
16 posted on
03/08/2004 5:34:14 PM PST by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"Our intent is to make this mount available for OIF II as soon as possible," Frich, 1st Marine Division's ordnance officer, said about a prototype mount that allows attachment of several crew-served machine guns on vehicle doors. I say, old girl, you don't suppose those Yank Marines pinched one of 'er Majesty's Land Rovers for the prototype of that *new* MG mount, do you? Of course, if they happened to have gotten one from the Royal Marines, that'd be jolly well appropriate. But the Brit [and 6-wheeled Ozstrayuliun Landies have had those articulated gun mounts for at least a decade now.
Ah well. Clinton years....BTW the Ozzies have been mounting the F89/M249 SAW on their 4-wheel drive scouting ATVs, too, so it's a good bet we'll see some interesting SAW mounts for the Marine M-Gators as well.
42 posted on
03/08/2004 11:58:03 PM PST by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
46 posted on
03/09/2004 1:10:35 AM PST by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
(bad news for the bad guys, ping!) It's no joy for the chickens in Haiti, either. Patience, young gunner, patience: just wait and hell move right into the kill zone....
49 posted on
03/09/2004 2:16:59 AM PST by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
More firepower ~ Bump!
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~ 57 posted on
03/09/2004 7:27:50 AM PST by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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