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WEAPONS OF THE WORLD: XM-8 Melts During Tests
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| April 14, 2004
Posted on 04/15/2004 12:03:29 PM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: archy
That new AF uniform has not been happily accepted among the rank and file, I can tell you that.
It looks like a halloween suit gone bad.
At least the new USMC BDU looks like a battle uniform.
Whoever thought up that blue zuit suit for the AF had to be a UN infiltrator. You could pick out one of those uniforms a mile and a half away.
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posted on
06/04/2004 7:22:59 PM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
To: John Jorsett
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posted on
06/04/2004 7:25:38 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: RealPiedPiper
It's the difference between carrying 200 rnds of 6.8 compared to maybe 300 rnds of 5.56 of the same weight. Hey, for the weight of my 10-round mag of .45, I could carry several mags of .22, but I'll still keep my heavy .45, thank you very much
The grunt would much rather have 200 rounds of ammo that has a high probability of one-shot-stop at 500 yards, versus 300 rounds of ammo that has less than half the kinetic energy of .308, and loses half of that by the time it gets to 300 yards
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06/04/2004 7:41:54 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
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