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JAG temporarily banned Army and Marine Corps snipers from using a highly accurate open-tip bullet.
Washington Times ^
| Jan 20, 2006
| Bill Gertz, Rowan Scarborough
Posted on 01/22/2006 2:35:38 PM PST by radar101
JAG, we are told, mistakenly thought the open-tip round was the same as hollow-point ammunition, which is banned. The original open-tip was known as Sierra MatchKing and broke all records for accuracy in the past 30 years. The difference between the open-tip and the hollow point is that the open tip is a design feature that improves accuracy while the hollow point is designed for increasing damage when it hits a target. About 10 days ago, the Army JAG in Iraq ordered all snipers to stop using the open-tip 175-grain M118LR bullet, claiming, falsely, it was prohibited. Instead of the open-tip, snipers were forced to take M-60 machine gun rounds out of belts and use them instead.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ammo; ammunition; anamericansoldier; armysnipers; bang; banglist; gertz; hollowpoints; iraq; jag; leagalweenies; legalweenies; military; oif; rowanscarborough; shakespearewasright; shysters; sniper; terrorwar; thanksjagoff; waronterror
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:35:42 PM PST
by
radar101
To: radar101
Kinder, gentler, ammunition...........
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:37:30 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: radar101
It's ok to kill them as long as it doesn't hurt them too bad.
To: radar101
Well, as long as the "insurgents" are adhering to the rules
so should we.
/sarcasm
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:38:55 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: radar101
Lawyers. Is there any other tribe so ignorant?
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:39:49 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: radar101
awww... you left out the best part. After Army lawyers were finally alerted to the JAG's action, the order was lifted and the JAG was notified that the open tip was perfectly legal for use by snipers.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:40:42 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: radar101
I don't care about this, as long as no panties were used in the process.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:41:26 PM PST
by
neodad
(Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
To: radar101
God save us from lawfare ...
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:41:37 PM PST
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: radar101
Remarkably ignorant mistake for a military lawyer. Sounds like someone was shooting form the hip.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:43:59 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: radar101
Just wait until they find out about dipping them in pig blood first! Oink..;-)
To: SandRat
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:46:14 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: Normal4me
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:46:59 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: radar101
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:48:06 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: radar101
However, the reversal was followed by the Army officials' taking retaliation against a sniper who blew the whistle on the bogus order. The sniper lost his job over a security infraction in reporting the JAG. He must have bypassed his chain-of-command. I am sure he knew the consequences of his actions....good on him.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:48:40 PM PST
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Bush lied, people dyed....their fingers.)
To: radar101
The blood sucking attorneys are destroying this nation.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:48:42 PM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: atomicpossum
He didn't have the funds to hire an expert witness to tell him what he wanted to hear so he winged it on his own and screwed the pooch again.
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:49:00 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
To: radar101
So is JAG on the side of the terrorists now...?
To: radar101
I guess they could use air soft
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posted on
01/22/2006 2:53:10 PM PST
by
Steveone
(Liberalism is a brain tumor!)
To: atomicpossum
What's interesting is not only that the JAG has absolutely no combat infantry experience (being a woman) and that she issued an order without the authority to do so, but that the soldier who blew the whistle on her was disciplined for doing so.
To: radar101
Simple solution.
Simply rename and renumber it.
They'll fall for it. Lawyers are like that, yes they are.
I wonder what kind of "rules" they have for hand-to-hand combat?
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