[gleeaikin]

Good news for our troops.

[gleeaikin]

Good news for our troops.

[kbennkc]

In total over a million EMAGs will be sent to Afghanistan under the four-year, GBP13m contract with Hereford-based distributors Level Peaks Associates.

I guess a plastic magazine that takes four years to get into the field might be worth 13 BPS a copy.

I don't know about Hereford, England, but if a guy from Hereford, Texas tries to sell you limeys a plastic mag for $20.68 watch where you step.

[null and void]

so this change means each carries around one kilogramme less weight in total than before.

Nooooooooooo, it means they'll carry an additional brick of C-4, or more ammo.

[sinanju]

The infamous SA80 saga continues.

[garjog]

When do they get the new hand-held Stealth weapons?

[OneWingedShark]

The problem with “lightweight equipment” is that if they cut your carried weight by a third they’ll give you twice as many to carry.
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[HiTech RedNeck]

Is this magazine half the weight empty, or filled?

[Ben Hecks]

I thought those were called “clips”.

[mylife]

These are fine magazines.
They are stiffer than metal mags and impervious to warping/denting which leads to misfeeds/jams.

The com bloc folks have been using Bakelite mags for ages for this reason.

[deoetdoctrinae]

"The 30-round Magpul EMAG magazine..."

Wait. What? 30 rounds? Oh the huge manatee. We've got to get these outlawed. Somebody might get hurt.

Is the sarcasm tag really needed?

[B4Ranch]