To: WhiskeyX
Not dictating the caliber of the new weapon, but is instead “Performance Based Specification”....meaning it has to meet the defined mission. In this case, the article states only that it must demonstrate more knockdown power than a 9mm slug.
2 posted on
07/13/2014 2:26:15 AM PDT by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
Not dictating the caliber of the new weapon, but is instead “Performance Based Specification”....meaning it has to meet the defined mission. In this case, the article states only that it must demonstrate more knockdown power than a 9mm slug. You mean knockdown power like the .45 model 1911? It could knock down a shed.
5 posted on
07/13/2014 2:48:42 AM PDT by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: Gaffer
Performance Based Specification That is code for ... the selection will be political, not technical.
43 posted on
07/13/2014 5:48:35 AM PDT by
MosesKnows
(Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
To: Gaffer
What about the 1000’s of 1911’s that the military has laying around in weapons lockers? Oh wait that would save money. Nevermind.
83 posted on
07/13/2014 8:35:17 AM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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