To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
SA-80 has been a disaster. The article is claiming the round is not strong enough. Something people told McNamara about the M-16 about 50 years ago.
6 posted on
01/16/2010 4:43:17 PM PST by
Frantzie
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To: Frantzie
Something people told McNamara about the M-16 about 50 years ago.Why would anybody talk about ordnance with someone who put a back seat in a T-Bird.
10 posted on
01/16/2010 4:53:18 PM PST by
VR-21
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To: Frantzie
***The article is claiming the round is not strong enough. Something people told McNamara about the M-16 ***
If they returned to the 1 in 14 rifling twist, instead of the 1 in 7 twist mandated by European faint hearts, and kept it out of cold environments it would probably kill them deader than Dixie.
16 posted on
01/16/2010 5:21:26 PM PST by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
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