To: jaykay
Many - perhaps most - soldiers are wearing Vietnam-era flak jackets, which are heavier and unable to withstand rounds from AK-47 automatic rifles, the most common ammunition in Iraq. Who defecated this manure? R. Lee Ermey proved just the opposite on his show, "Mail Call" on the History Channel. They shot various flak jackets and showed that Vietnam-era flak jackets do not stop AK-47 rounds.
9 posted on
10/02/2003 4:14:32 AM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
They shot various flak jackets and showed that Vietnam-era flak jackets do not stop AK-47 rounds.Isn't that the point of the article?
11 posted on
10/02/2003 4:18:13 AM PDT by
jaykay
("Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide" -- James Burnham)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
This is just another Andrew Gumbel hit piece in conjunction with MFSO (the MF part is sure on target) and some other leftist partisans pretending to give a shit about the American military. My son wears the "flak jacket" when necessary, because the overall threat to him is fragments, not small arms fire. It also happens to be what was in inventory at the time.
12 posted on
10/02/2003 4:30:09 AM PDT by
niteowl77
(If you haven't prayed for our troops, please start; if you stopped, then do some catching up.)
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