DrMoab
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God...I could smell the Testosterone before I even opened this thread!
DrMoab said:God...I could smell the Testosterone before I even opened this thread!
Jes said:A little off topic but speaking of "sacrifice".
The History Channel has been showing a lot of WWII shows lately. D day(and X day) type stuff, lots of shows on the different campaigns in the Pacific and Europe. Talk about sacrifice, that was it. I had no idea how many people lost their lives in some of those battles and I thought I was up on World history.
Rhetorical questions but...
What is "freedom" worth?
Todays' people from the USA, would they be willing to fight for it?
Don't know if its the same one but we're currently using a machine gun rather similar to the M-16. Exact same caliber and mags at least. The M249 SAW is our current LMG. The Canadians use a full-auto M-16.5-90 said:Another good "M16" idea that didn't work (and Heaven alone knows why!) is the old Colt Light Machine Gun (LMG.) Based upon the original M16, the LMG featured a slightly stronger recoil buffer (about a 500rpm cyclic rate, but better longevity,) a stronger-built top end (with more cooling area than you'd find on the M16,) and the ability to feed from belts or magazines.
Rocketman said:What about that little plane the Navy drives... the FA-18... bet it'd smoke your Eagle!!!
5-90 said:Um, that's a 30mm, not a 20mm. DEFINITELY a "destructive device!"
5-90 said:Let's see, based upon my (essentially imperfect) recall...
SEALs mainly get the HK Mk23 as issue, but are (quite properly) trained to work with pretty much anything.
Rangers usually carry whatever they want - and that turns out to be the M1911/1991, Mk23, and some of the bigger Sig-Sauers.
Coast Guard? I know we've got a few Coasties on here - anyone want to sound off? I'd be mildly surprised if they got anything other than the M92 - isn't there still a tie to the Department of the Navy with you guys?
5-90 said:XM28 is the new M16/M4 variant firing the new 6.xm/m SPC - the upsized 5.56 (and not a bad idea...)
5-90 said:So let's see - G36 - isn't that the new H&K that's supposed to be going into the OICW? I've looked into the OICW, and that thing just doesn't do it for me. Gimme a M4 SOPMOD kit any day over that thing - not as many batteries.
5-90 said:P550 -
XTrmXJ said:Nothing is or will ever be built for every geographical terrain in the world, everything requires differt needs
5-90 said:Oh Moose - NATO-spec G-Wagen? I seem to recall hearing some damn fool - sorry, "brilliant marketer" went and stuck IFS under the GWagen and the 'Mog - I guess NATO-spec has a solid axle up front? Can you shed any light upon that, or are you going to make me look it up for all of us...? ( :laugh3: )
5-90 said:Sorry - couldn't hear you. I had something crazy in my ear...
Speaking as a guy who's spent more time than he'd care to admit to on the ground - air superiority won't win a war. It will help - to be certain - but it won't win. I think it was Woody who said "Nothing says 'we like this place' like dropping a battalion of Rangers on it."
With that in mind, I still say the best plane in the inventory (my opinion, natch!) is the A-10.
Citat3962 said:That thing is the M1A1 of the skies..
My favorite american aircraft ever built next to the P-51D and the P-38.. (I'd take a Messerschmidt BF-109 too tho )
Root Moose said:A-10s are uber cool.
You need to add the Focke Wulfe FW-190 D-9 to your short list.
5-90 said:Thank you! Let's see...
The G36 and SABR recievers look pretty close - more research required here. If I didn't know better, I'd say the SABR was a cut-down G36 (which is possible - H&K usually considers their designs "sucessful" until someone really manages to break one good - and therefore they recycle a lot of design principles from former models. No harm at all there!)
5-90 The Sigarms 55x also look vaguely familiar - but I just can't place them. Perhaps it will come to me...[/QUOTE said:Israeli Special Forces use them, Swiss Gun.
5-90 Although I have a small problem with the "Military/Law Enforcement Only" tag - [/QUOTE said:Yeah so do I and it's one the HK and Sig Semi rifles, but thats due to the current ATF regulations. There are a few that are legal to buy but expensive at 7-10k.
5-90 If the SEALs are using Sigs said:Yes, it's a 9mm, I don't know if they get any of calibers but the .357Sig would be a nice one. Really the Seals and other black ops force get to pick a variety of weapons to use so I don't think one standard weapon is issued to them.
5-90 As nearly all of you can by now guess said:I learned long time ago that mil spec usually means the cheapest way to do something.