KaceCoyote
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I would totally buy a semiautomatic Ultimax if it was lets say, sub 600.
I'm a college kid, so my desire certainly outstrips my funding.
I'm a college kid, so my desire certainly outstrips my funding.
PBS Newshour Looks at the M-16 and its Problems
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Mannlicher
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PBS will pander to anyone, or any group that slams America in any way.
This guy is full of crap.
This guy is full of crap.
@ Guntech
You used the phrase
Sullivan made th point that the rifle decides battles. This hadn't been true in hundreds of years. Artillery, air power, tanks and the machinegun are the principle deciders in war. Small arms account for less that 1% of casualties in modern mechanized war.
Artillery, cruise missiles, carpet bombing and all the other technologies of war means you can DENY the ground to the enemy.
It's only when you have one sweaty palmed, terrified 18 year old with a rifle standing there that means you have TAKEN the ground. Until you have taken the ground you have not won the battle.
You used the phrase
Sullivan made th point that the rifle decides battles. This hadn't been true in hundreds of years. Artillery, air power, tanks and the machinegun are the principle deciders in war. Small arms account for less that 1% of casualties in modern mechanized war.
Artillery, cruise missiles, carpet bombing and all the other technologies of war means you can DENY the ground to the enemy.
It's only when you have one sweaty palmed, terrified 18 year old with a rifle standing there that means you have TAKEN the ground. Until you have taken the ground you have not won the battle.
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