To: Spandau
5,000 rounds doesn't sound like much. Maybe they mean 500,000. An R1 is a metric pattern FAL. (7.62x51) 5000 rounds would have been plenty for the 150 rifles being sent. But not much of a match for the 800 M1 Garands the rebels landed on Monday.
Along with the mines and grenades.
17 posted on
03/03/2004 1:04:17 PM PST by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: archy
Have you seen what condition those Garands are in? I saw one on the news the other night. It looked liked it hadn't been cleaned since the Korean War.
While the rebels may have those SAs outgunned, I seriously doubt they have them outtrained.
Just my 2 cents.
L
18 posted on
03/03/2004 1:24:44 PM PST by
Lurker
(Don't bite the hand that meads you.)
To: archy
5000 rounds would have been plenty for the 150 rifles being sent. OK Archy, but 33 rounds per rifle seemed a little short. If they wanted to check their gas settings and sight in that would leave even less.
23 posted on
03/04/2004 10:28:57 AM PST by
Spandau
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