Army runs out of machine guns

The Sun (UK) ^ | February 6, 2008 | TOM NEWTON DUNN

[Nachum]

Israel has some Uzi’s they can sell...

[tet68]

Yep, don’t cha know it, I don’t have near enough guns that start with a .5 .

[nmh]

That’ll be okay with the Huckster.

The Huckster doesn’t like Bush’s “arrogant bunker mentality”. As for cray Mc Pain in the arse, his stance is anyones guess on any given day.

[TC Rider]

Sounds like they could use some M-2s.

[PeteB570]

What? The Brits think it’s Lend Lease time again?

[gundog]

I’m sure FN would make ya some Minimis. Write the check, mate.

[bmwcyle]

Paying too much Social money to multi wife Muslims? Cut your social programs and buy more defense.

[BibChr]

Well don't tell everybody!

[illiac]

Seem to remember that the number of British troops have been decreasing in Iraq.....but yet they are out of guns.....are they giving them away?

[Clock King]

Last night an MoD spokeswoman insisted:

Must take a special kind of person to have a well-paying job and lie like that. Note to self: never date a woman who's a "spokesperson"; she can lie without raising a single pulse beat.

[mamelukesabre]

Tell their soldiers to start capturing enemy weapons and use those.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Are they still manufactured or are they using existing stocks?

[Captain Rhino]

“The Borrowers!”

Wonder where that attitude comes from? Has the US recently provided a lot of material on loan to the UK?

Despite the intense annoyance that comes from rubbing each other the wrong way from time to time, it is a little bit disappointing to read that DoD is not being very helpful to our ally. However, as intensely as we are using these same weapons at present, maybe there is just not enough of them to go around.

[rfp1234]

Now, that's quite silly!

[Oberon]

However, as intensely as we are using these same weapons at present, maybe there is just not enough of them to go around.

It's not too much to ask for the Brits to supply their own weapons.

[LibWhacker]

Same thing happened leading up to WWII. Years of restrictive gun laws had deprived the populace of any serious firepower. Hitler was threatening to invade, and no one had guns to resist him. So they put in a call to Uncle Sugar: “Send us lots of guns, please (for free, of course!)”

Immediately after the war, they rounded them all up and melted them down, picking up with their restrictive gun laws, right where they left off. Now, guess what? They’ve got no guns again! So, please surrender your next five paychecks to the gubmint so we can send our British friends some guns — no charge, of course.

[Mr. Lucky]

I could lend them a couple of mine, but They’d have to pawn that loudmouth prince as collateral.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Perhaps we need a new “PLEASE SEND A GUN TO DEFEND A BRITISH HOME” program.

[Chode]