Capable and motivated.
Posted on 09/23/2004 2:19:56 PM PDT by archy
25mm -- 1 inch, basically. Wow, that would make a dent in your chest. But is it a good idea to push this in view of our soldiers' use of body armor?
high explosive dual purpose.
Our esteemed Governor here in Illinois was screaming about .50 bmg's back before he ran for governor. It seems he feels that these would be terrible in the hands of strret gangs and criminals (which they would). But what person in todays city, 1-needs a gun that can shoot 2500 yds. And 2- is going to spend $8000 for a rifle and scope. They can go out and get a .308 or 30-06 for a few hundred. Besides, .50 bmg rounds cost $4.00 each. Versus what? $.25 each?. Besides trying to shoot something 2500 yards away in the city is impractical. Things get in the way. Like BUILDINGS
This is the time to POUR IT ON, for America to take quantum leaps in military technology while the rest of the world sleeps. There's only one other country capable of generating innovations like this and it -- Israel -- is on our side.
Rifle rounds can get by some body armor. An AK can easily pierce a cop's standard BP vest. As far as plucking out soldiers, the arabs wouldn't have the cash.
Capable and motivated.
Will the long 7.62 Soviet (7.62x54) go through class 3 armor?
LOL! Like some skinny little thug is going to lug around a 33lb 4 foot long "not very inconspicuous" piece of hardware like that. It would be handy on my farm though. great for that "long shot" when a moose goes trotting through the back section.
Assuming one is on the giving end of this weapon, and not the receiving end, how much will this set me back?
In US dollars, I mean...
Close only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and 50 caliber bmg.
In case you missed it....I'd like to pass a comment on to you from a relative who served a tour as a shooter in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border.
Even for the shorter shots -- they would often use their .50 cal rather than their 7.62mm, even when the range or target didn't justify the larger round..
When I asked, "Why"?
He responded that, "It left a hell of a mess for the mark's friends to face and clean up, it also had a chilling and calming effect on the assholes that witnessed the event"..
You just gotta love their rationale..
There was also a interesting scenario, where they were using the .50 cal to "kill" Toyota pickup trucks on narrow mountain roads -- and wacking the marks who were now "un-mounted"....one at a time.
Oh, to be young again!
Semper Fi
"But if ya kills 'em, they won't learn nothin'"
The have plenty of cash.
The kids out there looking through the scopes on these pieces, are NOT Jesuits.
They aren't there to "win the hearts and minds" of the lunatics -- they are there to kill the bastards that need killin...
The ONLY lesson they're teaching, is that you can get yourself killed going up against the coalition...
Semper Fi
I was semi-quoting Jim Carrey as the Riddler. It was a joke.
Already posted.........I thought you were dead ?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1212646/posts
And the Lahti is nice, but I've wanted a Solothurn S18-1000 every since I read John Ross' Unintended Consequences.
OH BOY, and Christmas is just around the corner.
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