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Vampire
Free Worlds League
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Sir Henry
Team Bansai
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 Posted: 18-Dec-2003 07:24 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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Take away the easy and give them complicated Plastic instead..... 
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ex-Jade Falcon
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| Posted: 19-Dec-2003 19:18 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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"Just a few pieces of metal, one spring, and that's it."
Sounds like a great sales pitch for lots of armies with little money...I guess Israel can afford the high-techy stuff though...I thought the reference to the delight of drug lords and gangs was pretty funny though.
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 20-Dec-2003 10:56 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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Perhaps they just decided to spend some money on making IMI happy? Like buying the Galil assault rifle. It was more expensive than the M-16 and for some reason immediately issued to second-line units... The front-line units managed to get the M-16s and CAR-15s that they wanted.
So now it's time to buy another domestic product in sufficient quantities that the manufacturer stays in the business.
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-Mud
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| Posted: 20-Dec-2003 11:59 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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| I knew a guy who was involved in the first Gulf War; he told me that a good number of U.S. soldiers ditched their M-16s for Galis first chance they got. I know the first model M-16s were unreliable, but I thought they'd fixed that with the newer models. I don't know how reliable this information is though....
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Alexander
Heavy Horse Merc Brigade
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| Posted: 20-Dec-2003 23:54 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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I don't know about the US M-16s, but the Canadian version is kick-a**! As long as you keep it clean you'll have no problems. Even in a dusty environment, all you need is a few minutes a day, and you're ready to rock.
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-Mud
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| Posted: 22-Dec-2003 16:02 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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| That's what I've always heard about the U.S. ones as well, for the most part...I was referring to the Vietnam era ones really. I know one guy who was an M.P. in Nam, and he carried an M-14...said he knew too many guys who got killed when their M-16s jammed.
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Rarich
Federated Suns
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| Posted: 22-Dec-2003 16:14 Post subject: RE: Farewell to the Uzi |
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On 2003-12-20 23:54, Alexander wrote:
I don't know about the US M-16s, but the Canadian version is kick-a**! As long as you keep it clean you'll have no problems. Even in a dusty environment, all you need is a few minutes a day, and you're ready to rock.
Alexander
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I had the same experience. The A1 version, which I also used would have bit the big one tho'. I had to break it down shotgun and give the bolt and reciever a quick wipe out every time I went thru the sand or gritty muck, or get lots of jams. The A2 doesn't do that.
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