Re(6): Army signals security & "Clansmen" series radios

[Donald Ramsbottom]

At 14:18 11/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
>> Would that were so. How do you suppose our armed forces ended up
>> with a rifle foisted on them that is world-class
>> only in the derision heaped on it?
>
>Speak for yourself.
>I was noticeably more useful at typical range with my SA-80 than with
>the Lee-Enfield .303 or the SLR, and of course the real comparison was
>with the 9mm Browning and SMG for my Corps.
>
>Easier to carry than all except the Browning.
>
>The sight was the main thing, of course.


Is this not like the M16 which had all manner of problems when first used in
anger in Vietnam, but with modifications became universally loved by the grunts.

I have never fired one (an SA80) but would have thought the weight savinings
on the weapon and ammo were worth something and it's lack of bulk would also
be an advantage. But I am not a soldier and am just making guesses.



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