On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:32:39 +0100, Paul J. Adam wrote:
In message , phil hunt
writes
On 23 Sep 2003 11:22:50 -0700, Kevin Brooks wrote:
this does not sound like the most promising of developments against
the HEAT round, and I can't see how it would be that effective against
a kinetic round, so is this another wonderful research project that
sees little opportunity of realistic fielding?

Sounds a bit like a waste of money to me. Perhaps the MoD should be
more concerned with making sure British soldiers have rifles and
radios that work.

*Still* waiting on Bowman, but PRR works really well at unit level.

I heared the army had radio problems in Kosovo -- don't know which
model of radio.

As for L85/L86, after such a shrill whine the silence is suddenly
deafening. Where _are_ all those stories about British soldiers doomed
to death by their flawed faulty useless rifles?

Did the rifles actually *work*?

Oh, the rifles, have always worked... it's just they were prone to
not working if they got dirty. If I'd been the MoD, I'd have
specified burying them in sand overnight then firing them as part
of the acceptance tests.

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