On 25 Sep 2003 23:53:17 -0700, (Tony
Williams) wrote:


THe MOD has now wasted the price of 4 alternatives on each and every weapon
so far. It wouldn't be the 1st time one has heard the usual 'its working
now honest' honest from them.

I have received some comments from British soldiers returing from
Iraq. They had no complaints about the L85A2 performance. You can be
certain that after the huge - and seriously over-hyped - press row
about alleged early 'failures' of this weapon (see:
http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2...1002111301.asp for what
REALLY happened),


Pardon my cynicism, it reads like a sales brochure TBH.


Quite a contrast with the various news items about the jamming of
M16s, M249s and even the .50 M2...


FWIH, specifically in the case of the minimi and M16 that was more to do
with the age of the weapons to the region combined with wholly unsuitable
lubrication for desert conditions.

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/c....1068348990445



Handing soldiers old and worn out weapons is always going to cause
problems.

http://www.strategypage.com/iraqless...onslearned.asp

" It was also noted that many of the 5.56mm M249 squad machine-guns, first
introduced in the early 1980s, were wearing out. The M249s got a work out
in Iraq and many literally fell apart, especially among the Marines"



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