In message , Greg Hennessy
writes
On 25 Sep 2003 23:53:17 -0700, (Tony
Williams) wrote:
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.

Oddly, nobody was willing to accept "unsuitable lubrication" when
discussing L85 problems - it had to be a rifle fault.



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