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Old December 12th 03, 03:10 PM
Chad Irby
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In article ,
(Tony Williams) wrote:

We know the Mauser works, too - it's been in service in large numbers
for two decades. The initial assessments by the JSF team concluded
that the Mauser was the most cost-effective choice, and they knew all
about the GAU-12/U then.


Part of that "cost effectiveness" appeared to be a lowball pricing
structure that fell through on closer examination.

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