One of my secondary duties was oversight of our Global Survival Kits
carried in our F102s. Since we sometimes crossed the northern US
border (even in winter - brrrr!) the contents had to meet some
stringent requirements. One of the pilots said all he needed was a
dime for a phone call. (Long time back!) I laughed and replied 'And if
you break a leg on landing in your chute at night?' Lots of empty
territory up there in the Northern spaces. We had the M6 - ISTR along
with a 50-round pack of 22 Hornet and a dozen 410 shells. The M6
wasn't as fancy as the LW gun but a) it worked well and b) the USAF
needed a LOT of them, roughly one per crew position, at a guess around
10,000. And it didn't weigh a dozen pounds as most drillings did (do).
Walt BJ