From: "Kevin Brooks"


"robert arndt" wrote in message
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(Denyav) wrote in message
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Ahh, that's so sad. Maybe in the future we should buy German Puma IFVs
instead:

http://www.kmweg.de/english/Schuezen...a_content.html

LAV itself is based on a swiss MOWAG design.


Shhh... don't tell that to the "Made in the USA/USA Number 1" club who
like to pretend all our stuff originated here. History also proves
that when superior foreign equipment is offered to the US military it
usually is rejected to keep inferior US companies that are facing
possible extinction in business. Those same companies then overbill
the military at the taxpayers expense. A big price to pay for draping
a US flag over military procurement.
I bet the HK XM-8 rifle doesn't get accepted here either... even
though it is clearly superior to anything Colt has to offer and at a
much lower price tag too!

You are growing increasingly paranoid, Arndt. Let's see-- the Baretta M9,
the M249 SAW, the H&K Special Opns pistol...yep, it appears the US is quite
willing to buy foreign weapons when they are the best of the bunch offered
for a requirement. Just as we are happy to buy US made weapons/systems when
they are the best available--

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Brooks

Rob


The list goes on: the Merlin engine, Canberra bomber, Harrier...etc.

The only rigid airship the U.S. had that didn't crash was the Los Angeles which
was made in Germany.

I remember hearing back in the 1980s F-16 wiring harnesses were being made in
Mexico.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired