On 26 Mar 98 03:31:08, a Gin and Tonic at the Angler's Rest overheard Tony
Belding say to Pete Granzeau:
PG> I think the idea was to have enough loaded magazines on hand BEFOR
PG> combat began, that the business of reloading them would be unneces
PG> was it not?
TB>That's the theory. It doesn't always work that way in practice. If th
TB>guys start blasting away with full auto "covering fire", it doesn't tak
TB>long to expend their combat load of ammo and start crying for more.
I note that they have essentially dropped full-auto for three shot
clusters, which might slow down the ammo use.
Regards, PHG
phg@exis.net
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