Hi Michael
08 Apr 98, Michael Shirley writes to Rick Nolan:
 >         Mostly because it's cheaper than coming out with dedicated
 > firing port weapons like we did for the Bradley. The fact that the
 > weapons in question aren't terribly effective, whether it's the French
 > or British bullpup configured rifles or our purpose built firing port
 > weapons, didn't seem to enter into the question of adoption. The funny
 > thing is that when the US Army was first experimenting with firing
 > port weapons back in the early 70's using M3A1 Greaseguns, it was
 > obvious then that firing port weapons were a bad idea, but everybody
 > decided to try em anyway because the Russians were issuing BMP mounted
 > troops AKMS rifles so that they could use the firing ports in that
 > vehicle. Forget one's own experience, if the Russians have got to do
 > this kind of thing, we have to do it too, no matter how boneheaded it
 > is.
The M3 is something best forgotten ;-)
 >         True, but it's not like they were issued a real rifle and in
 > the meantime you've still got to eat. Most important things that I
 > carried in my pack was Tabasco Sauce, Curry Powder and Salt & Pepper.
Yep,I picked up the tabasco and curry powder habit :-)
 RN>> BTW,I know that its off topic to mention the politics of gun
 >> control here,but can you point me to an echo that allows this ?
 >
 >         Try FIDO-RTKBA, Politics, and the Paul Revere Network feeds
 > PRN and Militia are gated into FIDO. They're all on the Zone 1
 > Backbone so you should be able to get em too, because I've seen
 > traffic from Zone 3 on those off and on. If you can get the Military
 > History conference, MILHISTORY, we discuss it a lot there too.
Thanks I'll look for them.
Regards,
Rick
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