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echo: guns
to: JOHN SANDOW
from: LYLE KNOX
date: 1996-07-23 22:25:00
subject: RE: TOW

LK>>flatten 5 acres of standing vegetation but the personnel hidden there are
LK>>considered "collateral damage".  :-)  I think I remember seeing something
LK>>about a .50 caliber gun coming under the same heading so, to be "legal",
LK>>ayou
LK>>have to shooting the enemy's =equipment= rather than at the person.  
orta
LK>>like, "well, I saw an enemy trooper coming towards me with a radio pack
LK>>lso I
LK>>took out the radio...from the front."  :-)
 JS> I've heard the same thing about the .50bmg, but then I've
 JS> heard rebuttals from knowledgable and reliable sources
 JS> saying those restrictions on the use of the .50 against
 JS> personnel are flat out bunk.  I'd tend to agree, what the
 JS> heck is a .50bmg but a heavy infantry weapon?  I know I was
 JS> aiming at 'enemy' targets when I qualified on it... þ SLMR
I guess I was misinformed on this as I've had a couple other notes telling me
I was wrong.  Oh, well.  :-)
        Lyle    --INTERNET:  lyle.knox@iotp.com
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