21 December 2007

M-4 CONTROVERSEY






THIS will probably only hold interest to those of you whose lives depend on, or have depended on, the good ol' US Army 5.56 subs, either the venerable M-16/CAR-15 or its descendants, the M4 and its variations.

The Army held a sand performance test this month (a little late, wouldn't you say?) only to find out that the M-4 finished in last place with nearly 3.5 times more jams than the guns it was tested against.

But they went ahead and bought a couple of million anyway.

There's a lot to this story and it all makes as much sense asa sending unarmored Hummers to the combat zones.

Somethin' sucks and the grunts are paying for it once again.

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