Re: U.S. Army May Drop M-16 As Standard Rifle - JFK's Vietnam War.

On 28 Nov 2003 07:02:44 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arnold
Wolfcastle) wrote:

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laura Bush - America's kid-killer) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL 
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>> "Karl Hungus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> > BAGHDAD, Iraq - After nearly 40 years of battlefield service around the
>> > globe, the M-16 may be on its way out as the standard Army assault rifle
>> > because of flaws highlighted during the invasion and occupation of Iraq . .
>> > .
>> > 
>> > http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2BB26D96
>> 
>> It's your typical over-engineered american product.  
>
>Thank LBJ & Robert McNamara for rushing it into production during
>JFK's Vietnam War.

Apparently you've never read Ed Ezell's definitive history of the
M-16, _The Black Rifle_ or you wouldn't write such nonsense.

http://www.ar15.com/content/books/BlackRifle/

Dr. Ezell know far more about the subject than you do.


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