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2005-11-04 Science & Technology

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-04 09:57|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 MGL-140s retail for $6,000 each, but the marines may have gotten a volume discount.
It pays to shop at Walmart.

Posted by GK 2005-11-04 10:39|| 2005-11-04 10:39|| Front Page Top

#2 What? You have to have wrists the size of tree trunks to fire the thing?

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-11-04 11:05|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-11-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I have absolutely no idea how they do it, but in the last decade or so, they have come up with the damndest ways of reducing recoil.
I was amazed the first time I saw video of a SA fully-automatic shotgun in operation. The thing looked like an upsized Uzi, was just hosing downrange, and yet did not appear to be kicking like a mule. Amazing.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-04 11:38|| 2005-11-04 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Milkor MGL is a hit, maybe they'll buy some Rooikats as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-04 11:44|| 2005-11-04 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 We need more weapons like this. The Durkas have an aversion to be missing body parts when meeting their 72 virgins.

Posted by usmc6743 2005-11-04 11:49|| 2005-11-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Does it come with a proximity fused air-burst round? Goose season is coming up and.....

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-04 13:32|| 2005-11-04 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Does it come with a proximity fused air-burst round? Goose season is coming up and.....

You like pate?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-04 13:49|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-04 13:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Can we do a 99% discount for French Infidels?

Posted by TerminalDecline 2005-11-04 16:38|| 2005-11-04 16:38|| Front Page Top

#9 ... and fire all six of them in a few seconds.

Great for crowd control.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-04 18:18|| 2005-11-04 18:18|| Front Page Top

#10 A real Street Sweeper.

Posted by Regnad Kcin 2005-11-04 18:35|| 2005-11-04 18:35|| Front Page Top

#11 [smek, smek, smek]

"Oh Nicky, oh Nicky, are you all right?!"

[smek, smek, smek]

"Nicky, are you all right?"

[smek, smek, smek]

"Why, yes, Nancy, I'm all right."

[smek, smek, smek]

"THEN STOP SLAPPING ME!"

Thank you, Regnad Kcin.

[Cue the "dull stacatto of raindrop on my desktop ..."]

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-04 22:53|| 2005-11-04 22:53|| Front Page Top

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