TactiSMART 049: U.S. Army Assault Rifle & Assault Pistol: 1940, Where's Ours Today?
.30 caliber carbine-firing, Thompson Light Machine Gun: Defacto Assault Rifle available in 1940!
The USMIL has yet again painted itself into a self and enemy destructive
corner by wasting $1B on another 9mm pistol just because its made of sexy
plastic (SIG SAUER M17/P320) offering no way to punch thru soft body armor and are only effective out to 50m. OPEN TERRAIN is still open terrain on Planet Earth--to 1st win that battle, TBATE; we must not be defeated by distance before even confronting The Battle Against huMAN enemies (TBAM).
Study this performance chart--carefully! Weep Later!
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/6eUBfae.png
https://www.quora.com/How-does-7-62x25-compare-to-9mm-in-terms-of-ballistics
Brian Mead, Own 3, shoot often, research frequently, read daily
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 1.8K answers and 4M answer views
Extremely favorably. I own firearms in each.
7.62x25 is a fantastic caliber. I think it is frankly the biggest tragedy
in the history of handguns that it, and .30 Mauser, never took off in the U.S.
commercial market. 7.62x25 flies from a standard 4–5 inch barrel at something
like 1500 FPS and hits for 750 joules — that’s magnum energy, and 75% of what
some 5.45x39 RIFLE loadings get! 9x19 gets 500J, so a solid 50% increase in
energy, and 45 ACP only comes up to 600 in basic loadings, so even a full 25%
increase over that. And all that from a round that’s very easy to control
and can be put into slender magazines which don’t make a weapon too bulky or
awkward. It also has some basic anti-armor capabilities. NIJ 2, 2A, and 3A
ballistic protection can be beaten by this round — any FMJ will do it for the
first two, and the steel jacket military stuff will do in all 3. If I had
to give my favorite fighting handgun caliber, it would be 7.62x25. And in
SMG’s, well, while I don’t believe in rumors of “special SMG ammo” for
it, it is confirmed that the effective range of a 7.62x25 SMG was generally put
as getting out all the way to 200M. A 9x19 SMG, however, only goes to
50M. Given the high velocity and very flat arc, for a handgun cartridge,
I’d believe it. Case closed. There have been modern attempts at recreating this
round. 4.6x30 and 5.7x28 come to mind. These are but pale imitations, lacking
the range, giving even less power than 9x19, not that there’s anything wrong
with 9x19, and they definitely do not have the range or lethality.
9x19 is not a bad round, it’s just that 7.62x25 is amazing. 9x19 does
nothing 7.62x25 can’t do. It’s also more “pushy” and has less range,
less power, less energy, penetrates less, defeats barriers less… While there
are definitely worse rounds to have become the kind of the world, it is a
genuine shame that 7.62x25, or at least 30 Mauser, didn’t.
****
We Need an Assault Pistol
The pistol frees up a hand/arm for other tasks like throwing grenades--hopefully stick-type with superior range to baseball types--
https://1sttac.blogspot.com/2021/04/tactismart-054-where-are-our-rifle-hand.html
...opening doors or holding ballistic shields to make a small unit semi-emulate the Roman version of the Greek phalanx frontally...
Being injured and/or having your long gun inoperative aka having a PLAN B back-up is another reason d'etre for pistols...
Pistols are needed for many reasons--but we must not be content to limit them to shooting weak pistol cartridges except in those skimp-on-size versions for conceal-ability say when off-duty in Hostilelocalstan...the USMIL needs Assault Pistols shooting 5.56mm or 5.7mm with shoulder stocks to turn them into emergency carbines like the fabulous "Broom Handle" 1898 Mausers and Browning Hi-Power shoulder stock/holster combinations...
We have contacted SIG SAUER discretely asking they make a M17/P320 version firing 5.7mm x 28mm to offer a face-saving soft body armor-defeat upgrade for the USMIL. A 7.62mm x 25mm version would be even better. The USW folding stock can extend range by more firer stability ergonomics.
The B&T USW-320 Universal Service Weapon Grip Module is a conversion
kit that transforms a standard full-size or compact SIG P320 pistol into a
USW-320 with a folding stock. Lets an ordinary P320 serve as a more stable,
shoulder-fired platform to fill in for a carbine or SBR in a pinch.
The P320’s modularity and ease of adaptation makes installation of the
USW-320 easy and fast. Simply transfer the pistol’s trigger group, slide, and
magazine release into the USW-320 frame - and you’re ready to take on any
tactical situation. Aside from the obvious benefit of the folding stock, the
USW-320 also gives you an ambidextrous slide release lever and reversible
magazine release button.
Folding stock significantly improves accuracy & range
Lets you take full advantage of the outer edge of the P320’s range envelope
Makes child’s play of shooting tight, tight groups at 25 yards
Lower frame and stock only - you need a donor pistol (not included)
Robust yet lightweight reinforced molded polymer construction
Accepts both 17-round and 21-round SIG mags
The B&T USW-320 Universal Service Weapon Grip Module is not categorized
as firearm, so we can sell it and ship it to you with no restrictions or added
paperwork. But.... Before installing a trigger group and slide, you must
register your pistol as a "short-barreled rifle" with the ATF using
ATF Form 1.
B&T USA - SIG SAUER P320 USW-320 GRIP MODULE 9/40/357
MAKE : SIG SAUER
MODEL : P320
CARTRIDGE : 9 MM LUGER
FINISH
Black or Coyote
100-032-621WB
Mfr Part: BT430191K
****
The USMIL's stubbornness to stick by 9mm x 19mm Luger Parabellumwhatever
is only surpassed by fat 11mm bullet .45 ACP bullet fangirls who placed us in a
similar mess years ago in WW2--a cartridge that cannot handle--much
dominate--the battlefield situation before us. Both the 11mm/.45 ACP and 9mm
even shot through long barrels are not effective beyond 100 meters nor punch
through even the body armor of the era; forcing our SGTE Commando tactics to
insist on getting very, very close to stick with a bayonet or pistol double-tap
and/or burst of SMG fire.
https://1sttac.blogspot.com/2021/04/battletalk-001-pointmen-with-bayonets.html
www.combatreform.org/bayonets.htm
However, If caught in open terrain, our weak cartridge, SMG/pistol-armed Commandos and regular ALOAV troops were worthless unable to contribute to the firefight re: the 1st Ranger Battalion Cisterna and Paratroops Arnhem debacles in 1944.
www.combatreform.org/redindians.htm
Fascism; the homogenization of everyone good on one extreme and bad on
another into one lowest common denominator (LCD) groupthink at best gets
everyone into an above-average condition. When people marvel at the German
troops of WW2 yet wonder why they were defeated, they fail to understand that
they represent A LOT OF ABOVE AVERAGE (ALOAV). A lot of above average
will not defeat a tremendously humongous mediocre (THM) as represented
by the Soviet peasant armies which over time gained in their mean-ness and
their qualitative aspects as seen in their T34 medium tanks, their PPsH
sub-machine guns, Katyusha multiple rocket launchers, IL-2 Sturmovik
armored attack planes--and other nasty surprises. ALOAV will also not
necessarily defeat democracies where differences of opinion are not homogenized
but are cultivated so all aspects of a situation are considered such that there
are SMALL GROUPS OF THE TRULY EXCELLENT (SGTEs) as well as a majority
that is truly apathetic. In WW2, after being forced into war, the truly
innovative, self-actualizing adults were compelled--and allowed--by the
bureaucracies overseeing the apathetic to come forward and play leading roles.
The cream rose to the top. Commandos are SGTEs.
****
As detailed before, the weak pistol cartridge mess could have been avoided
by using the .30 caliber 7.62mm x 33mm carbine cartridge in M1921-M1 Thompson/M3
Grease Gun SMGs and the Colt Automatic Combat Pistol (ACP)--a decision
available in 1940 before we entered WW2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine
Prior to World War II, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department received reports that the full-size M1 rifle was too heavy and cumbersome for most support troops (staff, artillerymen, radiomen, etc.) to carry. During pre-war and early war field exercises, it was found that the [long, heavy] M1 Garand impeded these Soldiers' mobility, as a slung rifle would frequently catch on brush or hit the back of the helmet and tilt it over the eyes. Many Soldiers found the rifle slid off the shoulder unless slung diagonally across the back, where it prevented the wearing of standard field packs and haversacks.
Additionally, Germany's use of glider-borne and Paratrooper forces to
launch surprise ‘blitzkrieg’ attacks behind the front lines generated a
request for a new compact infantry weapon to equip support troops.[9][10] This
request called for a compact, lightweight defensive weapon with greater
range, accuracy and firepower than a handgun, while weighing half as much
as the Thompson SubMachine Gun or the M1 rifle.[9] The U.S. Army decided that a
carbine-type weapon would adequately fulfill all of these requirements, and
specified that the new arm should weigh no more than 5 pounds (2.3 kg) and have
an effective range of 300 yards (270 m).[11][12] Paratroopers were also
added to the list of intended users and a folding-stock version would also be
developed.
In 1938, the Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department
develop a "light rifle" or carbine, though the formal
requirement for the weapon type was not approved until 1940.
In comparison, the .30-06 Springfield ball round used by the M1 Garand
is almost three times more powerful than the .30 carbine, while the carbine
round is twice as powerful as the .45 ACP-caliber Thompson submachine gun in
common use at the time. As a result, the carbine offers much better range,
accuracy and penetration than those submachine guns. The M1 is also half the
weight of the Thompson, and fires a lighter cartridge. Therefore,
Soldiers armed with the carbine can carry much more ammunition than those armed
with a Thompson.[9]
The M1 carbine with its reduced-power .30 cartridge was not originally
intended to serve as a primary weapon for combat infantrymen, nor was it
comparable to more powerful assault rifles developed late in the war. However,
it was markedly superior to the .45 caliber sub machine guns in use at the
time in both accuracy and penetration,[9] and its lighter .30 caliber cartridge
allowed Soldiers to carry more ammunition. As a result, the carbine was soon
widely issued to infantry officers, American paratroopers, non-commissioned
officers, ammunition bearers, forward artillery observers, and other front-line
troops.[34] The first M1 carbines were delivered in mid-1942, with initial
priority given to troops in the European Theater of Operations (ETO).[9]
During World War II a standard U.S. Army infantry company was issued a
total of 28x M1 carbines.[35] Company headquarters was issued 9 carbines, weapons
platoon was issued 16 carbines and the three rifle platoons were issued 1
each.[35] Although, as the war progressed these numbers would vary greatly, as
individual units/Soldiers would often arm themselves as they saw fit.
****
However, how many elite and average American/Allied Soldiers died because
they were out-ranged by enemy Soldiers or had to try to get too close to use
their weak cartridge 9mm/11mm (.45 ACP) pistols & SMGs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun
The Thompson was used in World War II in the hands of Allied troops
as a weapon for scouts, non-commissioned officers (corporal, sergeant, and
higher), and patrol leaders, as well as commissioned officers, tank crewmen,
and Soldiers performing raids on German positions. In the European theater,
the gun was widely utilized in British and Canadian commando units, as
well as in the U.S. Army Paratrooper and Ranger battalions, where it was
issued more frequently than in line infantry units because of its high rate of
fire and its stopping power, which made it very effective in the kinds of
close combat these special operations troops were expected to undertake.
Military Police were fond of it, as were Paratroopers, who "borrowed"
Thompsons from members of mortar squads for use on patrols behind enemy
lines.[44] The gun was prized by those lucky enough to get one and proved
itself in the close street fighting that was encountered frequently
during the invasion of France.
The Thompson was soon found to have limited effect in heavy
jungle cover, where the low-velocity .45 bullet would not penetrate most
small-diameter trees or protective armor vests. (In 1923, the Army had
rejected the .45 Remington–Thompson, which had twice the energy of the
.45 ACP).[47] In the U.S. Army, many Pacific War jungle patrols were originally
equipped with Thompsons in the early phases of the New Guinea and
Guadalcanal campaigns, but soon began employing the Browning Automatic
Rifle in its place as a point defense weapon.[48]
****
Since we are still using these weak cartridges TODAY, how many have died or will
soon die since WW2 due to a lack of range-reach--and now inability to punch
through even soft body armor?
Milnormies need to STFU with their myriad of bureaucracy-loving excuses; NO, everyone with an Assault Rifle is not possible for point men needing one hand/arm free to toss hand grenades or concealed carry when off-duty in civilian clothes--"Assault Pistols" are needed--and they must range-dominate out to 100m with a folding stock with firepower able to pierce soft body armor since the enemy doesn't fight even or "fair". A M17/P320 in 7.62mm x 25mm or 5.7mm x 28mm with USW folding stock with reflex/night sight red dot not moving with the slide to eliminate aiming delay blurs could be the Assault Pistol for the USMIL.
U.S. ARMY Paratrooper Bazooka Rocketeer with slung M1 .30 cal Carbine as his 200m range-reach, PDW--far better than a .45 cal or 9mm pistol!
Moreover, when troops
are back-slung- carrying heavy firepower weapons like Anti-Tank/Material
Rifles, Medium and larger Machine Guns, AT/M rockets/missiles they need a Micro-Assault
Rifle Carbine or PDW to
not be cumbersome; say in 5.56mm or 5.7mm in their hands ready-to-return fire while moving into/out of their heavier
weapons' intended Base of Fire (BOF) positions.
The Russians Had it Right All Along
Brace yourself.
The THM Russian Army had this figured out with their PPsH41 SMGs and TT33
Tokarev pistols firing 65x 7.62mm x 25mm cartridges--the former from a drum
effective out to 200 meters and able to punch through soft body armor--if the
Germans had cared enough to outfit their ground troops with ANY body armor.
100m range advantage going to Russians versus Germans with weak 9mm MP40
SMGs.
https://1sttac.blogspot.com/2020/05/tactismart-008-brother-can-you-spare.html
Ditto this for U.S./U.K. troops after WW2 in Korea/Vietnam when these
Russian weapons were turned on them!
Why the Russians didn't improve on the PPsh41 is answered by their adoption
instead of the even longer-ranging 7.62mm x 39mm cartridge in SKS battle
carbines and AKM assault rifles-
Categorizing the M1 carbine series has been the subject of much debate.
Although commonly compared to the later German StG44 and Russian AK-47, the M1
and M2 carbines are under-powered and outclassed by comparison.[17] Instead,
the carbine falls somewhere between the submachine gun and the assault rifle,
and could be called a precursor of the personal defense weapon since it
fulfilled a similar role.[9]
****
...but not improving on the TT33 pistol still shooting the very lethal,
long-ranging 7.62mm x 25mm cartridge is a mystery? The Russians replaced the
TT33 with the Makarov shooting a weak 9mm clone cartridge--but unable to pierce
soft body armor like the original NATO 9mm. Imitation is the highest form of
flattery--but conversely kopying STUPID is the height of dumb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makarov_pistol
Shortly after the Second World War, the Soviet Union reactivated its plans
to replace the TT pistols and Nagant M1895 revolvers. The adoption of the
future AK assault rifle relegated the pistol to a light, handy self-defence
weapon. The TT was unsuited for such a role, as it was heavy and bulky.
Also, the Tokarev pistols omitted a safety and magazines were deemed too easy
to lose. As a result, in December 1945, two separate contests for a new
service pistol were created, respectively for a 7.62mm and 9mm pistol. It was
later judged that the new 9.2×18mm cartridge, designed by B. V. Semin, was the
best round suited for the intended role. The lower pressures of the cartridge
allowed practical straight blowback operation (reducing the cost and complexity
of the weapon), while retaining low recoil and good stopping power.
Although various pistols had been introduced in Russian service to replace
the Makarov, none have been able to entirely supplant it; the [9mm x 19mm]
MP-443 Grach/PYa is technically the Russian military’s standard sidearm but
suffers from quality control and reliability issues. In September 2019, Rostec
announced its Udav pistol went into mass production as the Makarov replacement.
The Udav fires 9×21mm Gyurza rounds which are claimed to pierce 1.4 mm of
titanium or 4 mm of steel at a 100 meters.
****
The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have realized this and offer a modular
9mm x 19mm or 7.62mm x 25mm shooting pistol called the Oplot fixing the
TT33's faults: no safety, single-action etc. which will punch thru soft body
armor out to 100m ranges though they overlooked double-stacking the magazine to
get 2x the rounds akin to the 9mm's 15x. A folding stock like the USW would
make it even more effective while remaining a concealable, large-frame
automatic pistol that can be still operated with one hand/arm if one hand/arm
needs to be free aka point men during CQB room-clearing.
The pistol is intended to have an ability to change the calibers. It comes
with two barrels and two different magazines to allow to convert it from being
chambered in 7.62x25mm Tokarev to 9x19mm and vice versa. The two cartridges
have identical rim diameters and rim cut geometry which makes it possible to
change the calibers by simply swapping the barrels and using the proper
magazines. I am pretty sure the 9x19mm can even be loaded into 7.62x25mm
magazines in case of emergency.
According to Zakharchenko, the 7.62x25mm is primarily considered for the
military use due to its higher penetrating capabilities. He also says that
the 9x19mm is more suitable for police use. Another reason they have the option
to change the caliber to 9x19mm is that it makes possible to use captured
cartridges which are usually 9mm ones.
****
https://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/night-hunter-the-mi-28n-havoc-b-gunship/
Bitter, combat experience since the bloody, Soviet-Afghan
War of 1979 to 1989 demonstrated that Soviet/Russian helicopter aircrews
unlucky enough to be shot down by Islamic insurgents found that the [EDITOR:
CIA-created/funded/advised] enemy was not only brutal, but barbaric, horribly
torturing their captives, and even skinning several unfortunate, Russian
aviators alive. The tiny,
standard-issue, Makarov PM service pistol in 9x18mm was wholly inadequate
against mujahidin adversaries armed
with AK-47s or similar weapons, so the Soviet crews began carrying the short,
ultra-compact, AKS-74U carbine, as well, favored by tank crews and SpetsNaz
commandos, as a personal-defense/survival weapon.
The AKS-74U, in service since 1979, was a six-pound
weapon, with an 8.1-inch barrel, measuring only 19.7 inches long with the side-folding
stock folded, and using 30-round
magazines of 5.45x39mm ammunition. The weapon was often shoved down beside
the cockpit seats. Even today, Russian helicopter crews flying from bases in
Syria still use the very-compact, no-longer-produced, AKS-74U weapon, for the
same compelling reasons as in the past.
Kalashnikov has recently produced (since 2018) the
ultra-compact, AM-17 carbine (with 9.1-inch barrel) in 5.45mm to eventually
replace the handy AKS-74U, but they have not yet been fielded in significant
numbers, so the older design continues to soldier on, even 28 years after
production officially ended.
Russian Mi-28N Havoc-B
aircrews photographed and interviewed at Khmeimim Air Base, Syria, were
observed wearing 1998 “Flora”-pattern,
camouflaged flight suits, with newer, camouflaged survival vests, and
olive-green flight helmets, in front of their desert-camouflaged (tan and green) aircraft. Pistols carried inside
the survival vests include the standard-issue, PYa Yarygin (MP-443 Gratch)
service handgun in 9x19mm, or the
outdated but still-effective, Stechkin
APS machine pistol in 9x18mm. These pistols will likely be replaced by the
all-new, TochMash SR-2 Udav (“Boa”)
service handgun in 9x21mm in the
near future.
Related, Combat Aviation Incidents of the Syrian War:
On Christmas Eve 2014, a[n UNarmored] Jordanian Air Force
F-16AM Fighting Falcon jet fighter
attacking [EDITOR: CIA] Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants near
Ar-Raqqah, Syria, crashed due to mechanical
failure. The pilot, First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh, ejected safely, but was quickly captured by insurgent terrorists.
Only 10 days later, in early January 2015, he was viciously burned alive while
trapped inside a steel cage.
As a direct result of this horrific incident, the Royal
Netherlands Air Force began issuing small, Swiss-manufactured, Brügger and
Thomet MP9-N (“N” for “Netherlands”) 9mm submachine guns in 2015 to all of
their F-16AM pilots serving in the Middle Eastern theater of operations, in
Jordan, and Russian fighter pilots stationed in Syria were issued Stechkin
APS 9x18mm machine pistols, with compact, handy, folding-stock, AKS-74U
carbines (favored by elite, SpetsNaz commandos, the late Osama bin Laden, and
the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) inside their seat survival kits. Russian
helicopter pilots carry the AKS-74U weapon beside their cockpit seats.
On November 24, 2015, a Russian Su-24M Fencer-D strike fighter inadvertently
strayed across the Turkish border, and was shot down by a Turkish Air Force
F-16C Fighting Falcon, firing a
heat-seeking, AIM-9X Super Sidewinder missile.
The two-man aircrew ejected, and the pilot,
Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov, was killed on the ground by the
Turkish-backed, “Grey Wolves” rebel
group. His weapon systems officer (WSO), Captain Konstantin Murakhtin,
survived, and was rescued in a complex
and costly effort, during which the Russians lost a [SLOW, loud, fragile]
Mi-8AMTSh “Terminator”
search-and-rescue helicopter on the ground to an enemy, [CIA-supplied] BGM-71F
TOW anti-tank missile. Peshkov was posthumously awarded the exalted, Hero
of the Russian Federation medal, their ultimate decoration for valor in action.
On August 1, 2016, a [slow, loud, fragile] Russian
Mi-8AMTSh transport helicopter on a
humanitarian mission to Aleppo from Russia’s Reconciliation Center in Syria was
shot down by rebels over Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in Idlib Province while returning
to its base, killing three crew members and two officers from the
Reconciliation Center. Their dead bodies
were desecrated by Islamic insurgents arriving upon the scene.
Then, on Saturday, February 3, 2018, the Russians
suffered a major blow when one of their Su-25SM3 Frogfoot-A Mod. 3 ground-attack fighters was shot down south of
Saraqib, in western Syria, at 13,000 feet, by a shoulder-fired, SA-24 Grinch heat-seeking missile launched by the
[CIA] al-Qa’ida-linked, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) extremist, rebel group. The
pilot, Major Roman Filipov, ejected safely and parachuted to the ground while
his wingman continued to bomb and strafe
a nearby, HTS convoy, destroying two of their vehicles as they closed in upon
Filipov’s location near the village of Tell Debes.
The Russian major came down beside a large boulder in an
area of scrubby vegetation, and a dozen HTS militant insurgents quickly
surrounded him, opening fire. Filipov valiantly defended himself with his Stechkin
APS machine pistol, killing two of the terrorists as he emptied a full,
20-round magazine at them, and he then reloaded. At that point, he was hit in
the right side by enemy fire, and the HTS troops moved in closer, with a
video camera recording the entire incident.
Filipov fired one final, half-second burst, and then dropped down behind the boulder, severely wounded, pulling the pin on an RGO hand grenade at
the last possible moment to avoid capture and torture by the fanatical
extremists. He loudly shouted “This
is for our guys!” and then the grenade detonated with a puff of gray smoke,
killing him instantly.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that, “Major
Roman Filipov fought an unequal battle with his service weapon until the last
minute of his life. When surrounded by the terrorists and heavily wounded, the
Russian officer blew himself up with a grenade when the militants got within
several dozen meters of him. The pilot died heroically. We are proud of our
heroes.” Once again, this exemplary courage under desperate
circumstances merited another prestigious, Hero of the Russian Federation
award.
For these and other reasons, Russian aviators flying over
Syria are heavily armed for their own defense in case of being shot down or
having to crash-land in enemy territory. Likewise, most U.S. fighter and bomber pilots now carry the all-new, GAU-5A
Aircrew Self-Defense Weapon (ASDW) in their ejection-seat, survival kits,
and wear either the [EDITOR: weak 9mm] Beretta
M9 or new, SIG M18 pistol on their survival vests. U.S. special operations
helicopter crews are normally armed with Glock-19 pistols and various [5.56mm]
carbines, including the Colt M4A1, the HK416, and the SIG MCX “Black Mamba,” especially in combat
situations.
Summary/Conclusion
Switching to a different cartridge is a HUGE BUREAUCRATIC CHANGE that must be done with a lot of deliberation, thought and REALISTIC field testing. The U.S. ARMY and moron korps sticking to 9mm avoids this in a dangerous complacency that will surely cost us lives as the stubbornness to admit 5.56mm x 45mm is too weak to range-reach in open terrains found in places like Afghanistan/Iraq--yet another USMIL incompetence caused by ignoring TBATE--has cost his needless lives/limbs lost. The 2nd back-up Assault Pistol can and should be in 5.56mm like the Swedish MKS which uses the STANAG magazine as pistol to reduce length to just 24 inches.
https://modernfirearms.net/en/assault-rifles/sweden-assault-rifles/interdynamics-mks-eng/
Semper Airborne!
James Bond is REAL.
Comments
Post a Comment