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| Subject: | Re: Heathrow - troops move in |  |
| Date: | Feb 16, 2003 |
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"Drewe Manton" wrote in
news:3e4cb0a9@news.track-link.net:
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> "Kurt Laughlin" wrote in message
> news:3e4c5bb1@news.track-link.net...
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>> I have to wonder in this case, however, just what these light tanks
>> are actually protecting against, given that in the normal course of
>> daily airport operations hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people
>> must go _past_ them toward the "protected area". Are they going to be
>> firing the autocannon toward the terminal and planes if someone throws
>> a grenade, or are they just going to use them to chase terrorists up
>> escalators?
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>> KL
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> Well, I'll concede the Scimitars are likely for show! But you could
> use
> em for a fast roadblock if so ordered I guess. And it's a minor point
> (and yes, I'm making a joke of sorts) but the Rarden is a very
> different beast to the Bushmaster in terms of operation. It's a slower
> firing weapon, which tends to be carefully aimed prior to letting off
> one or two shots. But I kind of prefer the Bushmaster's "spray and
> pray" modus operandi! And that would be no bad thing with some of the
> arseholes you tend to get at Heathrow Airport!
> --
> Regards
> Drewe
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>
>
I was just reading that due to a shortage of M919 APDU rounds during DS the
Bradley gunners were instructed to fire one ranging shot and 3 kill shots.
The coorespondent said it was an oddly comforting testimony to the
discipline of the gunneres that during lulls in the battle in your
immediate area you could hear crack!-pause-crack!-crack!-crack! from other
Bradleys nearby.
Spray and pray indeed!
Frank |
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 | Heathrow - troops move in [IMG] - tim white - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - tim white - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Artur Zinatullin - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Artur Zinatullin - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scimitar or Sabre? - tim white - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Scimitar or Sabre? - Artur Zinatullin - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Scimitar or Sabre? - John Tapsell - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scimitar LEP Upgrade - Paul Truhe - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . You're not the only one... - Peter Ong - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Reply to Kurt, that is. NM - Peter Ong - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Drewe Manton - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Drewe Manton - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - - Feb 16, 2003 |
| . . . I guess we can expect a war within the next two weeks... - John Mooney - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Anniversary... - John Mooney - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in - Paul Truhe - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . Avengers Around Washington - Scott Taylor - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Avengers Around Washington - TJ - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Funny, but not THAT funny! - Peter Ong - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Funny, but not THAT funny! - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Funny, but not THAT funny! - TJ - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Funny, but not THAT funny! - Kim Voss - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scimitar cannon - tim white - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Avengers Around Washington - tim white - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . So they say - Peter Ong - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: So they say - Dennis - Feb 13, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in, fans miss out! - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in, fans miss out! - Drewe Manton - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Grenade found - tim white - Feb 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Heathrow - troops move in, fans miss out! - John Harris - Feb 15, 2003 |
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