Originally Posted by
Dump1567
Interesting what he said about failures being subject to what era they occurred in. I think he is correct in that today we have YouTube, cellphones, other media to record failures in any weapon. And in agreement I'll allow that "tighter" acceptable standards are a good thing as technology progresses, and should be expected. That said, his analogy of some WWII/Korea grunt quickly clearing a failure-to-whatever and continuing on with the mission is spot on. We are much more persnickety and detail oriented these days (not a bad thing).
Hell, it's not like the Carbine was a Chauchat!
11C2P '83-'87
Airborne Infantry
F**k China!
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